infrastructure

A hot and stormy Fourth of July weekend saw more than 20 cities hit record highs. While the grid was strained in some places, the power mostly stayed on.

While new infrastructure often comes with a set price tag, taxpayers often end up footing a much larger bill after all is said and done.

“Once you realize how deep it is in all of our infrastructure, you start to see both how transformative it was and also really how risky it is,” said Katherine Dunn, author of “Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World.”

The nearly 100-year-old Lewis and Clark Bridge wasn’t built to accommodate the giant ships that now travel underneath it.

Gas taxes aren’t popular, but they go toward funding — and maintaining — roads and bridges across the country.

Energy infrastructure in the United States is getting old. Consumers will end up paying some of the costs of repairs and upgrades.

As the World Cup gets closer, transit agencies in cities including Seattle, Boston, and Kansas City are pushing to complete some long-awaited projects and planning to temporarily expand service on their systems.

A private company is envisioning something like a hotel on wheels to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The problem’s especially pronounced in the Midwest.

West Odessa is an unincorporated community in the heart of West Texas’ oil patch that has outgrown its water system, leaving many to buy and haul in their water.