A breakdown of Transportation and Infrastructure stimulus funding by state.
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THE DIG :: February 20th, 2009
Transit in Trouble: Infrastructure of the stimulus plan: $8.4 billion in Mass Transit spending
A breakdown of provisions and funding requirements for mass transit in The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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THE DIG :: February 13th, 2009
Transit in Trouble: Map: Major mass transit operating budgets
A look at America's top mass transit systems - from budget deficits to finding new revenue sources to how agencies will manage both. Also, find out how each agency plans to use federal funds from the economic stimulus.
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THE DIG :: February 12th, 2009
Building the National Infrastructure Bank: Infrastructure of the stimulus plan: Overall public works spending
What has often been referenced as a new New Deal, similar to initiatives instituted during the Great Depression, the following is a breakdown of federal funds from Congress' economic stimulus devoted to projects or spending that is related to or will affect infrastructure in the U.S.
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THE DIG :: February 10th, 2009
Transit in Trouble: Infrastructure of the stimulus plan: Senate vs. House spending on transportation
As the recovery plan was debated in Congress, the House and Senate had seemingly similar but, at the same time, different ideas on how stimulus money should fund transportation projects.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: October 15th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Overview
The breakdown of the levees in New Orleans and the collapse of the bridge in Minneapolis are well known, but America’s infrastructure problems do not end in Louisiana and Minnesota. Blueprint America -- with the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- and Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez travel to each region of the country for a five part series focusing not only on the neglect and underfunding of the country's decaying infrastructure, but also on solutions for and new thinking about these pervasive problems.
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer :: October 15th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Video: The Price of Decay
In Pennsylvania, there are nearly 6,000 bridges in disrepair – the most in the nation. According to the Federal Highway Administration, 39 percent of bridges in the state are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. In the first segment of a five part series on infrastructure in the U.S., NewsHour Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reports with Blueprint America on Pennsylvania's aging bridges.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: October 15th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Video: Return to Sender
America’s ports are its economic lifeline to the rest of the world, and are in danger of becoming a hindrance to our nation’s success. In the second segment of a five part series on infrastructure in the U.S., NewsHour Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reports with Blueprint America from one of the nation's busiest ports: New Orleans.
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer :: October 15th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Video: Nowhere to Grow
There are critical infrastructure decisions that need to be made in the American Southwest if it both wants to continue to expand and be able to support its current population. In the third segment of a five part series on infrastructure in the U.S., NewsHour Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reports with Blueprint America on how the suburbs of Arizona grow with no boundaries.
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