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Reason
April 2007
Staley & Balaker |
How Traffic Jams Are Made In City Hall The bad logic and failed policies of American transportation planners.   |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2003
Patricia Panchak |
Stuck In The Slow Lane Manufacturers have implemented technology and new processes to improve the efficiency, reliability and security of distribution systems. But is the nation's infrastructure able to handle the load? |
Scientific American
August 2009
Michael Moyer |
High Hopes for High-Speed Rail Will a boom in government investment bring true high-speed rail to the U.S.? |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 11, 2015
Dina Gerdeman |
A Road Map to Fix America's Transportation Infrastructure Rosabeth Moss Kanter offers a road map to roadway recovery in her new book, Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead. |
Reason
March 2009
Adrian Moore & Sam Staley |
A Better New New Deal How can we get the most bang for our transportation buck? Here are six ideas for the new president and cash-strapped governors. |
IndustryWeek
March 14, 2012
David Blanchard |
Intermodal Transportation Strategies Offer Manufacturers a Greener Way of Doing Business Manufacturers are realigning their transportation networks to reduce both their costs and their carbon footprints. |
Popular Mechanics
October 1, 2009
Nick Chambers |
Should the US Tax Mileage or Fuel?: Guest Analysis It's no surprise that proposals for new types of taxes on seemingly free highways -- traditionally paid for by gas taxes and tolls -- are causing an uproar. |
Salon.com
November 21, 2001
Christopher Ott |
Off track Air disasters spotlight a need for better train service -- but American rail infrastructure and technology suffer from decades of neglect... |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Logan Ward |
Highway of the Future: Interstate Intelligence Our nation's highways are being primed for a major transformation, one that will bring them into the wireless information age suitable for the wireless capabilities of our cars. |
Inc.
November 2005
Darren Dahl |
Railroads Buckling Under Record Traffic Amid rising fuel prices, more companies are turning to railroads as a cheaper way to transport goods. The surge in freight is so pronounced that it threatens to create a capacity crunch. |
BusinessWeek
August 20, 2007 |
Infrastructure: Priorities Hit a Pothole In the wake of the Minneapolis bridge disaster, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters talks about who's to blame for our neglected roadways. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
A Greener Set of Supply Chain KPIs New KPIs include energy and water consumption as well as CO 2 emissions. |
IDB America
January 2004
Paul Constance |
Chile's toll-road revolution How one country is using long-term concessions to modernize infrastructure while freeing up funds for social programs |
IndustryWeek
January 20, 2010
David Blanchard |
Shifting More Freight to Rail Isn't Always Such a Great Idea Motor carriers are actually more fuel efficient than railroads in some cases. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
David Blanchard |
Transportation Management: How to Fight The High Cost Of Moving Freight Transportation and warehousing cost U.S. companies more than $1 trillion in 2005, and the price tag continues to rise. |
IndustryWeek
May 21, 2010 |
Washington's Latest Regulatory Target: The Gas Gauge Congress is exploring ideas on how to improve the fuel efficiency of over-the-road trucks and other transportation vehicles. |
Wired
November 2001
Dan Baum |
The Ultimate Jam Session It takes more than technology to solve the world's traffic problems. While Singapore succeeds with an iron fist, the United States waits for the invisible hand... |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2008
Saibal Saha |
China's Olympian Infrastructure Plans Huge projects stretching far beyond 2008 beckon companies from around the world. |
Popular Mechanics
December 18, 2007 |
Infrastructure Proposals From the Candidates: Geek the Vote '08 Compare leading presidential candidates on several issues of interest, primarily in areas of science and technology. |
IndustryWeek
August 17, 2011 |
No Transportation Relief in Sight Changes within the transportation industry are reducing the number of affordable options for manufacturers. |
Reason
May 2003
Brian Doherty |
Massively Misguided Transit Although they invariably cost far more per passenger mile than buses or automobiles, light-rail trains continue to capture the hearts of urban planners nationwide. |
Fast Company
September 2009
Kate Rockwood |
Janette Sadik-Khan Wants New Yorkers to Walk This Way Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation, cut through the congested knots of Manhattan traffic with a novel concept: Close some roads to cars. |
Reason
June 2004
Jacob Sullum |
Holy Rail Mass transit boondoggles Americans. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Logistics Costs Are Trending Downward Although rail costs are up, trucking costs continue to decline. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2011
Alex Pape |
High Oil Prices Benefit This Niche Industry Don't overlook the intermodal transportation industry. |
IndustryWeek
July 11, 2012 |
Railroads Are Back in Style for Freight Transportation As trucking gets bogged down by regulations and labor challenges, railroads are resurgent. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 11, 2003
From staff & wire reports |
