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Tag: U.S. infrastructure
Roadbuilding
ASCE: Trump infrastructure EO may not protect environment, improve safety
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) President Norma Jean Mattei says in a statement it is unclear if President Trumpâs executive order on streamlining the infrastructure-permitting process âwill protect the environment and improve public safety.â âFor decades, ASCE has advocated for public policies that reduce risk and hold paramount public safety and welfare,â Mattei [âŚ]
August 23, 2017
Roadbuilding
There are 90 transportation funding bills awaiting action across the U.S.
The American Road & Transportation Builderâs Association, through its Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC), reports that 26 state legislatures have a total of 90 introduced measures between them that would offer transportation project funding. ARTBAâs Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black said that state and local funding makes up slightly less than half of all [âŚ]
March 2, 2015
Business
Dire States hits the road to drum up support for Texas highway construction initiative
Nearly 180 years ago the toughest hombres ever to ride a horse and carry a rifle blazed a trail across Texas, conquering impossible odds to turn that hardscrabble land into one of the countryâs most prosperous states. Today, if there are any hombres left, theyâre probably stuck in traffic. One person who is helping build [âŚ]
July 15, 2014
Business
What World Cup host Brazil can teach the U.S. about ignoring infrastructure needs
In the search for morality tales about the consequences of inadequate investment in infrastructure, it would be hard to top the quagmire of Sao Paulo, Brazilâs largest city. In a recent article for the BBC, journalist Katia Moskvitch noted that the cityâs traffic management agency described a rush hour traffic jam last May as a [âŚ]
June 16, 2014
Roadbuilding
Foxx: Our big problem with transportation funding is âlack of clarityâ and âgetting to yesâ
Our big problem with transportation funding is âlack of clarityâ and âgetting to yesâ.
June 6, 2014
Business
Obama proposes $302 billion, 4-year transportation bill, announces $600 million in competitive grants
President Barack Obama has proposed a $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill with the aim of avoiding the Highway Trust Fundâs looming insolvency as well as providing a much-needed boost to the infrastructure improvements he promised during 2013âs State of the Union address. Through a White House announcement, Obama also announced that the U.S. Department of [âŚ]
February 26, 2014
Construction Equipment
One percent of U.S. bridges are both fracture critical and structurally deficient
A recent report from the Associated Press analyzing the 607,380 bridges in the most recent federal National Bridge Inventory found that 7,795, 1.2 percent, of them are both structurally deficient and fracture critical. Structurally deficient bridges are those in need of repair or replacing because one of its components has advanced deterioration. Fracture critical bridges [âŚ]
September 18, 2013
Business
Americaâs infrastructure given D+ grade by ASCE
Americaâs infrastructure has been the topic of many conversations latelyâfew, if any, of them good. President Barack Obama said U.S. infrastructure is âbadly in need of repairâ during the most recent State of the Union address and has proposed a âfix-it-first initiative to, well, fix the problem. Even outgoing Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood has called U.S. [âŚ]
March 21, 2013
Business
U.S. needs new bridges but states lack funding
The average age of the 600,000 bridges in the United States is 43 years old, according to a new report from the Washington Post. And considering that bridges are built to last about 50 years, that means a great deal of them will soon need to be replaced. In fact, as the Post reports, 70,000 [âŚ]
January 3, 2013
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