In short: building new roads and highway interchange does not reduce congestion; it increases congestion.

Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation confirms urban residents subsidize rural transportation infrastructure.

One Seattle journalist explains why he's happy an existing bridge was tolled.

The old paper mill's underground tunnels were also reused to bring in water for cooling.

Re-examining the cause of the Great Depression—the revolution in agriculture that threw millions out of work—the author argues that the U.S. is now facing and must manage a similar shift in the “real” economy, from industry to service, or risk a tragic replay of 80 years ago.

"Thursday's legislation would have provided an immediate $50 billion investment in roads, bridges, airports and transit systems."

"In late August, contractors from DTE Energy began rolling through the streets, taking out two-thirds of the light poles."

The Infrastructurist covers the most projects needed most to fix the United States' crumbling infrastructure and create jobs.

"Mass transit is underfinanced; after all, Mercedes-Benzes and private jets are much more practical, no?"

New air traffic control system will save airlines billions in fuel costs ("Southwest Airlines... is saving $16 million a year in fuel as a result"), but most airlines are hesitant to upgrade prior to the 2020 deadline.

"When the college was set up in 1965, two-thirds of the cost of running it was supposed to be covered by state and local governments, and one-third by students. The reality today, Dr. Ryan says, is that students bear 78 percent of the cost."

"Canada managed to come through the financial crisis unscathed — what was it about its banking regulations that protected it? Why is Finland the best country for education? Why does Australia have the world’s lowest jobless rate? How are Germany’s highways so darned good? What is it about Japan’s health-care system that has made it the best in the world? Norway has the highest adult literacy level and is often ranked as having the best quality of life; what is it doing right? And Singapore has the highest per-capita GDP and one of the recession’s fastest-growing economies. Why?"

Moral of the story: economic downturns are the best time to invest in infrastructure.

Why spend $3 billion on another new bridge when we could give people inventives to carpool or take transit?

Even in 1938, we knew that the Interstate Highway System could never support itself financially.