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Our Failing Infrastructure
A nation’s infrastructure provides the base upon which economic growth is built. Examples include roads, water systems, mass transportation, airports, and utilities which support growth of productive activities like agriculture and industry. Infrastructure spending enhances the productive capacity of an economy by helping individuals and businesses produce and sell goods and services more efficiently. It creates jobs, boosts tourism, aids in the transportation of goods, connects people to more opportunities for better healthcare, education, etc., and is important for social change and development. Unfortunately, U.S. infrastructure maintenance and improvement has been substantially underfunded allowing significant degradation of all its components. Continue reading
Posted in Air Traffic Control, Air Travel, Air-Traffic Control, Aircraft, Airline, airports, American Jobs Plan, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, ASCE, ASCE, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Aviation, Aviation, Biden, Bridges, Broadband, Canals, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, China, China, COVID, Dams, Dams, Drinking Water, Eire Canal, Electrical Power, FAA, FAA, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, High-speed rail, Highways, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, infrastructure, Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highways, Joe Biden, K-12, Levees, Levees, Mass Transit, National Park Service, Parks, Parks, Ports, Power, Power, power grid, Public Transit, Rail transportation, Railroads, Roads, Roads, roadways, Schools, Schools, Schools, Seaports, Singapore, Traffic, Transportation, Transportation, Transportation, Transportation, Travel, Wastewater, Water Systems
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2021: The Year That Was
Every year is filled with events both good and bad. 2021 was no exception. Hopefully, 2021 was a good year for you. May 2022 be even better. Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Angela Merkel, Antarctic, Arkansas, ASCE, Ashraf Ghani, Boulder, California, California, carbon emissions, China, China, Colorado, COP 26, COVID, COVID-19, Dixie Fire, Events, Firearm, Georgia, Germany, Germany, Glasgow, Global Warming, Global Warming, guns, Haiti, illiberalism, Infrastructure, infrastructure, Ingenuity, international politics, Jezero Crater, Joe Biden, Kabul, Kamala Harris, Kentucky, Les Cayes, Maine, Mars, Michigan, Mike Pence, Missouri, Moderna, Moon, NASA, NASA, NASA, national politics, Olaf Scholz, Olympics, Oxford, Pandemic, Paris Agreement, Paris climate accord, Perseverance, Pfizer, Pfizer-BioNTech, Politics, Queen Elizabeth, Raphael Warnock, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, Ronne Ice Shelf, Russia, Russia, Scotland, Space, Taliban, Taliban, Tennessee, Texas, Texas, Trump, Virginia, WHO, Windsor Palace, World Health Organization, World Health Organization
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High-Speed Rail
Railways were the first form of rapid land transportation and had an effective monopoly on long-distance passenger traffic until development of the automobile and aircraft in the early-mid 20th century. Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, airports, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, ASCE, Automobiles, Bakersfield, Belgium, Birmingham, California, California, China, China, Denmark, France, France, Fresno, Germany, Germany, High-speed rail, HSR, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, infrastructure, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Italy, Italy, Japan, Japan, Japan, Leeds, London, London, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Manchester, Merced, Morocco, Netherlands, Personal, Poland, Rail transportation, Russia, San Diego, San Francisco, San Francisco, San Jose, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Seattle, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan
Tagged Air Travel, airports, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Automobiles, Bakersfield, Belgium, Birmingham, California, China, Denmark, France, Fresno, Germany, High-speed rail, HSR, infrastructure, Italy, Japan, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Merced, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Rail transportation, Railroads, railway, Railways, Russia, San Diego, San Francisco, San José, Saudi Arabia, Seattle, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan
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Overcoming U.S. Stagnation
It seems to me…. “There’s no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There’s only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.” ~ John Podhoretz[1]. Resolution of important … Continue reading
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Economic Transition
It seems to me…. “We know that to compete for the jobs of the 21st century and thrive in a global economy, we need a growing, skilled, and educated workforce, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, AI, AI, AI, Artificial, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Automation, bookkeeping, clerical, College, Compensation, Computer, Disparity, Economic, Economy, Education, Education, Education, Education, Employment, Employment, Food, Global Warming, health care, High School, Hospitality, Income, Industrial Revolution, Inequality, Inequality, infrastructure, Intelligence, Internet, Internet of Things, Internet of Things, IoT, IoT, janitors, Jobs, Jobs, Journalists, Knowledge, knowledge, Labor, Leisure, Low-Skill, Machine, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Middle Class, Middle Class, Paralegals, Recession, restaurant workers, Retail, Robotics, Secular Stagnation, shipping, Skilled, skilled, skills, Technology, Technology, Technology, Transportation, Unemployment, Wages, Wages, Warehousing, Workers
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