US Infrastructure

States With The Most Deficient Bridges

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: U.S. Infrastructure, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, President Barack Obama, National League of Cities, Jobs, American Jobs Act, Federal Highway Administration, Center for American Progress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Business News

If the president's jobs act were to pass, the subsequent infrastructure investment might become a bridge to work for many of the country's unemployed....

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Bloomberg, Schwarzenegger: U.S. Must Modernize Its Infrastructure

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Ed Rendell, Highways, Michael Bloomberg, Baf Fund, Trains, High Speed Rail, Building America's Future, Job Growth, Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Infrastructure, Job Creation, Business News

With GDP languishing and job-creation rates well below what’s needed to put the economy back on track, the key to recovery lies with American infras...

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As U.S. Debates, China Undergoing '21st-Century Building Boom'

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure Spending China, U.S. Infrastructure, Grand Canal, China Building Boom, Infrastructure Spending by State, Business News

HANGZHOU, China — Gravel-laden barges glide past the willow-fringed banks of the Grand Canal, plying a trade route built 2,500 years ago to brin...

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U.S. Left Behind on High Speed Rail

Barry Levinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High Speed Rail, Obama High Speed Rail, US-Infrastructure, US-Vietnam-Relations, Vietnam High Speed Rail, Politics News
Barry Levinson

Vietnam, that little country we nearly bombed into extinction is building a high speed train from Hanoi to Ho Chi Men city at a cost of 50 billion dollars. Vietnam prepares for the future. The US isn't so sure about the future.

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US Aviation, Public Transit, Roads, Water Earn 'D' Grade: Engineering Report

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Highways, US Systems, US Infrastructure, Building Back US, Stimulus Package, Politics News

WASHINGTON — America's roads, public transit and aviation have gotten worse in the past four years. Water and sewage systems are dreadful. The b...

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