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Building America’s Future Educational Fund, a bipartisan and national infrastructure coalition, just released a report that examines the economic challenges posed by the United States’ ailing transportation infrastructure. The report, “Falling Apart and Falling Behind,” reviews investments being made by international competitors and recommends new transportation policies to spur U.S. economic growth. Among the report [...]
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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak was in New York City this week to announce an ambitious plan to move toward a ‘Green Economy.’ The effort focuses on reducing carbon emissions and making much more efficient use of resources while improving health, education, and the income levels of residents. Malaysia is also focused on intelligent infrastructure, [...]
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Today the Indian government approved an investment of $10.14 billion (460 billion rupees) for the National Mission for a Green India (NMGI). The plan will expand forests by five million hectares, while also remediating and improving forest quality on another five million hectares. The plan is part of a larger National Action Plan on Climate [...]
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Across the continent there are new and ongoing investments in light and commuter rail lines, including the resurrection of streetcars. The Transport Politic carries a map of all these new construction projects, along with details on individual projects and the expected completion. It’s good to see the broad number of projects underway, many as extensions [...]
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The government of Canada has announced a $7.6 million repayable investment to support research and development by PCI Geomatics on next-generation earth observation technology. The government’s investment is part of a $25.5-million research and development project that PCI Geomatics is undertaking. The R&D project at PCI Geomatics will involve developing a high-speed computing framework and [...]
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Alexis Madrigal of the Inventing Green blog is undertaking an interesting project to compile the history of green technologies in America, and to map these on a Google Maps mashup called the Green Tech Map. While the effort is just getting underway, Madrigal is hard at work on a book about this history of green [...]
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President-elect Barack Obama outlined his plans for job growth in his weekly address yesterday (view below). On the list is investment in making public buildings more energy efficient, upgrading school buildings, increasing broadband Internet access, and modernizing health care. He indicated that he is working to outline the plan in detail so that it can [...]
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This column is sponsored by ESRI There are many considerations when contemplating whether to cultivate in-house capabilities or to rely on the expertise of others. A large part of this equation revolves around how often the toolset is used, and the level of benefit that it brings to your business. An infrequent user requiring spatial [...]
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With higher gas prices pushing more people to take public transportation, the collection of gasoline taxes will decrease. This revenue is used to fund infrastructure, so the move to mass transit will put further strain on U.S. infrastructure investment. Additionally, the move to alternative fuels collects no tax, so it doesn’t pay for the roadway. [...]
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