Infrastructure

President Donald Trump is expected to preside over a signing ceremony today for a memorandum to reduce redundancies in the federal permitting process.

• By Kate Wheeling

A number of controversial issues have emerged in recent weeks as roadblocks to a new budget bill.

• By Dwyer Gunn

Poorly built schools have detrimental effects on the students who attend them, but no easy solution is in sight.

• By Mimi Kirk

The president's proposed $1 trillion infrastructure investment could heat up the debate around the role of the federal government in local planning and policy.

• By Laura Bliss

A new study seems to suggest so.

• By Kate Wheeling

Houseboats have long been a common sight in the Netherlands. But a new community of floating homes may signal a solution for rising sea levels across the globe.

• By Olga Mecking

The 2015 rule would require higher upfront construction costs, but would ultimately save lives.

• By Kate Wheeling

Paul Barford is leading a team of researchers determined to show us what the Internet—in all its wire-bound glory—actually looks like.

• By Jack Denton

There were no injuries reported, but workers near the tunnel were evacuated.

• By Francie Diep

Why, where, and how to put federal dollars into our aging infrastructure system.

• By Dwyer Gunn

A 25-acre property in New Orleans will soon become part of a series of small but important steps toward more effective and sustainable water management in the Big Easy.

• By Rebecca Worby

Major cities are taking a big-picture look at traffic deaths—and it's working.

• By Allison Shapiro

As global temperatures rise, an unprepared Egypt braces itself for more extreme rainstorms.

• By Emily Crane Linn & Nicholas Linn

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Jerry Kaplan

Why is there still traffic in 2015, and what can be done to fix it?

• By Rick Paulas

The main federal fund for roads and bridges runs at a deep deficit. If even red states can raise the gas tax, why can’t Congress?

• By Alec MacGillis

In the ongoing debate over whether streetlights reduce crime, a new British study suggests they don't—and cities could save money and energy by cutting back.

• By Nathan Collins

Pipes? Check. Muons? Check. Commence testing.

• By Nathan Collins

A complicated blend of economics, culture, and infrastructure make it hard to find any right way to restore a city after disaster.

• By Wes Judd

A short list of the stories we wish we’d written.

• By Kate Wheeling

The incredible infrastructure we’ve put in place to move resources from one place to another is just that: incredible. And that’s why we rarely think about it, and why we’ve been taking water for granted for too long.

• By Sara B. Pritchard

Might cycling just be another way for Qatar to gain some international cachet through sporting events? Sure, but the nation also seems to genuinely want its people to start riding bikes.

• By Josh Cohen

Extreme weather and rising seas are starting to wreak havoc on our transportation systems.

• By John Upton

Of course a growing population indicates a growing demand for housing. But around knowledge hubs, which act as agents of gentrification, population can actually decrease while demand for quality changes.

• By Jim Russell