Looming Highway Trust Fund Insolvency
The Highway Trust Fund is the federal fund for road and bridge maintenance and repair. It once built the Interstate Highway System and helped keep [...]
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Innovation and Technology
Guest Blog: Netflix and Fly? A Brief Look at In-Flight Wi-Fi
By Chanil De Silva, Director of Policy at Nouveau Inc. Innovation can be a wonderful thing, especially when it allows you to continue watching your […]
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Increasing Internet Access Through Lifeline Program
On March 31, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on a new plan for the Lifeline subsidy, which will help the program’s recipients apply the […]
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Mobile Payment Technologies: Will Cell Phones Replace Wallets?
Written by Shane Skelton, Aii Executive Director For the many Americans who still begrudge the major societal shift from cash to credit and debit cards, […]
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Revisiting Rail Safety Technologies
Last August, we released a rail safety report, “Back on Track: Bringing Rail Safety into the 21st Century,” which focused on technologies and best practices […]
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Nevada Solar Crisis Deepens as Regulators Deny Grandfathering Provision
In a new twist to a long running solar energy battle, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Nevada denied a provision to grandfather approximately 17,000 […]
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Broadband Deployment
On December 2, 2015, the U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a markup (vote) on a […]
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High-Speed Internet Access: A Luxury No More
A contribution by Chanil N. De Silva; Policy Director at Nouveau Inc. High-speed Internet had in the past been associated with affluence, while many households used […]
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Innovative Technology Dominates NTSB’s 2016 “Most Wanted” Transportation Safety Improvements.
A contribution by Chanil N. De Silva; Director of Policy at Nouveau Inc. The NTSB released its annual “Most Wanted” transportation safety improvements for 2016. […]
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The Fast Act: What you should know
A contribution by Chanil N. De Silva; Director of Policy at Nouveau Inc. President Obama signed a five-year, $305 billion, surface-transportation funding bill into law […]
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Will Hyperloop’s ever be a reality?
What if you could get from Los Angeles to San Francisco, or from Washington, DC to Columbus, OH in 30 minutes, moving comfortably at up […]
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Phone to Internet: A sign of things to come in excavation safety?
As technology continues to improve, the manner in which we use the Internet, TV, water, electricity, and other utilities has changed dramatically. The Internet allows […]
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California’s drought: when the rain dance doesn’t cut it!
A contribution by Chanil N. De Silva; Director of Policy at Nouveau Inc. California has been suffering one of the worst droughts on record, reaching […]
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Building a Better Future
A well built, well maintained, modernized infrastructure network is a key component of a strong economy. The state of U.S. infrastructure has been in decline […]
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New Technologies Mean Safer Rail Crossings
Higher standards and better safety technology have helped reduce the danger of railroad crossings over the half-century. Every safety improvement gets closer to an accident-free […]
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