Transportation Infrastructure

Potential Light Emerges On Key Infrastructure Bill

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Highway Spending, Highway Bill, Congress, Video, Highways, Transportation Bill, Transportation Infrastructure, Congress Highway Spending, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Defying expectations, Congress has reached the homestretch on a major overhaul of federal transportation programs that is critical ...

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Our Political Bridges to Nowhere

Thomas Fisher | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Suburbs, Budget, Health, Scott Walker, President Obama, Mark Dayton, Cities, Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure, Politics News
Thomas Fisher

We can no longer afford to be so profligate with our transportation infrastructure and if we don't reign in these costs and creatively rethink these systems, the global economy will eventually force the issue. That's a bridge I don't think we want to cross.

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Global Expansion of High-speed Railroads Gains Steam

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 01.11.2012

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Danielle Nierenberg

Interest in high-speed rail (HSR) is growing around the world and the number of countries running these trains is expected to nearly double over the next few years.

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Matt Sledge

Deteriorating Transportation Infrastructure Could Cost America $3.1 Trillion

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Corrections, Traffic Congestion, Gas Tax, Asce, John Mica, High Speed Rail, Asce Report, Surface Transportation Bill, Transportation Infrastructure, Politics News

New tires add up. That's the finding of a report issued Wednesday by the American Society for Civil Engineers, which tallies up the cost of our decayi...

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Lucia Graves

Environmental Coalition Backs Sen. Sherrod Brown's New Green Jobs Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Apollo Alliance, Green Jobs, Sherrod Brown, Economy, Jobs, United Steelworkers, BlueGreen Alliance, Manufacturing Jobs, Transportation, Rustbelt, 112th Congress, Senator Sherrod Brown, Freight, Transit, Sierra Club, Transportation Infrastructure, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) joined green jobs leaders Thursday to tout a merger of green development groups and planned advocacy for ...

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Weekly Mulch: Why Building a Bike-Safe City is Key to a Clean Energy Future

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Congress couldn't get it together to vote even on the smallest of possible energy bills--the renewable ene...

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