#public infrastructure

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The Town of Stony Plain and other municipalities across Alberta are wondering how to best approach a population influx alongside long-standing infrastructure deficits given annual funding from the province fell well short of their request. The Alberta government in its annual budget, which was introduced last week, committed $722 million towards the new Local Government Fiscal Framework (LGFF) capital program. The LGFF replaces the Municipal Sustainability Initiative as the province's primary funding foundation for municipal infrastructure. Stony Plain Mayor William Choy says the funding simply isn't enough for the Edmonton bedroom community of 18,000 as it addresses $28 million in infrastructure projects this year. The town is receiving $2.1 million in provincial funding this year for infrastructure through the LGFF.

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#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #alberta #public infrastructure #funding

[amtrak-official]

Pich your favorite out of these lovely projects that might one day be completed

#public infrastructure #urbanism #polls #all of these are incredibly needed and also might jot even get finished

[ivygorgon]

AN OPEN LETTER to THE U.S. CONGRESS

Put the Good Jobs for Good Airports standards in the FAA reauthorization bill!

104 so far! Help us get to 250 signers!

I’m calling on you to stand with working people, passengers and our communities by supporting Good Jobs for Good Airports standards (GJGA) in the FAA reauthorization bill. Airports should and can be strong, vibrant drivers of good jobs in every part of our country. The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards are central to that mission and our nation’s future prosperity. Billions of our public dollars are invested in our nation’s aviation system every year, and we must ensure that our public resources serve the public good. That includes ensuring airports better serve the needs of our families, our passengers, our communities and the airport service workers who make it all possible.

It is evident that our air travel industry is in crisis. From record flight cancellations during summer travel peaks to mountains of lost luggage during the holiday travel season. Airports are critical publicly-funded infrastructure vital to the health of our local communities and global economy, but right now airports aren't working the way they should for travelers or airport service workers — a largely Black, brown, multiracial and immigrant service workforce. These working people, including cleaners, wheelchair agents, baggage handlers, concessionaires and ramp workers, keep airports safe and running smoothly even through a global pandemic, climate disasters and busy travel seasons. Yet many are underpaid and underprotected--even as some major airlines rake in record profit and billions of our tax dollars are invested in our national air travel system.

Domestic passenger numbers increased by 80% between 2020 and 2021, total industry employment fell by nearly 14%, leaving airport service workers to sometimes clean entire airplanes in as little as five minutes as many take on additional responsibilities outside of their typical job duties. Meanwhile, wages have barely budged for airport service workers in 20 years. The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards has the power to transform workers’ lives by ensuring airport service workers have the pay and benefits they need to care for their families.

The Good Jobs for Good Airports standards would help build a stronger, safer, more resilient air travel industry by making airport service jobs good jobs with living wages and benefits like affordable healthcare for all airport workers. Airport service workers at more than 130 covered airports would be supported through established wage and benefit standards, putting money back into hundreds of local economies and helping families thrive. If passed over 73% of wage increases will go to workers making $20 or less, estimates show.

I urge you to include the Good Jobs for Good Airports standards in the FAA reauthorization bill, and help ensure our public money serves the public good.

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#JESSCRAVEN101 #PNXUOF #resistbot #FAA reauthorization #Good Jobs for Good Airports #airport workers #aviation industry #public infrastructure #labor rights #economic justice #workers' rights #fair wages #benefits #community support #passenger rights #public investment #economic prosperity #airport service workers #living wages #healthcare #job security #labor standards #economic equity #social welfare #income equality #workplace conditions #economic development #local economies #financial stability #worker empowerment

[toledopilled]

i know i keep saying this but i need mutuals soo bad 😢🤞

#splatoon #jerma #car seat headrest #bojack horseman #mitski #public infrastructure #art #artist #art student #im kinda annoying but its probably endearing or something

[clancy-the-cat]

Driving out to see the turbine forest

#wind turbines #public infrastructure

[neon-slime]

every bus stop should have a temperature controlled structure, comfortable seating, automatic doors, and free, accessible bathrooms with a changing table and I'm so serious

#neon text post #public infrastructure

[alanshemper]

Hospital isolation rooms, the construction of new roads and bridges, the renovation of the energy system, the rehabilitation of schools: For more than 10 years, Puerto Rico has failed to meet the needs of infrastructure investment on the island. Last year, Puerto Rico was the jurisdiction that invested the least money in its infrastructure among 149 countries, according to the World Bank. Since 2007, year after year, Puerto Rico has fought for the last positions along with Eritrea, Guinea Bissau, Cuba and Zimbabwe.

