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Future Cities ... Mega City 2070 ... Step into the future. ... A city of 50 million people is no longer just a city. ... How will civil engineers accommodate a population so large, while preserving the city’s historic character, promoting accessible green space and supporting a diverse array of lifestyles and economies?

Infrastructure supports our way of life. ... Our roads enable us to get to work, our aviation infrastructure allows us to take vacations, our freight infrastructure brings us our goods, and our drinking water infrastructure lets us lead healthy lives. ... For many years, we made investments to support these systems. ... Unfortunately in recent years, there has been a trend of underinvestment in...

According to civil engineers in Kansas and Missouri, the states have an imperative to improve their inadequate infrastructure systems if they hope to boost their economies. ... Today marks the release of both the 2013 Report Card for Missouri’s Infrastructure and the 2013 Report Card for Kansas’s Infrastructure. ... Engineers in each state spent the last year analyzing 9 and 11 categories in Ka...

Maria Matthews ... Illinois has just made giant strides in modernizing the state’s surface transportation—it became the fourth state of 2019 to increase its gas tax. ... Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed into law a 19-cent per gallon gas tax increase, doubling the previous rate to a total of 38 cents per gallon, as part of a $45 billion...... ... The 2019 Report Card for California’s Infrastruc...

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Last Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend highway and transit programs until December 18, 2015 on a 312-119 vote. ... The House bill granted a $8.1 billion boost the Highway trust Fund (HTF) to keep it solvent past the looming July 31 deadline. ... This extension will fund surface transportation projects through the mid-December timeframe. ... The decision was reached, b...

She works on commercial and residential renewal projects in Birmingham, Alabama. ... Shelia’s experiences in her career, along with attending the ASCE Legislative Fly-In, contributed to her active role in advocacy. ... The Alabama Section is currently working on a state Report Card and starting a Government Relations Committee, both of which Shelia will be involved with. ... She also serves as ...

These improving grades were partially due to significant new investments such as HB 170, as well as improvements to regional cooperation, such as the Atlantic Transit Link Authority (ATL). ... The ATL brings together Atlanta’s four transit systems under a new regional governance and aims to improve system efficiency. ... The grade in the ports category (“B-”) also increased, in part thanks to a...

The Aloha State’s infrastructure sits in poor condition, mostly due to aging infrastructure, lack of funding, and sea level rise. ... Today, the Hawai‘i Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the inaugural 2019 Report Card for Hawai‘i’s Infrastructure, grading 11 categories of the region’s infrastructure, resulting in an overall grade point average of “D+.” ... The s...

This is the first in a series of summaries over the next few weeks on the contents of the newly-passed five-year federal surface transportation authorization law, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. ... The next sections will focus on the policy changes to highways, transit and federal passenger rail programs. ... The backbone of federal transportation funding is the motor fuels...

Arizona has been growing, and it’s going to keep growing. ... Today the state has about 6.6 million people, but Arizona’s population by 2035 could be as high as 10.5 million people which is a lot more people who will be using the water infrastructure and traveling on the same roads. ... With such explosive growth, comes opportunities and challenges to keep up. ... The opportunities – new busine...

Congress returned from its August recess yesterday to a mountain of unfinished business. ... With 22 days remaining in the fiscal year, Congress plans to go all in and be in session for nine of them. ... Nine days to: ... Avoid a government shut down by passing a FY 2014 budget; ... Address the federal debt limit or face a default on federal debt; ... Reach agreement on the farm bill which expi...

Draft legislation is being circulated by new House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) which would require all research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to be certified to “advance the national health, prosperity, or welfare” and “secure the national defense” of the United States. ... The NSF must certify that each funded project is of “the finest quality, is groundbrea...

January 17, 2020By. ... America's Infrastructure Report Card ... In 2019, we witnessed a drastic increase in hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, and more. ... We must be thinking about ways to make our infrastructure last and withstand future risks. ... That means ensuring our infrastructure is more resilient by using new technologies, approaches, materials—but also incorporating the latest code...

House Democrats just unveiled the latest coronavirus relief bill, known as the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions, or, HEROES Act. ... This fifth proposed legislation related to the pandemic economic fallout is a $3 trillion proposal, and far exceeds the previous economic relief vehicle, the CARES Act. ... The bill also includes a new stimulus check for Americans, $1 trill...

America's Infrastructure Report Card ... This past week, a blast of polar air covered much of the Midwest, closing schools and sending staff home early—causing businesses and restaurants to close shop before the end of the day. ... Piercing the Midwest with record low temperatures, infrastructure systems were also strained. ... Rail lines were snapped and gas-fed heaters ran alongside the rails...

So often, our water infrastructure goes unnoticed until a pipe bursts. ... Lately, there have been several events drawing attention to the water sector’s significance, including the water main break at UCLA, algae in Toledo drinking water, and drought in California. ... Water infrastructure deserves our attention and investment for many reasons, beyond the most recent media...... ... Read Story

Accelerated bridge construction ... We all know the feeling of frustration when traffic slows to a crawl as you see the telltale signs of traffic cones and reduced lanes up ahead. ... Large bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects mean that disruptive construction zones can last months into years. ... Accelerated bridge construction is a design and construction method that uses prefabricat...

Becky Moylan ... For the first time, ASCE is formally recognizing an individual member and a team who are dedicated to saving America’s infrastructure and promoting ASCE’s Priority Issues through building relationships with lawmakers. ... The Outstanding Civil Engineer Advocate of the Year Award winners, Darren Benoit and the Louisiana Section, will be recognized for their achievements at ASCE’...

Late last week, in a historic action, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a proposed rule to revise the enforcement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). ... Signed into law in 1970, the NEPA review process requires federal agencies, prior to development, to evaluate the environmental impacts of their proposed actions. ... The NEPA review process is broad ...