America’s Neglected Infrastructure

Our water, power and transportation infrastructure is vital to the way we live, yet we do not invest in it enough to keep it in the condition we need it to be in.  To learn more about our infrastructure needs, check out the following links.

The sad, sorry state of US roads (Read, R., Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 2, 2012)

U.S. Roads Are In Terrible Shape: How Would You Fix Them? (Read, R., The Car Connection, Oct. 2, 2012)

WHY IT MATTERS: Creaky bridges, potholed roads, tricky politics (Washington Post [Associated Press], Oct. 8, 2012)

21 Facts About America’s Decaying Infrastructure That Will Blow Your Mind (Snyder, M., Hawaii News Daily, Sept. 20, 2012)

The Gas Tax Is Running Low. But What Should Replace It? (Totty, M., Sept. 17, 2012)

Nation's water costs rushing higher (McCoy, K., USA Today, Sept. 26, 2012)

New long-term bill for Miami-Dade water and sewer repairs could top $12 billion (Rabin, C., Miami Herald, Sept. 17, 2012)

US Water Infrastructure Needs: The Private Funding Gap (Freedman, J., Environmental Leader, Sept. 11, 2012)

We need long term strategy for investment in our infrastructure (Rendell, E., The Hill’s Congress Blog, Sept. 18, 2012)

A year after Irene, experts say N.J. must strengthen infrastructure before it's too late (Sterling, S., New Jersey Star-Ledger, Aug. 25, 2012)

Bloomingdale floods expose sewer systems strained by development (Samuels, R., Washington Post, Aug. 25, 2012)

Cuts in transportation funding mean worse Pennsylvania roads, bridges (Schmitz, J., Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 20, 2012)
Our Neglected Infrastructure (Infrastructure Watch, Aug. 7, 2012)

Urgency rising to fix nation's crumbling bridges (Glor, J., CBS This Morning, Aug. 9, 2012)

GM CEO Akerson: Raise Taxes On Gasoline (Ernst, K., The Car Connection, June 7, 2011)

Obama: Pay As You Drive, Instead of Gas Tax? (Halvorson, B., The Car Connection, May 5, 2011)

Who Wants Higher Gas Taxes? That's Ford. Bill Ford. (Voelcker, J., The Car Connection, May 5, 2009)

Water Bills Rising Quickly in the USA (Deutsch, R., USA Today)