May 14th, 2014 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card
It’s Infrastructure Week! And also officially National Transportation Week, as designated by
Presidential proclamation. So what are you doing to celebrate? Planning your next visit with your elected officials would be a good start.
ASCE has lots of
resources for members and infrastructure advocates to use when planning a visit to discuss infrastructure issues with your elected officials. ASCE members should be sure to check out the recording of our
Key Contact Briefing Call with Rep. David McKinley (R-WV), F.ASCE. On the call, Rep. McKinley shares what he values when speaking with constituents. (You will need your ASCE member login to access this page. Scroll down to “Previous Calls”.) Even if you’re not an ASCE member, check out ways you can get involved in advocating for infrastructure through our
“Take Action” page.
Many members of Congress are active on social media, so get involved in discussions on
Twitter,
Facebook and other outlets to draw attention to infrastructure concerns in your local area. To find out which members of Congress are making the most of social media to connect with their constituents, check out the Congressional Management Foundation’s recent
Gold Mouse Awards. Use the hashtag #RebuildRenew to join the discussion.
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May 6th, 2014 | By: Infrastructure Report Card
Indeed, May 12 to 16th is officially Infrastructure Week. It’s a week built for talking about trains, planes, and automobiles and all the ways they get from point A to point B.
If you’re in or around D.C., Infrastructure Week is already packed with events to collaborate and learn from industry leaders, and, of course, to raise the question – what’s next for infrastructure in the U.S.? If you’re elsewhere, check out the webinars and livestreamed events and feel free to join the Twitter traffic with #RebuildRenew.
Yes, some might say it’s a bit wonky, but most people haven’t taken ten seconds to imagine their life without infrastructure. So, in honor of Infrastructure Week, let’s consider our lives if we erased the seamless, connected, and capable infrastructure systems we take advantage of every day:
- If there was no road or transit, you’d be walking almost everywhere…. Yes, you…walking….everywhere.
- If there were no pipes, you’d be trekking your water bucket to the nearest well or river. The “watering hole” would no longer be your local sports bar.
- If there wasn’t electricity, let’s just say 99% of American entertainment vanishes, and please don’t mention the cringe-worthy threat of a summer without air conditioning.
- If there weren’t airports, that international vacation you’ve been planning all year is going to take all your vacation days just to get there.
It wouldn’t hurt us to take a big step back and remind ourselves how infrastructure makes our lives possible.
We even have an infographic here at ASCE that does just that. Wherever you are next week, we hope you’ll take a second to
share on our Facebook page how the infrastructure in your community is working for you, or could use some TLC.
Where to Find Us During Infrastructure Week
Want to know more about
Infrastructure Week 2014? Find out more here.
We’re tweeting up an infrastructure storm
@ascegovrel and following the conversation with #RebuildRenew
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