Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Infrastructure

AZ Rep Ruben Gallego to Dems: Don’t Enable Trump’s Infrastructure Surge

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 18, 2016 | 1 Comment

Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi may be ready to bend over backward to work with Donald Trump on "infrastructure," but you can count Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego out.

Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi Are Falling for Infrastructure Propaganda

By Angie Schmitt and Ben Fried | Nov 17, 2016 | No Comments

We’re going to see a lot of stories about Donald Trump and infrastructure in the next few months, and this reporting will be heavily influenced by a message that has been honed and perfected by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It will be important to see through these arguments and view the Trump infrastructure plan with clear eyes.

Democrats Who Embrace the Trump Infrastructure Plan Are Suckers

By Angie Schmitt and Ben Fried | Nov 10, 2016 | 61 Comments

As painful as it is to deal with the reality of a Donald Trump presidency, if you think highways and sprawl are a terrible mistake, the time to mobilize is now. One of the first things on Trump’s agenda, after dismantling Obama’s social and environmental legacy to the greatest extent possible, is a huge round of infrastructure spending. […]

The Problem With “Infrastructure Week”

By Angie Schmitt | May 20, 2016 | 5 Comments

You may have noticed that it’s “Infrastructure Week” in America — a time where engineering and construction industry groups beat the drum for more money, using big numbers and images of collapsing bridges. You can follow the dialogue on Twitter. It’s full of value-neutral statements like this one from Democratic members of the House Committee on Transportation […]

BeltLine Visionary: It’s Time to Radically Reconceive Urban Infrastructure

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 11, 2016 | No Comments

Ryan Gravel was just a graduate student at Georgia Tech when he came up with the idea for the Atlanta BeltLine — a ring of parks, trails, and transit that would encircle the city, repurposing derelict space around abandoned train tracks. The first phases of trails and parks are now underway, and the Beltline has already catalyzed a […]

The Highs and Lows of Hillary’s Bland Infrastructure Plan

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 1, 2015 | 6 Comments

We’re getting some insight into what White House transportation policy would look like in a Hillary Clinton administration, following the Democratic frontrunner’s release of a 5-year, $275 billion infrastructure plan yesterday. It’s not exactly a visionary plan, but despite its blandness it’s still likely to be DOA if Republicans retain control of Congress as expected. Clinton’s “briefing” calls for $275 […]

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