Topic – Infrastructure
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Stimulus money still creating jobs
2.9 million last quarter
The federal stimulus act is still creating jobs, including as many as 2.9 million in the last quarter
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Decaying infrastructure will cost Houston households money
Investment would help
Long-term transportation needs, decaying roads, bridges, railroads and transit systems are costing the United States billions, and Houston households are paying
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China seen as overtaking US
Pew Research survey
Foreign image of US is improving, but so is the image of China, which is seen as overtaking the US on the world stage.
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Climate change a threat to poor urban populations
Small changes, big disasters
Bad infrastructure in slums in the developing world leave poor urban populations more vulnerable to climate change disasters, according to a World Bank study.
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Infrastructure report: US not globally competitive
From ULI, Ernst & Young
In contrast with global competition, the US is lurching along a problematic course—potentially losing ground in terms of essential infrastructure development.
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‘What are we, a Third World country?’
Former Rep Jim Oberstar
"What are we, a Third World country?" former US House Transportation Committee Chair Jim Oberstar asked his audience in a lecture.
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Sean Barry
Transpo Opportunities Act
President Obama's draft six-year transportation bill offers much promise.
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South Philly gets porous street
$333K price tag
Philadelphia officials unveiled the city's first porous street, which will act as a water sponge, thereby reducing flooding problems.
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Stephen Lee Davis
US House proposes cutting transit funding out of transpo reauthorization bill
Ben Goldman
Make the house bill better for walking, biking, and transit
Richard Florida
Venture capital is shifting downtown
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