Tag: Infrastructure
How electric cars could make America’s crumbling roads even worse
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
U.S. roads and bridges are in abysmal shape – and that was before the recent winter storms made things even...
Low-income neighborhoods would gain the most from green roofs in cities...
Ashish Sharma, University of Notre Dame
Heat waves aren’t just a source of discomfort. They’re the nation’s deadliest weather hazard, accounting for a fifth of...
As the Trump administration retreats on climate change, US cities are...
Katherine Levine Einstein, Boston University; David Glick, Boston University, and Maxwell Palmer, Boston University
Despite almost universal scientific consensus that climate change poses a growing...
Why Trump’s infrastructure ambitions are likely to stall
Caroline Nowacki, Stanford University and Kate Gasparro, Stanford University
President Donald Trump recently raised the ante with his promise to unleash a wave of new...
3 key quotes from Trump’s first State of the Union, explained
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and Stephanie L. Canizales, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters,...
Fungi can help concrete heal its own cracks
Congrui Jin, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Infrastructure supports and facilitates our daily lives – think of the roads we drive on, the...
Is your drinking water safe? Here’s how you can find out
Susan Boser, Pennsylvania State University and Diane Oleson, Pennsylvania State University
America’s drinking water infrastructure is aging and in serious need of modernization. Pipes are...
‘Public goods’ made America great and can do so again
Marina v. N. Whitman, University of Michigan
All Americans are lucky to live in a country brimming with public resources that everyone can...