infrastructure investment

This Week in Infrastructure: All the Reasons to Fix the Trust Fund

December 12, 2014By. ASCE Staff

Reports on transportation investment and its overall benefits to the economy provide incentive for Congress to #FixTheTrustFund as state lawmakers make their own push for infrastructure investment. On Tuesday, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) released the 2015 Bottom Line Report, which thoroughly evaluated......

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Tags: gas tax, highway trust fund, infrastructure investment, infrastructure report card

Maximizing the Investment in Transportation Projects

October 01, 2014By. ASCE Staff

ASCE teamed with the Eno Center for Transportation to author Maximizing the Value of Investments Using Life Cycle Cost Analysis. The report, released yesterday at a Capitol Hill briefing, surveyed industry practitioners and policymakers on their current use of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA), and their beliefs on what role it should play in the......

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Tags: infrastructure investment, LCCA, life cycle cost analysis, life cycle costs, surface transportation, transportation

Missourians Reject Sales Tax for Infrastructure

August 06, 2014By. ASCE Staff

On August 5 Missouri voters defeated a measure that would have established a dedicated infrastructure fund from revenue earned through three-quarters of a cent sales tax increase.  Constitutional Amendment 7 was dismissed in a 59% to 41% vote. “We are very disappointed in the result, but the people have spoken and we respect that.” Stephen......

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Tags: Funding, infrastructure investment, Missouri, transportation

Infrastructure Is the Missing Ingredient to Healthy School Lunches

December 30, 2013By. ASCE Staff

The Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project lead by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a report this December titled, Serving Healthy School Meals: U.S. Schools Need Updated Kitchen Equipment.  They found that 55% of school food authorities (SFAs) need kitchen infrastructure changes at one or more schools to meet......

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Tags: infrastructure, infrastructure investment, report card, schools, state

Obama Expands On Infrastructure Proposals

February 25, 2013By. ASCE Staff

President Obama last week provided more detailson his infrastructure plans that were first mentioned during the State of the Union address. The administration released a fact sheet that offers some specifics, however many of the details will still have to wait until the President releases his budget proposal in a few weeks. The announcement this......

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Tags: congress, economics, highway trust fund, infrastructure, infrastructure investment, state of the union address

The Big Picture on Infrastructure Investment

January 28, 2013By. ASCE Staff

With our final report in the Failure to Act series released this week, we saw the big picture consequences of failing to invest in our nation’s infrastructure. With this report, ASCE set out to answer this key question: What is impact on America’s economic future if we do not invest in our infrastructure today? With......

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Tags: congress, economics, infrastructure, infrastructure investment