Last year at this time, ENR Transportation Editor Aileen Cho was heading out on the “Low & Slow Across America’s Infrastructure” tour, exploring the nation’s aging roads and highways in a 1949 Hudson Commodore. This year, she will be flying in modern planes to explore the needs of the country’s airport infrastructure.
“After my three-week trip across the country with Dan McNichol, an infrastructure author on special assignment to ENR who still owns the antique car, I got several comments from sources suggesting that I do other infrastructure journeys,” Cho recounts. “People said, ‘It’s not all about highways! Why not explore ports, the rail system or airports?’ ”