Infrastructure in the News: July 1, 2010

According to Guardian bus budget cuts are driving Americans back to cars and WTNH reported that Connecticut's workers launched Build America campaign. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.

National News

AP: Obama says he's trying to bring jobs back to US
President Barack Obama says the global economy is forcing the U.S. to compete "like never before" with other countries and that his administration is moving on many fronts to bring jobs back home. Obama's administration is spending billions of dollars on education and training as well as on improving the infrastructure — such as roads and bridges but also on broadband and other technologies.

Guardian: Bus cuts drive Americans back to cars
The BP oil spill may make people reconsider their dependency on cars – but budget cuts are limiting public transport options.

State News

Wilsonville Spokesman: Coca-Cola: A case in study on public infrastructure
...The moral of the story here, so to speak, seems to be that targeted public investments in basic infrastructure — transportation/transit, public safety, water/waste-water and education — provide the very foundation for the private-sector to flourish and generate wealth in the form of local investment and job creation.

WTNH: Union launches Build America campaign
Connecticut's workers are urging the federal government to pour more money into Connecticut's roads and bridges to help create jobs.