• Municipalities Need $300B in Sewer, Water Work
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Nation   |   February 9, 2012
• A federal study shows municipalities nationwide need more than $300 billion worth of essential upgrades to long overlooked water and sewer systems over the next 20 years.

• Transit Funding Faces Uncertain Future
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   February 8, 2012
• Transportation stakeholders say that House bill would make long-term transit investments a challenge.

• Senate Struggles to Pay for Highway Programs
• BY: The Associated Press   |   Nation   |   February 8, 2012
• The U.S. Senate was scheduled to take up a bill to extend federal highway and transit programs later this week even though Democrats were still struggling Tuesday to find a way to pay for the programs.

• Defense Cuts Test Lawmakers' Resolve on Deficits
• BY: The Associated Press   |   February 6, 2012
• President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve of lawmakers who came to Washington determined to slash the deficit.
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• Promoting Road Safety in New York City via Haiku and Pop Art
• BY: Zach Patton   |   February 1, 2012
• New York City streets are getting a little more literary. The city Transportation Department has partnered with an artist, John Morse, to create a series of graphic, pop-art signs encouraging drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to be more careful.

• Rendell Calls For Infrastructure Investment
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   January 31, 2012
• Remarks come on the same day the Congressional Budget Office announces that the Highway Trust Fund is heading towards the red.

• House Transportation Bill Would Spend about $260B
• BY: The Associated Press   |   January 31, 2012
• House Republicans are proposing to spend about $260 billion over the next 4 1/2 years on transportation programs, as well as substantially increase the size of trucks permitted on highways, according to a draft bill being introduced this week.

• Restored Streetcars Now Desirable
• BY: Tod Newcombe   |   February 2012
• To the delight of many, old streetcars are being restored to their former glory and put back into transit service in New Orleans, Philadelphia and Portland.

• Why Does Our Infrastructure Resemble a Third World Country’s?
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   February 2012
• One explanation may be our budgeting process.
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• Water Shortage Crisis Tests El Paso's Conservation Efforts
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 2012
• El Paso began preparing for shortages two decades ago. Now, it's seen as a leader in confronting a crisis that many expect to spread beyond Texas.
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• New York City Uses ARRA Funds for Hybrid Street Sweepers
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   January 26, 2012
• They’re expected to improve the city’s finances and carbon footprint.

• More Water for Las Vegas Means More Resentment in Rural Areas
• BY: Stateline.org   |   January 4, 2012
• One state bureaucrat has the power to decide whether Las Vegas can draw extra water from underneath the state’s eastern counties, a question that has long concerned environmentalists and aggravated a political rift.

• Utah Envisions a Sustainable Future
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   January 2012
• The public-private partnership, Envision Utah, is a national model for cities grappling with how to ease congestion, stop sprawl and clean the air.

• Not Yet a State, Puerto Rico Practices Good Governance
• BY: Paul W. Taylor   |   January 2012
• Puerto Rico, which will vote on whether to become a state this summer, has reduced its spending by 20 percent in just two years with the help of public-private partnerships.
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