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U.S. Department of Transportation Released Grant Awards

June 13, 2018By. Joe Brady

Last week, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) attended an invitation only event with U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao announcing the Department’s release of nearly $1.5 billion in grants to fund the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America or “INFRA” program for freight, highway, and bridge improvements created by the Fixing America’s......

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Tags: Airports, bridges, FASTLANE Grants, infrastructure, infrastructure investment, rail, Rail system, rail transportation, roads, USDOT

Eno Paper Finds Tools for Improving Public Transit

June 06, 2018By. Dylan Hunt

Public transit has underfunded for decades and system delays, especially on legacy systems, are increasing. ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card gave public transit a “D-”, the lowest grade given to a U.S. infrastructure category, largely due to the ever growing $90 billion in rehabilitation costs. Eno recently released a paper titled “Tools for a Smoother......

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Tags: 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, asset management, contracting, Eno, future, Rail system, transit