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Opinion – Infrastructure’s diminishing returns since the Golden Gate – The Washington Post
Opinion By Megan McArdle In 1916, Emily Post published her book about driving across America. Yes, that Emily Post, the society maven who invented the modern etiquette column. Before she started telling us all how to behave, she wrote “By Motor to the Golden Gate,” which is still worth reading more than a hundred years…
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Army Corps halts $11B in projects over government shutdown: White House
by Ashleigh Fields – 10/17/25 6:12 PM ET White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said Friday the Army Corps of Engineers is pausing $11 billion of funding in projects in four states. Democratic-led cities Baltimore, New York, San Francisco and Boston will be impacted by funding halt. “The Democrat shutdown has…
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After a ‘near death’ experience, Amtrak prepares for rapid growth- POLITICO
By DANIELLE MUOIO DUNN and JANAKI CHADHA, 08/08/2022 10:00 AM EDT Two years ago, Amtrak was facing a “near-death” experience, Stephen Gardner, CEO of the national passenger rail service, said at a briefing last week with the Association for a Better New York. Both business and travel leisure rapidly grinded to a halt, causing ticket…
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Billions of dollars aren’t enough to fix America’s train problem | SLATE
By Henry Grabar, Aug 09, 202111:34 AM As part of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that is edging ever closer to passage, Congress is set to give Amtrak $30 billion for the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston, part of a $66 billion grant for the network nationwide. To some, this may seem like a…
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America’s Amtrak moment could finally be here
Ben Jones, CNN • Published 1st May 2021 (CNN) — Created in 1971 from the creaking remains of the classic US railroads that helped build modern America, Amtrak has often lived a precarious existence. Subject to the whims of politicians in Washington D.C. and constantly under pressure from the well-funded and hugely influential oil, automotive…
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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden to visit Philadelphia train station Friday – CNNPolitics
“Amtrak Joe” is returning to his roots. By Betsy Klein, CNN, Updated 12:34 PM ET, Tue April 27, 2021 (CNN) — “Amtrak Joe” is returning to his roots. President Joe Biden will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Amtrak’s founding when he travels to Philadelphia on Friday to make a push for his massive infrastructure proposal,…
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Biden infrastructure plan: Amtrak vows new routes. Here’s where
By Joseph Spector Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, April 1, 2021 How about a train ride from Nashville, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Phoenix to Southern California, or Louisville, Kentucky, to Indianapolis?Amtrak late Wednesday released a proposed map of new and expanded service if it can land the $80 billion President Joe Biden proposed for the rail service…
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Six maps that show the anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure – The Washington Post
¶ DrWeb says: Show don’t tell.. sometimes maps provide the eye and the mind with just the right sense of perspective… “The maps you are about to see show the massive scope of America’s infrastructure using data from OpenStreetMap and various government sources. They provide a glimpse into where that half-trillion dollars may be invested.”…
