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50 States of Grid Modernization: Q1 2018 Quarterly Report

Thursday, June 7th, 2018

The purpose of this report is to provide state lawmakers and regulators, electric utilities, the advanced energy industry, and other energy stakeholders with timely, accurate, and unbiased updates about how states are choosing to study, adopt, implement, amend, or discontinue policies associated with grid modernization. This report catalogues proposed and enacted legislative, regulatory, and rate design changes affecting grid modernization during the most recent quarter. The 50 States of Grid Modernization report series provides regular quarterly updates and annual summaries of grid modernization policy developments, keeping stakeholders informed and up to date.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: David A. Raymond, President & CEO, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

We do not lack any capacity to do what’s needed to be done. We have thousands of engineering firms and contracting firms who are ready to take on an increased workload, and what we’re waiting for is for government agencies and private parties to pull the trigger to unleash that capacity. The constraints on moving forward can be summarized in two words: political will. There’s insufficient political will to undertake such a program, both in the administration and in the Congress.

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Go Back to the Well: States and the Federal Government Are Neglecting a Key Funding Source for Water Infrastructure

Friday, May 25th, 2018
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This report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) describes actions that federal and state governments should take to more effectively leverage water infrastructure funding through State Revolving Funds (SRFs).

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America’s Infrastructure

Monday, May 14th, 2018

Potholes, broadband expansion, crumbling bridges. Here we take a look at America’s infrastructure issues.

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Next Week is Already INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK – May 14-21, 2018

Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

Infrastructure Week 2018’s theme is all about advancing infrastructure solutions now.  Each year during IWeek, leaders and citizens around America highlight the state of our nation’s infrastructure – roads, bridges, rail, ports, airports, water and sewer systems, the energy grid, telecoms, and more – and the projects, technologies, and policies necessary to make America competitive, prosperous, and safe.

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Electric Buses: Clean Transportation for Healthier Neighborhoods and Cleaner Air

Monday, May 7th, 2018

FRONTIER GROUP U.S. PIRG ENVIRONMENT AMERICA Executive Summary: Electric Buses: Clean Transportation for Healthier Neighborhoods and Cleaner Air Buses play a key role in in our nation’s transportation system, carrying millions of children daily to and from school and moving millions of Americans each day around our cities. Buses reduce the number of individual cars […]

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Blind Eyes See ‘Crumbling’ American Infrastructure

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

Written by Trey Trimble, CTO, Transportation Safety Apparel, Inc. First we had canals. Then we made trains. Cars and planes followed shortly after. Then we landed on the moon. Our cities grew, our states were connected, and American infrastructure was in a golden age. Today, our infrastructure is mottled by drinking water crises, bridge collapses […]

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The Road to Zero: A Vision for Achieving Zero Roadway Deaths by 2050

Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
The Road to Zero - RAND Corporation

Imagine yourself in 2050, the first year in which not a single person in America died in a traffic crash. How can that be? The United States’ population has exceeded 400 million. The demand for mobility has increased with the population and improved access to transportation, especially for groups that previously had limited mobility options. It’s thanks to some amazing strides we’ve made since the 2010s in several different areas. Nearly all vehicles, including motorcycles, now have high levels of vehicle automation, whether they are self-driving or human-driven. Almost all cars now brake automatically, warn drivers about objects in their blind spots, park themselves, adjust their speed, and stay in their lanes. While crashes still happen, there are many fewer of them.

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New name and a few changes for a federal transportation funding program

Monday, April 30th, 2018

A lockbox containing $1.5 billion in federal funding for surface transportation projects has just opened up to communities across the United States.  The funding comes from a new program called the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program. The announcement came this week from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Any federal program that provides funding for transportation projects is great news to state and local officials. However, the same type of funding was previously available – just under another name.  The new BUILD program is what the Trump administration calls an “enhanced” version of the former very popular TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant program.  Translated, that means this is not really new funding.

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Something good may be about to happen

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

President Trump has promised to shorten the time it takes for federal agencies to approve environmental reviews and issue permits for large public projects. Many have scoffed at the Administration’s claims.  But maybe – just maybe – change is in the

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