Build the Era's Jeanne Acutanza talks about steps that can be taken to create infrastructure projects that are light on the earth and reflect our larger community values with her recent visit to a local ferry terminal being one such…
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May the Journey Bring You Joy
Build the Era's Jeanne Acutanza reflects on her conversation with Vicki Scuri, infrastructure artist at Siteworks, and her life's work making infrastructure more appealing and communities more beautiful. CLICK HERE to read more.
What's Next?
Build the Era's Jeanne Acutanza reflects on the first time she met Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his eloquent answer to an infrastructure-related question she submitted at a recent technical conference. CLICK HERE to read more.
We Need to Pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Now!
In this week's blog we have a call to action that we know you'll want to be a part of! And the beauty of it is that it will literally take you 5-10 minutes because we've done most of the…
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Americans Need Universal Road User Education to Get To Zero Deaths
June is National Safety Month and in this week's blog post, Jonathan French talks about the vision of zero deaths and how universal road education can be part of the solution for maximum return on our infrastructure investments and safety…
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The Transport Rainbow at the End of the Pandemic
In this week's blog post, Jeanne Acutanza talks about transportation congestion and what post-pandemic new normal may look like as it relates to commuting and traveling. You can read it HERE.
Happy Earth Day!
Climate change is an existential threat, and the effort to meet this moment will be substantial, sustained, and collaborative. In today's Earth Day blog post, Jeanne Acutanza talks about the history of Earth Day and her recent podcast with Dr…
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A First Look at the American Jobs Plan
We hope you enjoyed our April Fool's Day blog post yesterday and that you had a good laugh like we did!
And now, in an effort to provide a factual summary with some insight into what President Biden's American Jobs…
Be Prepared to Think Round, America!
Yesterday, President Biden released his $2 trillion American Jobs Plan that showed his Build Back Better vision, and the plan was full of transformative investments for transportation in highways and bridges, transit and rail, and especially for pedestrians and cyclists…
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Surface Transportation Funding and Mileage Based User Fees
Following the recent transportation hearing, where Secretary Pete Buttigieg opened up a dialogue on our surface transportation funding crisis, our own Jeanne Acutanza pens today's blog post to talk about mile based user fees ((also known as Road User Charge…
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