An Invitation: ASCE’s Congressional Fellow Program Accepting Applications
December 16, 2013
“Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried,” said Winston Churchill. It’s safe to say the man had a point. For the past 18 years, ASCE has selected a member as part of ASCE’s Congressional Fellow program and allowed them to work and learn on Capitol Hill. A year later,......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/lighting-airports-runways-with-leds-saves-big-for-raleigh/">Lighting Airports Runways with LEDs Saves Big for RaleighLighting Airports Runways with LEDs Saves Big for Raleigh
December 09, 2013
America needs solutions to our infrastructure issues that can work today, and what if it’s as simple as switching out the lights? The replacement of the entire airfield electrical system at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) represents the first major air carrier airport in the United States to complete a full airfield conversion to FAA-certified LED......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/congress-headed-for-a-fight-on-science/">Congress Headed for a Fight on ScienceCongress Headed for a Fight on Science
December 05, 2013
Congress appears ready to start of new fight on what until recently has been a largely non-partisan issue. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chair Lamar Smith (R-TX) has circulated draft legislation to reauthorize and replace the America COMPETES Act. Entitled the “Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, Technology Act of 2013” or FIRST Act, the......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/blumenauer-proposes-gas-tax-increase/">Blumenauer Proposes Gas Tax IncreaseBlumenauer Proposes Gas Tax Increase
December 04, 2013
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has introduced legislation that would incrementally raise the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax to 33.4 cents-per-gallon. Blumenauer’s proposal, the Update, Promote, and Develop America’s Transportation Essentials (UPDATE) Act, increases the gas tax by 15 cents, which is in line with a proposal that was included in the 2011 Simpson-Bowles budget reform recommendations.......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/on-infrastructure-funding-is-the-challenge/">On Infrastructure, Funding is the ChallengeOn Infrastructure, Funding is the Challenge
December 02, 2013
In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Philip Howard, of the small-government reform group Common Good, said that when it comes to U.S. infrastructure, “funding is not the challenge.” Where to begin? Funding is an immense, complicated, and ever-changing challenge facing our country’s roads, bridges, water systems, dams, and other infrastructure. Our inability......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-gives-thanks/">ASCE Gives ThanksNovember 27, 2013
This Thursday, families across the country will sit down and give thanks for good fortunes they’ve encountered this past year. Members of our office and the infrastructure community in general have reason to be thankful for a great many things that occurred this past year or exist as a part of America’s infrastructure as a......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/california-dot-issues-proposal-rule-for-fracking/">California DOT Issues Proposal Rule for FrackingCalifornia DOT Issues Proposal Rule for Fracking
November 22, 2013
With vast reserves of hydrocarbon energy trapped deep under its surface, the state of California is getting ready to oversee the exploration for and recovery of the nation’s largest supply of oil and natural gas from shale fields. The California Department of Conservation (DOC) has issued a proposed rule that would govern the petroleum industry’s......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/house-agrees-to-conference/">House Agrees to ConferenceNovember 18, 2013
The House agreed by unanimous consent to go to conference with the Senate on the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (HR 3080) last Thursday. Shortly after agreeing to go to conference Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) introduced a motion to instruct conferees on the National Dam Safety Program reauthorization. The motion to instruct conferees......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/americas-infrastructure-crisis-isnt-overstated/">America’s Infrastructure Crisis Isn’t OverstatedAmerica’s Infrastructure Crisis Isn’t Overstated
November 14, 2013
When a doctor tells you that you are sick, you should probably stay home. When a contractor tells you that your roof is caving in, you should probably move out. When the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) tells our country that our infrastructure rates a D+, you should probably ask how we can raise......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/public-opinion-shows-americans-open-to-bus-rapid-transit/">Public Opinion Shows Americans Open to Bus Rapid TransitPublic Opinion Shows Americans Open to Bus Rapid Transit
November 12, 2013
Our friends at HNTB recently conducted their latest America THINKS survey, which polled a random nationwide sample of 1,127 Americans. The conclusion: Americans are open to new approaches to public transportation, such as bus rapid transit. But what is ‘bus rapid transit’? Simply, it is a new way of thinking about community bus service. According......
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