In light of the ASCE’s particularly damning assessment of its infrastructure, we speak to the director of Michigan’s Department of Transportation, Kirk Steudle, to find out what the state is now doing to make good.
From collapsed bridges to leaking dams, American infrastructure is facing real decline. US Infrastructure's Matt Buttell investigates real life problems for America's roads, bridges and transit lines, and asks, "What’s next?"
President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act promises a major boost for infrastructure funding. But does it go far enough and what can the response to an earlier crisis tell us about the likely outcome? Huw Thomas investigates.
The freight rail industry has long played a crucial role in supporting the US economy. But in today’s tight markets the importance of that relationship is hanging in the balance, as Union Pacific CEO, James R. Young, explains.
Urgent action is needed if the crisis in US infrastructure is not to infect the entire nation, says Wayne Klotz, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).