John Hennessy III,
P.E.
SUSTAINABILITY
In the 21st century, cities will increasingly be the frame through which we understand and shape our shared economic, political and cultural circumstances. They will also be ground zero for the collision of economic, environmental and social imperatives that define sustainability.
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
The Great Recession reset the world economic map. Suddenly, with the bulk of the world’s economic growth transferred beyond the borders of a recession-mired West and into emerging markets, American metropolitan areas and the nation as a whole were left to cast about for new sources of growth.
This is the first in a series of posts Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA was a participant at the US High Speed Rail Association’s 2012 summit, held from February 28th to March 1st in Washington, DC. After addressing those attending the conference, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood spoke with Steve about high speed rail […]
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NATIONAL COMPLETE STREETS COALITION
For decades, California and most of the nation have been building streets that are incomplete because they fail to provide safe access for everyone who uses them, whether they are in cars, on foot or bicycle, in wheelchairs, or using public transportation. As a result, people who walk – whether low-income residents catching a bus, seniors out for a stroll, or kids on their way to school – face dangerous, and often deadly, conditions.
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
A new kind of challenge is emerging in the United States, one that for many years was largely buried in our national consciousness. Now it can be buried no longer.
Transportation Issues Daily
It’s predictable: when gas prices soar, some people will start advocating for a gas tax holiday. With gas prices having increased in each of the last 22 days, we’re sure to see tax holiday proposals surfacing soon. Forbes calls the holiday notion a “silly but shiny idea”.
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Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 8
The Administration’s $476 billion six-year transportation reauthorization proposal —included as part of its FY 2013 budget submission —has met with indifference if not outright skepticism in the Washington transportation community. For one thing, the proposal comes at a time when both houses of Congress have already developed and are actively pursuing their own versions of reauthorization legislation.
Here at infrastructureusa.org, national figures have participated in exclusive online conversations on The Infra Blog. Infra Views showcases content from leading think tanks and policy organizations. Users have documented their local infrastructure at Show Us Your Infra! and participated in Infra Polls. Now, we are initiating a new feature that is designed to encourage students […]
View this complete post...America must invest in overhauling and expanding its aging water and wastewater infrastructure, some of it a century old, or face grave economic consequences, according to a study produced for ASCE, Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Water and Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure. This news report on the study, featuring ASCE […]
View this complete post...Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 7 The President’s FY 2013 budget submission offered the Administration a rare opportunity to rise above partisanship and influence the ongoing transportation reauthorization debate in a positive way. It provided a chance for the White House and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to assume a constructive role in mediating what could turn […]
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