AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Once every four years, America’s civil engineers provide a comprehensive assessment of the nation’s major infrastructure categories in ASCE’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure (Report Card). Using a simple A to F school report card format, the Report Card provides a comprehensive assessment of current infrastructure conditions and needs, both assigning grades and making recommendations for how to raise the grades. An Advisory Council of ASCE members assigns the grades according to the following eight criteria: capacity, condition, funding, future need, operation and maintenance, public safety, resilience, and innovation. Since 1998, the grades have been near failing, averaging only Ds, due to delayed maintenance and underinvestment across most categories.
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2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013Guest on The Infra Blog: Asher Miller, Post Carbon Institute
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013Asher Miller is the Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute. Topics include:
It’s All About Fossil Fuels
Energy Independence
The Time is Now
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Proposed 2014 Transportation Budgets Differ Wildly. Who Will Win?
Monday, March 18th, 2013Transportation Issues Daily Congress is about to establish a 2014 budget blueprint, with the House and Senate miles apart on the numbers. The House is likely to pass its resolution this week. The Senate may take a little longer, depending on how the 2013 continuing resolution debate and votes go this week. House Republicans and […]
View this complete post...Thinking Big, Planning Smart: A Primer for Greater Washington’s Next Generation of Transit
Friday, March 15th, 2013COALITION FOR SMARTER GROWTH
Without Metro, it’s estimated our region would need approximately 710 lane-miles of additional highway lanes at a capital cost of $4.7 billion,1 causing severe impacts in terms of homes taken for highway expansion. Proximity to Metro is estimated to have sparked some $212 billion in regional real estate value2, and it’s played a key role in helping older suburbs stave off the inner- suburban decline seen in other cities around the U.S. It’s had a central role in the rebirth of Washington, D.C.
East Side Access Cost Overruns
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is constructing one of the largest and most complex public works projects in the country, East Side Access (ESA). ESA will bring Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) service to the East Side of Manhattan for the first time, at Grand Central Terminal (GCT). The MTA expects ESA to spur numerous benefits for the region, including faster commutes, expanded transportation options and economic growth.
Public Transportation Ridership Report
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
The demand for public transportation rose last year as Americans took 10.5 billion trips, the second highest ridership since 1957, and 154 million more trips than the previous year, according to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). This was the seventh year in a row that more than 10 billion trips were taken on public transportation systems nationwide.
Improved Highways: Conquering Roads – 1937
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013more at http://auto-parts.quickfound.net/ “Highway engineering and development in the pre-Interstate era.” Public domain film from the Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is […]
View this complete post...Pensacola, OK: Big Cabin Creek Bridge Demolition
Monday, March 11th, 2013Maryland Transportation by the Numbers
Monday, March 11th, 2013TRIP Executive Summary Maryland’s extensive system of roads, highways and bridges provides the state’s residents, visitors and businesses with a high level of mobility. This transportation system forms the backbone that supports the state’s economy. Maryland’s surface transportation system enables the state’s residents and visitors to travel to work and school, visit family and friends, […]
View this complete post...Interactive Map: Average Commute Times
Friday, March 8th, 2013WNYC
The average travel time to work in the United States is 25.4 minutes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Move around the map or enter your town or zip code to find commute times for your area.
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