America, for some time now, has forgone its great infrastructure projects. It was the railway that first spread the country out \u2013- developing land, building cities at each stop. The railway soon gave way to the highway \u2013- developing even more land, building even more cities at each exit. But, the highway has yet to give way.<\/p>\n
BLUEPRINT AMERICA looks at the country\u2019s next infrastructure system and, at the same time, the state of the current system: From transportation \u2013- car, bus, light rail, train and plane \u2013- to the water supply to the energy grid to city development and planning.<\/p>\n
In recent years, America\u2019s infrastructure neglect has been seen across the country \u2013- levees failed in New Orleans and a bridge fell in Minneapolis. But, neglect is no longer the only reason to rebuild. As the country is in an economic recession, there is a call now to rebuild the American economy by rebuilding the American infrastructure. It is a new<\/em> New Deal to the country.<\/p>\n BLUEPRINT AMERICA reports on how rebuilding America\u2019s infrastructure can both impact the economy and change the current landscape of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" America, for some time now, has forgone its great infrastructure projects. It was the railway that first spread the country out \u2013- developing land, building cities at each stop. The railway soon gave way to the highway \u2013- developing even more land, building even more cities at each exit. But, the highway has yet to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1459,3543,2392,2390,2393,2391,1254],"tags":[9966],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-travel-and-air-traffic","category-america-in-gridlock","category-bridges-roads","category-commuting-transit","category-growth-development","category-shipping-cargo","category-the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer","tag-the-newshour-with-jim-lehrer"],"yoast_head":"\n