infrastructure
New data on U.S. bridge repair needs emerges
An analysis of the 2013 National Bridge Inventory database that the U.S. Department of Transportation released shows cars, trucks and school buses cross more than 63,000 structurally compromised bridges across the country 250 million times every day. The most heavily traveled… Keep Reading
Panel discussion concludes Dire States tour
Case Construction Equipment addressed the problem with this nation’s crumbling infrastructure during a lively panel discussion titled Dire States and a Call for Change. On hand were Jim Oberstar, former U.S. congressman and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure… Keep Reading
Case hosts discussion that results in call for action
Case Construction Equipment addressed the problem with this nation’s crumbling infrastructure during a lively panel discussion titled Dire States and a call for change. On hand were Jim Oberstar, former U.S. Congressman and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure… Keep Reading
Obama outlines vision to invest $302B in infrastructure
President Obama outlined his vision for investing in America’s infrastructure with a $302 billion, four-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal. During a speech made February 26 at the Union Depot train station in Saint Paul, Minn., he said he would work… Keep Reading
CASE to hold panel discussion about infrastructure
In an effort to highlight the problems facing American infrastructure and what can be done to remedy the situation, CASE Construction Equipment will host a panel discussion in its booth (N-11722) at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 6. Titled Dire… Keep Reading
ARTBA forecasts moderate 2014 growth for infrastructure
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is forecasting that the overall U.S. transportation infrastructure construction market will grow 5 percent from $129 billion this year to $135.8 billion in 2014. Alison Premo Black, ARTBA's chief economist, said the… Keep Reading
LaHood weighs in on need for federal infrastructure funding
Ray LaHood, former transportation secretary, said on an MSNBC radio show that the federal government is “too afraid” to invest in new infrastructure, according to The Hill. “It’s going to be up to Congress, it’s going to be up to… Keep Reading
Obama weighs in on infrastructure issues
President Barack Obama touched on U.S. infrastructure during an economic speech July 24 at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., pointing out that more than 100,000 bridges are theoretically old enough to qualify for Medicare. "Businesses depend on our transportation systems,… Keep Reading
‘Pothole Robin Hood’
The infrastructure of the United States is deteriorating, and there are signs that the public is beginning to take notice. I see more and more stories in the mainstream media about the need for infrastructure improvements. My favorite was about… Keep Reading
