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Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:59

World’s first light rail on a floating bridge: For I-90, Sound Transit had to invent ‘a brilliant solution’

May 12, 2017 By: Mike Lindblom (The Seattle Times) Sound Transit will soon try something unprecedented — building and operating train tracks on a floating bridge. The work begins June 3 in the center express lanes of Interstate 90, after carpools, buses and Mercer Island motorists are kicked out to make room for light-rail contractors. Passenger service between Seattle, Bellevue and…

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Tuesday, 09 May 2017 13:56

Fort Worth takes big step toward high-speed rail link with Dallas

May 12, 2017 By: Sandra Baker (Star-Telegram) As state lawmakers in Austin debate measures that could kill plans for high-speed trains between downtown Dallas and Houston, the Fort Worth City Council is moving forward with plans to create a rail link to Dallas. Fort Worth and Dallas are in the process of preparing for a 30- to 40-mile high-speed rail line…

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Thursday, 11 May 2017 13:54

The Japan-China infrastructure battle is a welcome rivalry

May 12, 2017 By: Shotaro Tani (Nikkei Asian Review) Competition between Japan and China to build Asia's infrastructure is healthy and will help spur the region's development, Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Nikkei Asian Review. Japan is advocating the construction of "high-quality infrastructure" in Asia, and is keen to push through such initiatives with the backing of the…

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Sunday, 07 May 2017 13:52

Fund Investors Are Betting Big on Infrastructure

May 12, 2017 By: Bailey McCann (The Wall Street Journal) Emboldened by President Donald Trump's campaign promise of a $1 trillion infrastructure-spending package, investors have plowed more than $460 million into related U.S. mutual funds and exchange-traded funds so far this year, according to data from Morningstar Inc. At the end of the first quarter, the amount sitting in such funds…

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Friday, 12 May 2017 13:50

Brazil Cuts Stake in China-Led Infrastructure Bank

May 12, 2017 By: Brian Spegele (The Wall Street Journal) Brazil is slashing its planned stake in China's landmark infrastructure development bank, in a growing pain for Beijing's efforts to create alternative global institutions to place its stamp on the world order. After initially pledging to take nearly 32,000 shares—worth more than $3 billion—when signing as a founding member of the…

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Wednesday, 10 May 2017 13:41

In charts: China’s Belt and Road Initiative

May 14, 2017 By: Gabriel Wildau and Nan Ma (Financial Times) China's President Xi Jinping will host 28 heads of state this weekend for a summit to promote his signature Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious programme of economic diplomacy that analysts have compared with the Marshall Plan. Mr Xi's plan for a "Silk Road Economic Belt" and a "21st-century…

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Monday, 01 May 2017 13:19

Key to Improving Subway Service in New York? Modern Signals

May 5, 2017 By: Emma Fitzsimmons (The New York Times)At a subway station deep under Manhattan, a dingy room is filled with rows of antique equipment built before World War II. The weathered glass boxes and cloth-covered cables are not part of a museum exhibit, however — they are crucial pieces of the signal system that directs traffic in one…

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Monday, 01 May 2017 13:17

Smart Cities Are About People

May 5, 2017 By: Joe Cortright (City Lab) The growing appreciation of the importance of cities, especially by leaders in business and science, is much appreciated and long overdue. Many have embraced the Smart City banner. But it seems each observer defines "city" in the image of their own profession. CEOs of IT firms say that cities are "a system of…

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Tuesday, 02 May 2017 13:15

Cadiz Announces $255 Million in Construction Financing for Desert Water Project

May 5, 2017 By Howard Fine (Los Angeles Business Journal) With the Trump administration soon likely to approve its long-sought desert water storage and transmission project, Cadiz Inc. announced Tuesday it has arranged up to $255 million in construction financing from giant private equity firm Apollo Global Management.Cadiz signed agreements with several funds managed by Apollo affiliates that will provide an…

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Monday, 01 May 2017 13:13

A lot of people are worried about crumbling infrastructure

May 5, 2017 By: Nancy Marshall-Genzer (Marketplace) Sixty-four-year-old Taylor Rickard is giving me a guided tour of her worst nightmare. We're driving along the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, Virginia, under a bridge Rickard said is about 75 years old and showing its age."Look at the rust," Rickard said, pointing. "And look at the patches on the concrete. And that's what…

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Sunday, 30 April 2017 13:11

Pittsburgh Tries to Avoid Becoming the Next Flint

May 5, 2017 By Kris Maher (The Wall Street Journal) As its soot-filled skies cleared, this city built on the steel industry gained a reputation as one of the nation's most livable places. But it now has another environmental issue to contend with: It is one of several major American cities with lead levels in drinking water above the federal limit.…

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Wednesday, 03 May 2017 13:09

India looks for sound funding as it targets infrastructure

May 5, 2017 By: Simon Mundy (Financial Times) Six days a week, Sigma Electric's factory in the western Indian industrial hub of Pune is filled with deafening crashes, roars and hisses as aluminium is melted before being cast into specialised components by dozens of heavy machines. But every Thursday, the plant falls silent — a victim of "load shedding" by the…

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Friday, 05 May 2017 13:07

Private-sector role in Canada Infrastructure Bank raises conflict issues

May 5, 2017 (The Globe and Mail)nternal documents reveal the extensive involvement of privatesector actors in the Liberal government's efforts to shape and promote a $35-billion Canada Infrastructure Bank, raising conflict-of-interest questions as Ottawa attempts to attract private money to help build public projects. Records show the government spent months working with private-sector advisers to prepare for a closed-door meeting…

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Wednesday, 03 May 2017 13:00

Asean has invested ‘less than half’ of what it will need

May 5, 2017 By: Michael Peel and Jeevan Vasagar (Financial Times) Southeast Asia's leading economies have some of the wider region's fastest growth rates and most pressing infrastructure needs — as well as the biggest divides between reconciling the two. Research has highlighted the vast infrastructure gaps in Asean's big six economies of Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.…

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World’s first light rail on a floating bridge: For I-90, Sound Transit had to invent ‘a brilliant solution’

Fort Worth takes big step toward high-speed rail link with Dallas

The Japan-China infrastructure battle is a welcome rivalry

Fund Investors Are Betting Big on Infrastructure

Brazil Cuts Stake in China-Led Infrastructure Bank

In charts: China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Key to Improving Subway Service in New York? Modern Signals

Smart Cities Are About People

Cadiz Announces $255 Million in Construction Financing for Desert Water Project

A lot of people are worried about crumbling infrastructure

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Pittsburgh Tries to Avoid Becoming the Next Flint

India looks for sound funding as it targets infrastructure

Private-sector role in Canada Infrastructure Bank raises conflict issues

Asean has invested ‘less than half’ of what it will need