Infrastructure

FutureStructure is a framework for thinking through and solving the challenges in building socially and economically robust communities.

The federal government placed a $100 million bet that ECOtality would be a winner. San Diego regulators preferred private companies over public utilities in building out the city's electric vehicle charging infrastructure. What neither had counted on was bankruptcy.

State, local and community leaders grapple with the hard issues -- and the huge opportunities -- of FutureStructure at San Francisco Summit

Policy makers can add one more consideration to the complex business of developing electronic charging infrastructure - compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Rio de Janeiro's operations center keeps officials on top of public safety, disaster response and other issues.

Poised to be the largest solar-thermal plant in the world, Ivanpah aims to establish that renewable energy is viable on a massive scale.

Sensors and demand-driven pricing are helping cities make parking smart.

Backyard pools are not the first thing you think of when it comes to saving the earth. But they can be made to be better behaved too.

Big and better data unlocks the key for using energy more effectively in city core.

Common problems are often best addressed through common solutions. San Diego cooperative shows the way.

Being as hard as concrete is good when it comes to bridges and roads, but dangerous if it pervades our thinking about the future.

A call for the people who will work up, down and across organizations to build the future of communities

In honor of NASA's Voyager 1 expedition beyond our solar system, this week's For The Record podcast considers plotting the route to the future

The future or infrastructure and the systems of systems that make our cities work is the next great public conversation

A brief look at the historical underpinnings of the quest to build the future

Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns - but it could be. That's true for both upside potential and downside risk when investing in public infrastructure. The tricky business of making sound investment decisions about the future of communities was central to the inaugural FutureStructure Summit in Chicago. The conference, focused on water, waste and energy systems, attracted seventy policy makers, public works officials and industry representatives from across the country.

In 1984, Los Angeles reduced traffic and accidents during the Olympics in part by banning trucks from freeways during peak hours. Some lawmakers think it's a policy worth revisiting.

Beginning the next vital public converstion to harness positive change as we build a future worthy of our children