Alter Group to Develop $100M Interstate Transportation Center in Illinois The Alter Group is developing a $100 million, 200-acre master-planned business park for state-of-the-art warehouse and distribution centers in Rochelle, IL, roughly 80 miles west of Chicago. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Transportation Costs Trending Down In 2007 The cost of shipping goods by truck this year will grow much more slowly than in recent years. But don't expect much to change when shipping by rail. |
CFO
January 1, 2009
Edward Teach |
"We Are the Green Solution" What's a few billion dollars spent on infrastructure when your vehicles get more than 700 mpg? An interview with Robert M. Knight Jr., EVP and CFO, Union Pacific Corp. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 13, 2014
Dina Gerdeman |
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go? America's infrastructure woes and how to fix them were front and center at the recent summit, America on the Move: Transportation and Infrastructure for the 21st Century, led by Rosabeth Moss Kanter. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
You Can't Slow Down The Supply Chain Manufacturers are responding to high fuel prices by restructuring their logistics operations. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2004
Thomas J. Bisacquino |
Mixed-Use Comes to the 'Burbs While the number of mixed-use developments is rising rapidly in city centers, the true wave of the future is in suburbia. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009 |
Logistics On a Bumpy Road to Recovery Supply chains are being redefined as a reaction to the recession. Are you prepared for a recovery? |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Transportation Costs are Down -- Will the Economy Follow? In the short term, manufacturers will enjoy cheap and readily available transportation. |
Geotimes
November 2004
Megan Sever |
Fuel Economies, Part II In a recent J.D. Power and Associates survey, hybrid buyers listed "excessive fuel consumption" as a top complaint against the alternative vehicles. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Frank E. Holmes |
Where The Growth Is: Infrastructure The subprime debt and derivatives crisis that has wreaked so much havoc at home has also buckled the knees of international markets. So what's a global-minded investor to do? |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2009
Toby Shute |
2 Ways to Cash In on High-Speed Rail Obama's call for a new commitment to high-speed passenger rail in this country could mean potential profits for these players. |
Scientific American
January 2009
Linda Baker |
Removing Roads and Traffic Lights Speeds Urban Travel Urban travel is slow and inefficient, in part because drivers act in self-interested ways |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
US chemical distribution threatened by rail safety crisis Chemical transport by train across the US may end on much of the nation's rail network in January 2016, due to delays adopting new rail safety technology. |
BusinessWeek
October 7, 2010
Greiling-Keane & Marois |
Politics Jeopardizing Some High-Speed Rail Projects High-speed rail projects are running into political roadblocks, yet some states are barreling along. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
How to Green Your Supply Chain Ryder offers strategies aimed at running a more eco-friendly operation. |
Wired
June 26, 2007
David Wolman |
Hey America, Make With the !@~$ High-Speed Rail Already French engineers have created Ligne a Grande Vitesse, a Paris-to-Strasbourg high-speed rail system the moves at a record- breaking 357 miles per hour. This new system provides a glimpse of next-generation railway travel. |
IndustryWeek
August 18, 2010 |
Goodbye Big Three, Hello Supply Chain Detroit's vision for the future could have more to do with logistics than cars. |
BusinessWeek
September 8, 2010
Thomas Black |
Obama's Infrastructure Plan: More Cash Could Hit the Road The President aims to spend $50 billion on transportation infrastructure |
National Defense
March 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Congress, DHS Turn Their Attention to Guarding Ground Transportation In the wake of 9/11, upgrading aviation security received justifiable attention. Last year, maritime security was addressed in the SAFE Port Act. Now, there is consensus in Congress that 2007 will be surface transportation's turn. |
American History
June 2006
Logan Thomas Snyder |
President Dwight Eisenhower and America's Interstate Highway System With the stroke of a pen on June 29, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower set in motion the realization of a long-held dream: the construction of a spectacular system of highways that would tie America together as never before. |
IndustryWeek
November 18, 2009 |
Railways Looking to Cash In Next Year The economic slump has proven to be a boon for the railroads. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
John Goff |
Delayed in the USA Infrastructure woes aren't just a Third-World problem, they also pose a major "last-mile" headache for American businesses from coast to coast. |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Patrick Di Justo |
Why Things Suck: Roads If we're going to drive ourselves across country, does the ride have to be so rough? Why can't we build better roads? |
Popular Mechanics
June 2009
Davin Coburn |
5 Smart Ways to Fix American Infrastructure Now: Analysis Funding provided by the $787.2 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act sets aside up to $135 billion for infrastructure projects. |
