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America's Crumbling Infrastructure : Opinion Brief
China's CRH high-speed train embarks on its test run May 11, 2011: California lawmakers have approved financing for their own bullet train, which could cost the cash-strapped state $68 billion.

High-speed rail: Financial suicide for California?

Lawmakers in the Golden State approve $4.6 billion in financing for a high-speed line connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco, but critics say it's a train to nowhere

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : The Bullpen
Edward Morrissey

Edward Morrissey: A high-speed derailment in California 

Why the state's proposed new rail system is little more than a foolish boondoggle

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : Opinion Brief
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) wants to use public seed money to woo larger private investments for infrastructure projects.

Is John Kerry's 'infrastructure bank' a waste of federal cash?

The Democratic senator wants to use public seed money to attract more private investment for bridges, roads, and other projects

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : Opinion Brief
With a certain political constituency in mind, a new Funny or Die video drafts "Mad Men" characters as advocates for high-speed rail.

Can 'Mad Men' sell high-speed trains?

In a new video from Funny or Die, "Mad Men" characters brainstorm how to build an advertising campaign around a high-speed rail proposal. Take note, President Obama

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : Opinion Brief
China's high-speed rail system may be booming, but Republican governors want nothing to do with such public transit projects.

Why does the right wing hate trains?

Republican governors are turning down stimulus money for rail improvements, and the GOP wants to defund Amtrak. What's going on?

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : Opinion Brief
The Frankfurt-to-London express: High-speed train travel has flourished overseas, but has stalled in the U.S.

Obama's $53 billion high-speed rail plan: 'Keep dreaming'

Republicans say the proposal is dead on arrival. Is there any hope for the president's ambitious infrastructure plan?

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : Best Column
Boston's "Big Dig" began in the 1980s and the last ramp of the mega tunnel project opened in 2006.

America: A country that can't build anything anymore

It is now too costly and time-consuming to finish public-works projects, says Jonah Goldberg in the Los Angeles Times. But don't blame conservatives

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : By the numbers
President Obama's new infrastructure plan could help tackle the 90,000 miles in need of repair.

America's creaking infrastructure: By the numbers

The Obama administration has pledged $50 billion to fix some of America's rusting train lines, crumbling roads, and damaged bridges

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : Controversy
Obama's infrastructure plan focuses on repairing roads, train tracks and airports.

Obama's new infrastructure plan: By the numbers

During his Labor Day address, President Obama announced a $50 billion proposal to rebuild American roads and rails

 
America's Crumbling Infrastructure : Opinion Brief
A boy looks out at the Empire State Building from the observation deck at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

The Empire State Building's 'ugly' twin

New York City has approved a skyscraper that will rival the nearby Empire State Building. Reason to be outraged?

 

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