Posted on Wednesday June 3rd by The Infrastructurist | 696
- The Federal Highway Trust Fund — that big kitty that you throw 18 cents into every time you buy a gallon of unleaded — is going to go bust in August. It needs $7 billion to stay solvent this year. (AP)
- Later today, in the wake of his high speed whistle-stop tour of Spain, Ray LaHood will meet with Joe Biden and several governors (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Georgia, etc.) to discuss passenger rail.
- Maryland, which has had more than its share of water main breaks in recent months, is getting $122 million for water projects. (Baltimore Sun)
- The death of the traditional office? A new wave of self-employed workers “have begun to band together to form office communities of like-minded” folks. The goal is to “cross-pollinate.” (UrbanOmnibus)
- Consumers in India, Brazil and China are the greenest of the world’s major countries–including choices about energy use and transportation–according to National Geographic. The US? Don’t ask. (The Dirt via Planetizen)
- New York City is becoming a model for other US cities of how to design a bicycle-friendly urban space. (Austin 360)
- San Fran gets its first solar bus shelter. Pretty soon it will have free WiFi. Sounds like it might make for a nice makeshift office with a few friends? (StreetsBlog SF)
Photo via Inhabitat
