Transportation for America’s guiding principles for an infrastructure plan
13 Nov 2017 | Posted by Stephen Lee Davis | 2 Comments | fix-it-first, funding, infrastructure plan, infrastructure principles, policy platform, President Trump, principles, TIGER As we continue to await either broad principles or specifics of the Trump’s administration much-anticipated infrastructure plan, T4America has released these four simple guiding principles to inform and evaluate any such future plan.
It’s past time to elevate the national conversation about infrast
To See the Future of Cities, Watch the Curb. Yes, the Curb
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