In designing the George Washington Bridge, Othmar Ammann, in an historic decision, designed a solely vehicular span -- a decision that triggered a cascade of events that led to an automobile nation.
Posted 04.25.2012
The New York City Department of Records released 870,000 images of New York City and its municipal operations and made them available to the public vi...
Posted 04.05.2012
The world's longest suspension bridge--Aizhai--opened in China on March 31. The bridge connects two cities--Chongqing Municipality to Changsha cit...
www.thirteen.org | Posted 05.30.2012
People aged 18 - 29 aren't buying cars like they used to, and even G.M. knows it: The New York Times reported last week that the American automobile ...
John Blumenthal | Posted 03.13.2012
I wish we had this cool stuff in my country. But we don't. Instead, our government spends money on crippled people and old people and people with mental problems, and fixing old bridges and building highways and hospitals and things like this. We are not so cool as you.
Sen. Claire McCaskill | Posted 01.31.2012
If America is going to build roads and bridges, I believe they ought to be built here, not in an unstable war zone.
Norm Stamper | Posted 01.21.2012
Shutting down a critical bridge or snarling highway traffic during rush hour may be a grand, empowering experience. But it ticks off thousands who would otherwise, in their own enlightened self-interest, sign on to the cause.
HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.20.2011
Bridges built during the post-World War II boom years are facing an increasingly urgent need for repair. Some 210 million trips are taken every day on...
Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.20.2011
According to a new report by a Washington-based advocacy group, many bridges around the San Francisco Bay Area are in woeful shape. Analyzing data...
Robert E. Litan | Posted 11.12.2011
America can get the infrastructure it truly needs without adding to the deficit if policy makers would enable the private sector to do the job.
Paul Abrams | Posted 10.14.2011
The argument is not that government should do everything, any more than the private sector can do everything, but that there are critical functions that government can uniquely perform.
AOL Travel News | Posted 09.19.2011
Stroll the 1.3-mile Hudson River Walkway in Poughkeepsie, NY -- taking in the exhilarating view of water, treetops, and sky -- and you could almost fo...
Tamsin Smith | Posted 06.29.2011
It begins like a joke that only a liberal arts professor would tell -- what do you get when you dress thirty poets in safety goggles and hardhats, and put them on a boat together?
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
The 3D mapping service Google Earth grants users a bird's-eye view of craggy mountaintops, sprawling suburbs, and crowded cityscapes. Users can even t...
Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011
Did you ever wonder why some of America's greatest public works projects were accomplished during its worst depression? President Obama has the right idea when he calls for major investment in 21st Century infrastructure.
Carol Polsgrove | Posted 05.25.2011
Pressed for funds to cover the cost of building the controversial I-69 extension through southern Indiana, the state DOT wants to cut corners by running a causeway across a floodplain.
Posted 05.25.2011
Though we have a certain phobia of driving over bridges (between the height and the claustrophobia, it's just not our favorite thing), we still adore ...
Posted 05.25.2011
In her new book about the challenges facing the American middle class, Arianna writes about politicians' failure to make the middle class a priority. ...
The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011
From the epic expanse of the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge suspension bridge in Japan to the timeless grandeur of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, the world...
Phineas Baxandall | Posted 05.25.2011
Every parent knows this one - you walk into a room and see your child playing carelessly with a new toy. Invariably, you warn: "If you break that, I'm...
Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011
Bridges are one of the few architectural endeavors that are both functional and symbolic. Spans like the Golden Gate, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Tow...
BBC NEWS | Victoria Gill | Posted 05.25.2011
Concrete bridges could make better roosts for certain species of bat than natural caves, according to research....
Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011
If the recovery is done right, we can forge public-private partnerships akin to the Second World War. However, our least patriotic institution, the large scale investment bank, seems to have something different in mind.
Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011
If you're looking for a good deal on public assets, Allen & Overy LLP, a leading international law firm, has a product for you.
Lesley Stern | Posted 05.25.2011
The right bridge can provide excellent shelter as well as reflect your taste and status. And unlike your current housing set up, a good bridge comes with access to free running water, weekly janitorial service and maintenance.
Joan Marans Dim | Posted 05.25.2012