Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Infrastructure

MoveOn Takes On Infrastructure

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 23, 2011 | 2 Comments

The online nonprofit MoveOn.org is taking up the banner of infrastructure investment. Under the subject line “Can your photo create jobs?” the group just sent its 5 million members an email asking them to take a picture of an infrastructure project near them that needs doing. “It could be a bridge, a school, a road, […]

Good News and Bad News: Obama’s Plan Would Work, But GOP Won’t Pass It

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 9, 2011 | 6 Comments

This morning brought some useful indicators about the outlook for President Obama’s jobs bill. Good news first: Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says President Obama’s job creation plan will likely add 1.9 million jobs, cut the unemployment rate by a percentage point, and grow the economy by 2 percent. The plan includes $50 billion for infrastructure, […]

Report: Get Out of the Highway-Obsessed Eisenhower Era

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 8, 2011 | 3 Comments

Building America’s Future, led by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, has added their voice to the chorus calling for greater investment in U.S. infrastructure, lest the country fall behind its global competitors. In a new report, Falling Apart and Falling Behind, BAF recommends more […]

Onion: Al-Qaeda Would Reduce U.S. Infrastructure to Rubble But It’s Too Late

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

You can always count on The Onion to call attention to the sorry state we’re in. Today’s story: “Al-Qaeda Claims U.S. Mass Transportation Infrastructure Must Drastically Improve Before Any Terrorist Attacks.” According to The Onion, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has demanded that the U.S. make significant repairs and upgrades to its roads, bridges, and railways […]

$1,060: The Cost of Decrepit Infrastructure for Your Family Last Year

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 27, 2011 | 5 Comments

Five months’ groceries for a family of four. A year’s worth of textbooks for a college student. One thousand sixty dollars: That’s how much inadequate infrastructure spending cost the average American family last year, according to a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers, “Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment […]

Boxer Confirms Bike-Ped Funding, Gang of Six Loves infrastructure Spending

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 21, 2011 | 6 Comments

At today’s hearing, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee celebrated the bipartisan consensus it has reached on a new transportation reauthorization – but details of that consensus are still not public. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) did confirm that dedicated federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian programs remains in the bill. Addressing LA Mayor Antonio […]

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