Stories Tagged as
Infrastructure
Nation's electricity grid gets a test
Nov 12, 2013
The aging grid's main protection against attack is that it's too sprawling and complicated to all go down at once.
Detroit: A city built for 2 million, with 700,000 left
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Sarah Hulett
Nov 4, 2013
Detroit's infrastructure problems grind on, despite bankruptcy.
Obama's new labor secretary wants to work with colleges
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 30, 2013
Labor Secretary Tom Perez explains how he hopes to push unemployment down and economic growth up.
Meet Big Bertha, Seattle's ginormous tunnel boring machine
by
Molly Wood
Jul 19, 2013
Big Bertha, named for former city mayor Bertha Knight Landes, will dig up to 100 feet a day and build a massive tunnel under the city for a new freeway.
Train safety, data, and measuring the value of a life
by
Molly Wood
Jun 21, 2013
Which is more important: updating train safety mechanisms or improving rail infrastructure?
Why don't we fix our crumbling bridges?
by
Kai Ryssdal
May 24, 2013
Nearly 70,000 bridges across the U.S. are in need of some serious repairs but the political will, and the money, just aren't there.
U.S. infrastructure gets a D+
Mar 28, 2013
Marketplace Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell joins Morning Report host Jeremy Hobson to discuss the state of infrastructure in the U.S. and whether the country can afford to improve it.
For public good, not for profit.
Mississippi River mayors call for more dam, lock funding
Mar 22, 2013
Mayors along the Mississippi River say more funding is needed to shore up aging infrastructure.
Infrastructure should have its own budget
Feb 13, 2013
Spending on infrastructure and education can help fuel future growth.
State of the Union for jobs: A preview
Feb 12, 2013
Juli Niemann, an analyst with Smith Moore & Company, shares her thoughts on what Obama will highlight and the state of jobs and the economy.