r/Infrastructurist • u/pdp10 • 10h ago
Road diets versus fire trucks.
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r/Infrastructurist • u/MOCingbird • 21d ago
My new LEGO IDEAS design "The Urban Water Cycle" illustrates the journey of water from its source to the city and back into nature - highlighting municipal infrastructure and seven related professions. The model needs 10,000 supporters for the chance to become an official LEGO set.
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r/Infrastructurist • u/BiscottiWRLD • 2h ago
How Switzerland and Italy Connected Their Alpine Rail and Cable Car Networks Over the Glaciers at 3,883m - Inside the Matterhorn 3S Infrastructure
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r/Infrastructurist • u/throwaway16830261 • 1d ago
US tech giants warn Europe that ditching US tech giants could cost €115B: "Amazon, Google, Meta among members of lobby group funding dire warnings over cloud sovereignty plans"
theregister.com
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 2d ago
Why Google is paying to upgrade nuclear power plants
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r/Infrastructurist • u/throwaway16830261 • 2d ago
European datacenter boom threatens higher energy bills unless governments intervene: "Moody's forecasts server farms could consume 17% of Dutch electricity and 30% of Ireland's by 2035"
theregister.com
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 4d ago
How Public Toilets Explain America — A new book chronicles the troubled history of restroom access in US cities and shows how these spaces have always reflected and reinforced social inequality
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 7d ago
The future of commuter rail could be taking shape in Boston — A new fleet of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can electrify without installing miles of overhead wires.
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r/Infrastructurist • u/works-in-progress • 9d ago
Munich's 4.3 km tunnel ($2.8B) connected its suburban lines into a rail network 100x longer, carrying 840,000 trips a day. Through-running is the cheapest way to turn commuter rail into a metro.
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 9d ago
To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects — The companies have faced waves of public backlash in Texas. To battle that negative public perception, they’ve donated millions to community causes and needs.
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 10d ago
Going Beyond the Toilet — The new book “After the Flush” explores the history of urban sanitation and makes a case for environmentally friendly alternatives to water-wasting sewer systems.
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r/Infrastructurist • u/alexbarbershop • 11d ago
SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BUILD IT ⭐️ Texas-Mexico High Speed Rail 🚄 Texas Triangle & Mexico Tren Del Norte
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 11d ago
Why 5,000 US Dams Just Became Deadly — And Yours Might Be One
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r/Infrastructurist • u/PopulistGuru • 13d ago
A proposal for a $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank to provide long-term financing for transportation, energy, housing, and other public infrastructure. It worked for Alexander Hamilton!
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 15d ago
Brightline shows people want more trains. But who will pay for them?
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 16d ago
Britain's HS2: The Fully Avoidable Disaster
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r/Infrastructurist • u/works-in-progress • 17d ago
Why Japan has such good railways
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r/Infrastructurist • u/pdp10 • 18d ago
Why West Virginia is Spending $2B on One Road
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r/Infrastructurist • u/NorTracksBlog • 18d ago
Passenger rail car investment an opportunity to reintroduce train service along Lake Superior’s North Shore
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r/Infrastructurist • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 19d ago
California's water systems weren't built for wildfire
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r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 19d ago
Brightline Florida files for bankruptcy, SoCal-Las Vegas high-speed rail project faces delays
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r/Infrastructurist • u/thinkcontext • 19d ago
Africa's cement boom signals next great shift in global energy use
reuters.com
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r/Infrastructurist • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 21d ago
Green light for £400m Shetland tunnel project
thetimes.com
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