ENR's Aileen Cho and author Dan McNichol set off across America in a vintage 1949 Hudson to inspect the nation's crumbling infrastructure. https://www.enr.com/rss/445-low-slow-across-america en-us choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) An ENR editor is up in the air with runway hopes of good stories An ENR editor is up in the air with runway hopes of good stories

]]> http://www.enr.com/blogs/13/post/39830 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/39830-checking-in-taking-off-on-an-airport-infrastructure-tour Cho-Airport1 abaffyl@enr.com (Luke Abaffy) It may seen ironic at first glance that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are fasttracking a $900-million effort to address flood-risk and dam-safety issues at Folsom Dam, located near Sacramento, Calif., amid a headline-making, ongoing drought. It may seen ironic at first glance that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are fasttracking a $900-million effort to address flood-risk and dam-safety issues at Folsom Dam, located near Sacramento, Calif., amid a headline-making, ongoing drought.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/37420 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/37420-low-slow-folsom-dams-watershed-agreement Low-and-Slow-Watershed-1.jpg Low-and-Slow-Watershed-2.jpg Kiewit is now constructing the spillway and chute approaching the control structure. Low-and-Slow-Watershed-3.jpg Last year, Granite crews installed six bulkhead gates and six Tainter gates. Low-and-Slow-Watershed-4.jpg SHUTTING DOWN FLOODS If fl oodwaters start heading toward Sacramento, they will encounter the progress-hindering gate system. vanhamptont@enr.com (Tudor Van Hampton) ENR’s “Low & Slow Across America’s Infrastructure” tour started with a basic idea: Drive a car as old as the interstate highway system across the U.S. to identify infrastructure progress and critical needs. ENR’s “Low & Slow Across America’s Infrastructure” tour started with a basic idea: Drive a car as old as the interstate highway system across the U.S. to identify infrastructure progress and critical needs.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/37412 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/37412-low-slow-series-is-making-its-mark Low & Slow Is Making Its Mark McNichol, Cho and Littleton (from left) stand atop a bridge pier about 300 ft above the Ohio River. Road-Trippers Abaffy (left) joined Cho and McNichol for the final western leg of the tour. shawm@enr.com (Mark Shaw) ENR's "Low & Slow" tour stopped in Denver in early June to see first-hand some of the key public-private transportation infrastructure partnerships that are transforming the Denver area. 6916bce0-b261-4617-b3db-4a3429342b98 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:19:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/blogs/9-talk-of-the-rockies-southwest/post/16541-low-amp-slow-mrs-martin-meets-the-mile-high-city Missouri Diary, part 1: After Memorial Day, the intensity of the road trip accelerated to NASCAR-like conditions, even as Mrs. Martin continued to mosey along at about 60 mph on the highway. After our tour of the St. Louis arch park project (story to come soon), we hustled to Kansas City for two jam-packed non-stop days, 3fb8c192-36ee-43e7-bd93-4f3d9743e91a Sat, 30 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/14331-low-and-slow-missouri-a-state-s-transportation-funding-in-misery vanhamptont@enr.com (Tudor Van Hampton) We were in a parking lot, and in that lot I was ordered to stay. 4f0b153d-53f6-457f-90ee-0daebd1168f7 Sat, 23 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/14327-low-slow-driving-mrs-martin Monday, May 18: T his was actually the first day that Dan and I truly spent a whole day together on our road trip - and it was hard. Really, really hard. Mrs. Martin got stuck in traffic in Philly, on our way to a visit with the local DPW. It was hot – exactly the kind of weather we were trying to 9f1b3cad-2bce-45ca-b287-2c18214da6af Tue, 19 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/14325-low-and-slow-a-rocky-start People have been confused about the start of our road trip. I’ve been walking into my neighborhood watering holes and they go: “Wait, what? I thought you were on the road!” (Hopefully with pleasantly surprise, as in "Oh, glad you're still here" and not disappointed surprise, as in "Why the hell are you 5bb0af4a-5491-4233-9a27-f646e9e65ffe Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/14321-low-and-slow-across-america-starting-out-is-above-and-bayonne-expectations