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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.

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