Technology Looms Large in Transportation Infrastructure

摘要

Transportation officials are calling for greater unity among modes and emphasis on infrastructure as an economic development tool in order to increase public support for funding. "Transportation is increasingly about place-making," said U.S. Dept. of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, addressing members of the Women's Transportation Seminar in Washington, D.C., during a day-long symposium on Sept. 17. He added, "We have to husband our resources to be as efficient as we can." For example, he noted that ramping up use of construction methods such as warm-mix asphalt could save $3.5 billion by 2020 and that ushering in NextGen air-traffic-control technology would reduce flight delays by 41％ and save seven million gallons of fuel a year.