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Infrastructure in the News: March 07, 2011
Reuters reports that U.S. gas rices have increased 28 cents a gallon in the last 10 days and the New York times reports on the U.S. getting a lesson on buses from developing countries. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: March 03, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports that Americans increased their driving in the year 2010 and Transportation Nation writes about the highest levels of highway traffic since 2007. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: March 02, 2011
The Associated Press discusses state governments that are considering private sector partnerships to help them meet transportation needs, and the Journal of Commerce discusses freight rail. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: March 1, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports that Americans want more investment in their highways, but then don't want to raise the gas tax to make it happen. Meanwhile, the chief economist of the World Bank, Justin Lin, says the US needs to invest in infrastructure. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: February 28, 2011
The New York Times reports on a Hamilton Project study that urges states to fix old roads instead of building new ones and The Atlantic writes on the challenges of building out America's infrastructure "from the ground up." Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: February 25, 2011
Infrastructurist argues that raising the gas tax would lower the economic vulnerability of the US and the Engineering News-Record reports that America's airports will require about $80 billion over the next five years to upgrade and expand. Find out more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: February 24, 2011
Infrastructurist has an article on the top 15 metro areas for transportation in America, and Fast Company looks at the smartest transportation cities in the country. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: February 23, 2011
The Wall Street Journal distinguishes the federal funding package for rail from the package for high-speed rail, and Infrastructurist highlights a new report that shows that states do not develop efficient transportation programs on their own. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: February 22, 2011
The New York Times has an article on the dollar costs of repairing our nation's dams, and the cost in lives if we don't. The National Journal writes on Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's plan to transorm the highway trust fund. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.
Infrastructure in the News: February 21, 2011
Forbes is crticial of the Obama administration's plans for high-speed rail, but the Department of Transportation lauds the President's plans for infrastructure. Read more in this Infrastructure in the News.