Topic – Infrastructure
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Gas taxes dip to all-time low
Inflation-adjusted numbers
Gas taxes in the US have dipped to all-time low, adjusted for inflation.
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Steve Loranger
Financing new infrastructure
Strategic partnerships should finance new infrastructure
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Report: US falling behind in infrastructure
US not investing enough
The United States risks falling further behind Asia and Europe if it does not immediately start to invest in its infrastructure.
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Katy development proposal wins New Urbanism award
But it may not be implemented
The proposal would create compact, mixed-use communities and won international acclaim, but it was not one of the finalists in a local competition in January.
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Parker wants transit, drainage to be part of legacy
Shares thoughts in interview
In a video interview, the mayor says her biggest priorities are a first-class bus and rail system, better flooding infrastructure, NASA jobs, and city finances.
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James Corless & Stuart Cohen
National transportation vision
The US needs a national transportation vision
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Infrastructure bank could provide benefits and pitfalls
No long-term spending boost
None of the current proposals would increase long-term infrastructure spending; instead, they would just shift more of the financing into debt spending.
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One-man filibuster shuts down federal Highway Trust Fund
GOP Senator Jim Bunning
GOP Senator Jim Bunning's objection to a 30-day extension of a 2005 transportation law led to a quasi-shutdown of U.S. DOT operations this morning.
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David Crossley
Houston at 200: healthy, happy, prosperous
Roger Valdez
The average size of a new home is shrinking.
Robert Puentes
Not one state is really a "donor" state to the highway trust fund
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