Infrastructure
Can AI-powered Congestion Pricing Improve Transportation Equity?
New research suggests big data and machine learning can create an equitable approach to tolling and improve traffic congestion.
Detroit Tests Cloud-enabled Pavement Monitoring
In-vehicle sensors collect and analyze data and send it to the cloud where the city can access it as a GIS layer to see road surface ratings.
Infrastructure Update: $6B Federal Bridge Funding Boost Arrives for Small Localities
With thousands of city and county bridges in “poor condition,” local leaders say “It’s about time.”
Major Offshore Wind Lease Sale Set for February
The planned federal auction for sites near New York and New Jersey comes as the Biden administration continues its push for offshore wind power development. State and local leaders are eying economic opportunities tied to the industry.
Infrastructure Update: White House Urges States to Tap Infrastructure Czars
In some states, leaders have already selected point people to help guide spending with billions in new, federal infrastructure dollars.
A Missing Piece With State Efforts to Test Drive Mileage Taxes
A federal watchdog questions why pilot programs for an alternative to the gas tax haven't been evaluated on whether they could be expanded nationwide.
Court Orders 9,000 Crosswalk Upgrades for Blind Pedestrians
A federal court directed New York City to improve the intersections in the next decade to bring them in line with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Wintery Conditions Leave Thousands of Motorists Trapped on Highway For a Day
Drivers—including one U.S. senator—found themselves trapped in their cars in Virginia, some for more than 24 hours. But no deaths or injuries have been reported.
The Messiest Local Government Issue
The problem of building, maintaining and expanding sewer systems never seems to go away.
Big Cars Are Killing Americans
COMMENTARY | The government can no longer allow the auto industry to treat walkers and bikers like collateral damage.
It Keeps on Raining Too Much Too Fast
Even an inch of rain, if it falls too quickly, can overwhelm a place.
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