• “A staggering number of the 89 city bridges and crossings used by Amtrak trains have parts that are in crumbling condition.” Eek. (NY Post)
• The Brookings Institute calls for Obama to push hard for a National Infrastructure Bank that would use a “modest amount” of federal money to leverage private funds for long-term infrastructure investment. (Brookings)
• Just how deep in the hole are we? “It will take $2.2 trillion to bring the nation’s infrastructure — water and sewage, waste disposal, energy, parks and school facilities — into good repair.” (Baltimore Sun)
• Meanwhile, how much cash can Congress dole out on short notice? Try $15 billion for transit projects and $48 billion for highway projects.(StreetsBlogDC)
• If you want to track the president’s job summit today, here’s your best source. (Atlantic)
• And apropos of, well, everything, here’s a film on the possibility of bicycle boulevards in NYC. If they build them, we will bike. (StreetFilms)
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December 3rd, 2009 at 11:05 am
“It will take $2.2 trillion to bring the nation’s infrastructure — water and sewage, waste disposal, energy, parks and school facilities — into good repair.”
I hate when numbers are thrown around like this. A more accurate way of presenting the costs would be to say “$110 over 20 years” or “$220B over 10 years” because not everything can be done at once.
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
Grr… add “per year” in there.