Media
Infrastructure in the News: May 14, 2012
BAF IN THE NEWS
The Hill: The Week Ahead: Lawmakers get down to business on Keystone
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/227117-the-week-ahead-lawmakers...
Former Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Pa.) will participate in an event on transportation and gas prices Tuesday sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association and Building America’s Future.
NATIONAL NEWS
NYT: Freight Train Late? Blame Chicago
When it comes to rail traffic, Chicago is America’s speed bump.
Shippers complain that a load of freight can make its way from Los Angeles to Chicago in 48 hours, then take 30 hours to travel across the city. A recent trainload of sulfur took some 27 hours to pass through Chicago — an average speed of 1.13 miles per hour, or about a quarter the pace of many electric wheelchairs.
Infrastructure in the News: May 3, 2012
NATIONAL NEWS
McClatchy News: As states seek funds for deeper ports, will ships come in?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/05/02/147455/as-states-seek-funds-for-de...