Infrastructure

Neglecting Our Roads, Bridges and Ports Puts Us All at Risk. So Why Is Nothing Being Done to Fix Our Infrastructure?

By Nita M. Lowey and David E. Price

How Nancy Pelosi's Meeting With Trump Went Down

By Philip Elliott

Democrats Are No Longer Afraid of a Trillion-Dollar Price Tag. Here's Why

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

How to Design Cities for Children

By The Aspen Institute
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4 Keys to Rebuilding Our Roads and Airports the Right Way

An infrastructure plan requires these solutions, writes a former HUD Secretary

By Henry Cisneros

Americans Don’t Want Another Celebrity President

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

White House Unveils Presidential Wish List for 2018

President Trump notched a major legislative win at the end of 2017, delivering the tax reform package he’d promised as a “Christmas gift” to the country. The White House now faces 2018 hoping to channel...

By Tessa Berenson Rogers

President Trump's Big Infrastructure Pitch Faces Skepticism

Industry officials question White House funding proposals

By Josh Sanburn

China Wants to Build a New 'Silk Road' — What That Means

It's a leviathan transnational infrastructure scheme that's hard to ignore

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Want America to Be 'Great' Again? Pay For It

'We say we want better roads, but year after year, we refuse to come up with the money'

By Patrick Jones

It’s Important that Sesame Street Added a Character with Autism

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Less Than Half of White Men Support Trump

His support among white men has dropped 11 points in a month

By Josh Sanburn

The Deadliest U.S. Bridge Collapses Over the Past 50 Years

A look back at major bridge failures in the wake of Atlanta's I-85 collapse

By Aric Jenkins

American Infrastructure: Big Ideas From Visionary Thinkers

TIME asked leading designers, entrepreneurs, architects and other big thinkers to share their great hope for American infrastructure. They came back with plans for today — and moonshots for tomorrow. Kate Ascher Instead of a...

By TIME Staff

Building a Nation

America has been creating the architecture of national life since before it was a nation.

By Merrill Fabry

How to Really Fix America’s Infrastructure Problem

America is ripe for major investment in infrastructure. But making it pay off will require not just addressing the funding gaps but also fundamentally redesigning the country’s approach. McKinsey’s research suggests that every well-spent dollar...

By Tyler Duvall , Robert Palter and Michael Della Rocca

Trump Infrastructure Plan Unlikely to Sway Democrats

Despite talk of bipartisanship, the strategy is unlikely to attract Democrats

By Zeke J Miller

It’s Time to Fix America’s Aging Bridges

Bridges are showing their age--and their hazards

By Emily Barone

Climate Defenses Will Help Keep Coastal Cities Afloat

Climate-change defenses will help keep coastal cities afloat

By Justin Worland

Can We Make Chicago’s Trains Run on Time?

Detangling Chicago's rail mess would be a win for both commuters and companies

By Josh Sanburn
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