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INFRASTRUCTURE'S * USA
* DC - Engineering group says surface transportation lacks $846 billion
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -22 Jan 2013: -- The national trade association for engineers says surface transportation will fall behind an astonishing $846 billion worth of investment by the year 2020 unless Congress takes the steps to fix it... The American Society of Civil Engineers is set to publish a “report card” in March that spells out the enormity of the gap between spending and the needs of the system... In a series of previews leading up to the report card, the president of the engineering group said the deterioration of the nation’s infrastructure – including roads and bridges, waterways, ports and electrical grids – jeopardizes safety, threatens quality of life, and harms the economy... In addition to the $846 billion gap for roads and bridges by 2020, the ASCE also points out a $39 billion gap for airports, $16 billion for seaports and waterways, $84 billion for drinking water, and $107 billion for electricity...
* Massachusetts - "Shareway" presents a vision of transport infrastructure in 2030
Boston,MASS,USA -Gizmag, by Donna Taylor -January 21, 2013: -- American-based studio Höweler + Yoon Architecture has developed an intriguing concept for modern urban infrastructure between Boston and Washington called "Boswash." Central to the design of this imagined mega-region is the firm's "Shareway" design – a bundled transport concept that seeks to redress the nightmare of the urban commute by connecting public and individual transport to a single artery along the 450 mile (724 km) route of the existing Interstate 95...
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