Criticizing Congress for not getting anything done is a complaint as old as the institution itself. The myriad of procedural tactics that legislators have means that at anytime nearly any policy issue, no matter how mundane seeming, can be torpedoed pretty easily. Most of the time, that’s actually a good thing. The framers of the [...]

Tags: COMPETES Act, research

After a week of water problems and some publicized accidents during the Big Dig, some in Boston are wondering if the people in charge of the infrastructure: the politicians, the municipal managers, and yes, even the civil engineers, know what they’re doing. It’s especially worrying that the disruptions came from relatively new infrastructure installments.   [...]

Tags: Boston, failure, infrastructure, Life Cycle Cost, Solutions