This is the third in a series of posts.
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA speaks with several engineers attending the American Society of Civil Engineers 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference held last month in Memphis, Tennessee:
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Talking Infrastructure with Engineers at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011Trade – What it Means for Jobs, How it Depends on the Transportation Network
Thursday, November 17th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily Washington State is the most trade dependent state in the country. The state is the fifth largest exporter in the country and has consistently had one of the highest “export per capita” and “exports as a percentage of state GDP” ratios among all states. About one in three Washington jobs is somehow related to […]
View this complete post...Talking Infrastructure with Engineers at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011This is the second in a series of posts
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA speaks with several engineers attending the American Society of Civil Engineers 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference held last month in Memphis, Tennessee:
Talking Infrastructure with Engineers at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference
Friday, November 11th, 2011This is the first in a series of posts.
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA speaks with several engineers attending the American Society of Civil Engineers 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference held last month in Memphis, Tennessee:
MAP-21 – Possible Impacts of Revised Core Transportation Programs
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily The MAP-21 proposal would consolidate the current seven “core” highway programs into five. Core highway programs are the primary programs through which funding is allocated to states and on to local jurisdictions. I’ve taken a stab at the possible impacts of the consolidation. If you’re analyzing the bill and have additions or […]
View this complete post...Newsflash: Transportation Project Creates Jobs, Stimulates Economy
Friday, November 4th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily One of the most frustrating and puzzling arguments against investing in transportation projects is that it doesn’t really have a positive impact on jobs and economic recovery. Here’s the latest example of how investing in infrastructure does have a positive impact. In Washington state rural county with an unemployment rate of 13%, […]
View this complete post...Reminder: November 6th-8th: High-Speed Rail 2011, New York City
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011From the US High-Speed Rail Association: Don’t miss this exciting high speed rail event of the year – High Speed Rail 2011! The Big Apple is the place to be November 6-8. Business and political leaders will come together with the world’s top experts to bring high speed rail to America. High speed rail is […]
View this complete post...President’s Jobs Council: Invest Aggressively in Transportation
Monday, October 17th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily AASHTO, the national association of State DOTs, reports in their weekly transportation report: “While debate about job creation continued in Washington this week, the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness met Tuesday in Pittsburgh. The council released a report urging the federal government to “invest aggressively and efficiently in cutting-edge infrastructure.” The […]
View this complete post...Infrastructure Bank is DOA in House, Mica Declares
Thursday, October 13th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily House Transportation Chair John Mica opened a hearing on an infrastructure bank by stating “I’m afraid that the national infrastructure bank is dead on arrival in the House.” The lone witness in favor of creating a federal infrastructure bank, Marcia Hale, president of Building America’s Future, observed a federal infrastructure bank is […]
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