In April 2025, the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure published Driving Regulatory Innovation for Safer Railroading, examining how the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) waiver process […]
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Public, Private, and Often Misunderstood: What P3s Are – and Are Not
P3s are a tremendous tool to help build large-scale complicated and critically important infrastructure. As useful as they are, they are also greatly misunderstood. […]
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The U.S. House Could Make Pipelines Safer Tomorrow
Pipeline safety is not a partisan issue. It is a public safety issue, an infrastructure issue, an energy issue, and a damage prevention issue. Clearly, […]
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Measuring the Underground
Measuring the Underground: Advancing a New Estimate for the Total Linear Mileage of Buried Infrastructure in the United States —————— Abstract Trillions of dollars of […]
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Revitalizing Dulles – What the USDOT RFI Reveals About the Future of a National Gateway
In early 2026, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a formal Request for Information (RFI) entitled “Revitalizing Washington Dulles International Airport,” signaling a notable federal […]
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Artemis II: Progress, Delays, and What Comes Next
NASA’s highly anticipated Artemis II mission – the first crewed trip around the moon in more than 50 years – has been pushed back from […]
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Enhancing Pipeline Safety and Efficiency with Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing
As infrastructure ages and the country grows, ensuring the integrity of pipelines becomes increasingly critical. Pipelines of all kinds transporting petroleum, natural gas, water, and […]
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Modernizing Transportation Monitoring with Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing
As transportation networks expand and age, ensuring the safety and efficiency of roadways and railways becomes increasingly critical. Traditional monitoring methods often rely on discrete […]
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Advancing Rail Safety Means Reforming a Broken Waiver Process
In a sector as industrial and heavy duty as railroading, public policy must ensure safety for employees and the public. One key to achieving continual […]
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How Fiber Enables Electric Energy Monitoring & Protection
As the electric grid evolves to meet the demands of a modern, digital society, the need for advanced monitoring and protection mechanisms has increased. The […]
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100 Ways You Depend on Infrastructure Every Day
How often do you think about infrastructure? From the moment you wake up to when you go to bed, it’s all around you—working behind the […]
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Preventive Maintenance, An Industry Solution and Policy Incentive
Air travel is one of humanity’s greatest achievements. People sometimes forget that the first human flight was in 1903. In the span of one hundred […]
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Daylight Savings Time is Out of Date
Daylight Saving is the idea that changing the clocks can help achieve more hours of daylight during waking hours. Each year, we essentially live by […]
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Is Distributed the Future of Infrastructure?
The United States has worked for many years to centralize its infrastructure, from sprawling power grids to extensive pipeline networks. However, as technological innovation has […]
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The Transportation Relay Race
Most Americans are familiar with the globalized economy. Clothes from Asia, food from South America, cars from Europe. Head into almost any store and you […]
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