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These federal grants can help ease multiplying election threats
May 16, 2024 | News, InfrastructureCyber and physical threats are some of the biggest issues local election officials face ahead of the November presidential contest. Researchers said while there is a finite amount of funding, federal grants can help ease the pressure.
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Why Washington Metro’s leader is ‘bullish’ on post-pandemic transit
| News, InfrastructureFaced with a drop in riders and major budget shortfalls, Randy Clarke doubled down on providing more service to D.C.-area riders. It seems to be working.
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Housing boom in most of the US could ease shortage, but cost is still a problem
| News, InfrastructureThere are 5 million new housing units since 2020, mostly in the South and West, but supply has still not caught up with demand.
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Feds open the door to $2B in Northeast Corridor rail improvements
May 14, 2024 | News, InfrastructureThe grant applications come as President Joe Biden, a longtime railroad fan, wraps up his first term and Amtrak ridership rapidly rebounds from pandemic-era lows.
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New federal rule will overhaul transmission planning as electric grid strains
| News, InfrastructureThe sprawling rule requires transmission operators to plan along a 20-year horizon and work with states to develop data-driven projections of needs.
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Efforts to reform federal broadband subsidy gain traction
May 13, 2024 | News, InfrastructureLawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed support for tweaks to the Affordable Connectivity Program’s rules in a bid to keep it from sunsetting this month.
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After Supreme Court decision left wetlands unprotected, Colorado steps in
May 10, 2024 | News, InfrastructureLawmakers crafted new rules to protect and restore wetlands and streams left vulnerable following a decision by the high court that scaled back the types of places subject to the Clean Water Act.
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Texas flooding brings new urgency to Houston home buyout program
| News, InfrastructureThe Houston area is the site of perhaps the country’s longest-running experiment in the adaptation policy known as “managed retreat.” But the past week’s flooding has demonstrated that even this nation-leading program hasn’t been able to keep pace with escalating… Read More »
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Skateboarding’s latest trick: Reviving cities
May 09, 2024 | News, InfrastructureNew skate plazas are proving that making spaces skateable makes them safer and more dynamic, too.
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FCC poised to require calls to the 988 suicide hotline be geolocated
May 07, 2024 | News, InfrastructureRouting calls based on location versus a person’s area code is already standard for calls coming into 911. Elected officials and mental health advocates want 988 calls to be geolocated as well. A new FCC proposal would do that.