Building America's Future

The ‘Getting schooled in infrastructure’ campaign bus tour by the US Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) began this week at the now-closed I-495 bridge in Wilmington. The tour, intended to highlight LIUNA’s concerns about the country’s failing roads and bridges, will travel through more than 22 cities and Congressional districts in a bid to press Congress to pass a long-term, full-investment Highway Bill this year. The campaign also includes radio ads, billboards, online activity and g

A day after ITS International published details of a report from The Mobility Collaborative - $4 per gallon gas won't alter driving behaviour, claims national study - the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and Building America's Future (BAF) has released a study which draws the opposite conclusion and predicts that record numbers of Americans will turn to public transportation as a cost-cutting measure in the face of volatile gas prices.