According to statistics released by the US DOT‘s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the value of US trade with Canada and Mexico has increased 73.5% since 1997. Exports have increased 63.6%, while imports have gone up by 82.0%. Total trade between the US and the other two countries amounts to $60.9 billion per year, and 90% [...]

The US Federal Highway Administration has allocated an extra $195 million to help rebuild the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis, MN that collapsed in August 2007, bringing the government’s investment in rebuilding the bridge to $337 million.

The governors of Illinois and Missouri have announced that a planned 4-lane I-70 bridge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis will not be a toll road, but analysts say that an eventual toll is likely. The Corridors of the Future plan for truck-only lanes for I-70 might only be financially feasible with tolls, analyst [...]

Activists in the UK are keeping the pressure on to stop a proposed runway expansion at Heathrow Airport. On February 25, four Greenpeace activists scaled a jet on a Heathrow runway and unfurled a banner reading “Climate Emergency – No Third Runway.” Two days later, another group of protesters scaled the roof of Parliament and [...]

If you live in Texas, you may still have an opportunity to attend a public meeting and comment against the Trans-Texas Corridor (check the meeting schedule here). Even if you do not live in Texas, you can (and should) submit a comment using this email form! The Trans-Texas corridor is part of a massive plan [...]

President Lula da Silva has called for Brazil to increase its debt as a way to spur “economic growth,” saying specifically that loans should be used to fund infrastructure projects such as dams, railroads and telecommunications. It’s good to keep in mind that even “leftist” governments often support the same infrastructure expansion as the US [...]

Indigneous Wixáritari (Huichol) from the community of Tuapurie de Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, have set up blockades and called for support to prevent the construction of a road through their territory. The purpose of the road would be to connect the city of Huejuquilla el Alto with the city of Amatitán, in a region [...]