Infrastructure in the News: July 2, 2010
Hawaii Business reported that $14 billion will be invested in fixing public infrastructure and Infrastructurist posted a video about the most dangerous roads in America. Find out more in this Infrastructure in the News.
National News
FOX News: Who Has the World's Worst Traffic?
Think traffic is bad? IBM says it's worse than you think--and points to Beijing for the world's worst commuter times.
Huffington Post: What Ever Happened to Public Transportation?
In 2009, National Geographic conducted an annual study measuring and monitoring consumer progress toward environmentally sustainable consumption in seventeen countries around the world. The resulting "Consumer Greendex" found that Americans ranked as the world's least green consumers. Of all the nations surveyed, we have the lowest percentage of people who use public transit on a daily basis. And we have the highest percentage of people who never, ever, take public transit.
Infrastructurist: Which Are the Most Dangerous Roads in America?
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State News
Hawaii Business: $14 Billion to Fix Hawaii
The tab has finally come due. For decades, Hawaii neglected its critical public infrastructure. Inadequate roads and highways have left us with mind-numbing traffic jams, not just in Honolulu, but in Kona, Kihei and Lihue.
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The National Chamber Foundation: The Transportation Challenge, 2008 Get The Facts
Traffic congestion costs Americans $78 billion a year.
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Massachusetts
Kimberley Driscoll
Mayor, Salem
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