#peurto rico #public infrastructure

[potentpinion-blog]

Committed to more swings of all types in public spaces, frankly we need to experience the joys of pendulum motion to prevent depressive and violent moods. Oh are you sad why don't you move in an arcing motion and see how you feel then huh, maybe feel the wind in your face and momentary weightlessness huh you fucking idiot, yeah that's better isn't it

#swings #mental health #public infrastructure #joy and whimsey

[indizombie]

Waghmore says the heightened sense of privileged individualism—where the rich have the means to fend for themselves—“has the worst consequences in poor countries, where governments are yet to invest morally and economically in public infrastructure and transport to counter environmental degradation.” K, who regularly treats those suffering from India’s air pollution inequality, puts it more succinctly. “I don’t think people should live with this,” she say, adding that everyone needs to take demand solutions. “If you don’t get something as basic as fresh air, then what’s the point of living in our country?”

Akanksha Singh, ‘The Alarming Rise of India’s Pay-to-Breathe Industry’, Wired

#Suryakant Waghmore #privileged individualism #government investment #poverty #public infrastructure #transport #environmental degradation #air pollution inequality #India #Wired #Akanksha Singh

[queercripintersex]

Yesterday I learnt about the existence of maglev trains, like the one in Shanghai that has a cruising speed of 431km/h, and the Tokyo-Nagoya line currently in construction that will have a cruising speed of 505km/h.

I live in Canada's main rail corridor. Across the street from me there's an ad about how you can take the train that goes 160km/h.

Most of the track that Via Rail operates on in this corridor is owned by a private freight company, so the train from Toronto to Montreal takes at least an hour longer than it has to in order to give way to freight trains.

It's so fucking embarrassing how bad the public infrastructure is in Canada and the United States. I remember my first trip to Europe 15 years ago and taking my first high speed rail trips and being absolutely fucking stunned by it. I have so many photos of train displays indicating the train is going more than 300km/h because every time it happened I was so shocked it was happening.

There have been proposals for high speed rail in the Corridor since the 70s and the best the current system is coming up with is to try and have "high frequency rail" - not actually high speed, just making some dedicated track so that passenger rail won't have to sit behind freight trains all the time.

The sheer absurdity of where the bar is currently sitting for North American passenger rail is just so depressing. :'(

#trains #public infrastructure #depression posting #text post #how the hell will we ever avert a 2 degree warming

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Quebec’s auditor general says half of the province’s 31,000 kilometres of roads are in bad shape, including about two-thirds of the road network in three regions. In a report released Thursday, auditor general Guylaine Leclerc said about 8,075 kilometres of road has reached the end of its lifespan. She told a news conference that the province’s short-term road maintenance ensures the public isn’t in danger, but she says she worries about the long-term deterioration of the network.

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[amtrak-official]

Cities need to stop tearing up railroads to put in toll roads and use the existing rails to put in light rails.

If it is actual rail lines your reusing, just go the whole 9 yards and use real heavy rail for your metro, it lasts longer, goes faster, and isn't stupid

#light vs heavy rail #public infrastructure #trains #asks

[elektroskopik]

Inaugural opening of the Trowbridge Environmental Center, located in College Woods in East Rock Park in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

November 5, 2022

#new haven #Connecticut #east rock park #environment #birds #insects #city park #public infrastructure #city planning #urban infrastructure #public good #park #kids #bird watching #foraging #taxidermy #animals #wildlife #nature #architecture #november 5th #november 2022 #2022 #autumn #butterflies #skulls #flora and fauna #education #fishing #outdoor recreation

[toledopilled]

my god given stereotypically autistic interest is public infrastructure

#public infrastructure #autism

[brazilianturtle]

wish there was more brazilian rairoad infrastructure and people talking about it on my dash, and your dash too, so here's a map of what i think a railroad system that connects all the state capitals together, here it is (original image's source: https://www.infoescola.com/geografia/estados-do-brasil/)

#this isn't real #unfortunately :( #trains #railroad map #railway map #fake maps #but wouldn't it be nice? #brazil #public infrastructure #bt talks

[tigbiddygandalf]

#parenting #196 #public infrastructure