Infrastructure

A review of the Conference of Mayors’ report on the economic benefits of high-speed passenger rail on cities and their metropolitan areas. Is the report overly ambitious in its analysis of the potential economic benefits considering that high speed rail carries obstacles that might take years to address?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced that the wind industry broke all previous records by installing nearly 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity in 2009. The installed capacity is enough to serve more than 2.4 million homes. However, despite the increase in installations, the industry still …

A discussion on the state of the proposed high speed rail system. Will a system similar to China's ever be realized in America?

Fixing a looming problem in the Highway Trust Fund--at least for now--President Obama has signed legislation providing a $7-billion infusion for the trust fund's highway account. The additional money, which will be transferred from the general fund, is expected to keep the account solvent through Sept. 30 or perhaps a bit longer.

Carol Metzner of CivilEngineering Central.com revisits the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse news item from two years ago and discusses what has been done as a result.

A discussion about the $787 billion stimulus package which included $48 billion for transportation. Six months after, have you seen the results?

The Senate is set to consider a bill next week that would authorize $38.5 billion for wastewater and drinking-water infrastructure over the next five years. S. 1005, the Water Infrastructure Financing Act, could come to a vote in the Senate as early as Monday, July 27.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger advocates for a high-speed rail system to modernize US infrastructure, which he considers to be on par with that of a developing country. He says, "Our trains go the same speed today as they were 100 years ago," Schwarzenegger says. "So where is the progress?"

Authorization of the Federal Aviation Administration expired in September 2007. Since then, the FAA - including aviation infrastructure programs - has been operating under a series of short-term extensions. The House is tentatively scheduled to vote on reauthorization legislation (H.R. 915) Thursday, May 21.

Discussion on President Obama's new proposal to cut $1.5 Billion in Construction.