Highway Systems

Plans to Toll Interstate Highway System Expand
By News Staff — Plans to add new tolls to the interstate highway system are moving forward in Maine, Pennsylvania and South Carolina
Oct 09 2007, USA (THE NEWSPAPER.COM)

An Overview of AHSs and Social and Institutional Challenges They Face
By Sanghyun Cheon — Report on plans for techno-controlled highway systems
2003, CALIFORNIA, USA (UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION CTR.)

Seismic Vulnerability Study of Highway Systems: Tea-21 Research Project
By Pekcan, Yen & Friedland — Report on the seismic performance of the U.S. national highway system
Nov 1999, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, USA (MCEER.BUFFALO.EDU)

40 Years of the US Interstate Highway System
By Cox & Love — An Analysis The Best Investment A Nation Ever Made
Jun 1996, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, USA (PUBLIC PURPOSE.COM)

Electric Grid

5 Years After Blackout, Power Grid Still in 'Dire Straits'
By Jason Leopold — The US power grid - three interconnected grids made up of 3,500 utilities serving 283 million people - hangs together by a thread
Aug 7 2008, USA (THE PUBLIC RECORD)

Reading the Tea Leaves of an Economic Meltdown
By Scott Sklar — Clean energy, electric generation projects likely to suffer in economic meltdown
Dec 03 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD)

The U. S. Electric Grid: Will It Be Our Undoing?
By Gail the Actuary — If oil declines, can the grid make up the difference, supplemented by nuclear, wind, solar, and coal?
May 11 2008, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA (OIL DRUM)

New electric grid polices power use
By Brian Bergstein — Waste energy — and you will pay as your bill spikes
May 05 2008, MILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA (MSNBC)

Infrastructure Meltdown - A Solvable Problem
By Dave Nalle — After Minneapolis bridge collapse tragedy the cry has gone out on neglect of critical infrastructure on a nationwide basis
Aug 05 2007, AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA (BC MAGAZINE)

Emergency Services

Road Conditions, Winter Storms, Lack of Funds
By Michael Thompson — Federal Funds Have Dried Up for Basics Such as Road Conditions
Nov 30 2008, SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, USA (ASSOCIATED CONTENET)

Funding crunch puts rural EMS in tight spot
By News Staff — Shrinking call volumes and growing payment delinquencies driving EMS to scale back ambulance service
Nov 29 2008, EAST TEXAS, USA (NEWS-NOURNAL.COM)

Healthcare system: the next financial meltdown?
By News Staff — America can't wait for another segment of the economy to collapse before doing something about the health care system
Sep 30 2008, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA (LA TIMES)

The Medical System Meltdown
By Paul Peete — Disasters happening with more frequency in hospital emergency rooms
Jul 05 2008, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA (HUFFINGTON POST)

Water

Water agency needs an overhaul, congressman says
By Scott Boutwell — Federal water-management agency can no longer operate as though Colorado River water is abundant
Dec 05 2008, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA (TRIBUNE)

Dry South Australia buys in water
By News Staff — Australia's driest state has decided to buy in water supplies amid fears it will run out next year
Dec 05 2008, AUSTRALIA (BBC)

New EPA Rules Do Little to Protect Water Quality, Despite Bush Administration Claims
By Kent Garber — Attempts to revive flagging federal protections for millions of acres of wetlands, streams, and other waterways will have to wait for Obamanation
Dec 04 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BLOOMBERG)

Sewage & Waste

Declaring War on the Meltdown/Part 2: Taking on Debt For Infrastructure
By Alan Fein — Sewage, waste facilities among instructure elements needing attention and capital infusion
Dec 13 2008, USA (HUFFINGTON POST)