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Study identifies most congested cities
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 25, 2010
In today's USA Today. Los Angeles, New York and Chicago take top billing. No surprises there. But there are a ...
Transportation bill back in play?
Posted by Tom Jackson on Oct 07, 2009
Facing unrelentingly bad employment news the White House and Congress seem to be floating some trial balloons about the possibility ...
Stimulus spending: “A trickle instead of a...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Sep 01, 2009
That's how AGC chief economist Ken Simonson characterized the stimulus bill's infrastructure spending thus far in his report on nonresidential ...
Oregon pumps up the spending
Posted by Therese Dunphy on Jun 11, 2009
A transportation bill, already passed by the Oregon House and Senate and enthusiastically endorsed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski, is a ...
Stimulus bill treasure map
Posted by Tom Jackson on May 19, 2009
The Associated Press has put together a county-by-county map of where the infrastructure stimulus funds are being spent. As you ...
A definition of “shovel ready”
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 06, 2009
Thanks to the stimulus bill, the term "shovel ready" has entered the national lexicon. But the closer you look at ...
To finance infrastructure feds should sell land, bonds
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 24, 2009
As it's currently conceived the federal government's proposal to rebuild infrastructure and stimulate the economy is going to be financed ...
Infrastructure funding proposals gain strength: bonds...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 09, 2009
Ah-nold wants you to know he’s pumped about the future of infrastructure spending. Governor’s Schwarzenegger along with Governor Ed Rendell of ...
Considering a net-zero gas tax
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jan 07, 2009
One thing I hate to see conservatives do is to agitate against gas taxes. As taxes go it's a fair ...
Argentina boosts infrastructure spending
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Dec 01, 2008
Here in the U.S., we just seem to talk about it. It's Argentina's biggest public works plan in memory.





