Aug 27 2010
Today is the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. During that terrible ordeal thousands of lives were lost, destroyed, or significantly altered. We must never forget that poor and unresilient infrastructure, inadequately maintained and mixed with Mother Nature can have devastating results. For the most part, we do realize that. Unfortunately, disasters like Katrina do have [...]
Aug 26 2010
ASCE’s Infrastructure Solutions Roundtable tour rolled into Sacramento last week to learn about the challenges the state of California faces and how they are implementing solutions for failing infrastructure. This is a second stop in a five city tour ASCE is hosting with Governing magazine on ASCE’s 5 Key Solutions for Infrastructure. The first roundtable [...]
Aug 05 2010
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (who is a big friend of ASCE’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure) is currently on day 3 of a 4 day cross state trip to lobby residents for support for additional funds for roads, bridges and public transit. He is making this pitch to residents to get their buy-in when he [...]
Aug 04 2010
The National Journal’s Transportation Expert Blog asked the question this week: are we moving away from cars? As our population grows and urbanizes, will there only be room to bike or walk? ASCE’s executive director Pat Natale, P.E., F.ASCE can’t predict how we’ll travel in the future, but he knows the way we’re traveling now just isn’t working. [...]