InfrastructureUSA is a non-profit online community that advocates for comprehensive infrastructure investment in the United States. InfrastructureUSA is a non-profit project fiscally sponsored by FJC, A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds.
Site Content
InfrastructureUSA's web content is largely divided into four sections: The Infra Blog, Infra Views, Show Us Your Infra and Infra Polls.
The Infra Blog
Offers original content, opinion pieces, and interviews with national infrastructure figures. The interviews are published as audio clips and a downloadable transcript.
Subjects include: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz Former Governor Ed Rendell U.S. Representative Richard L. Hanna American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Executive Director Frederick "Bud" Wright. Transportation for America Director James Corless Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) General President Terry O’Sullivan American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) President & CEO David Raymond Smart Growth America President and CEO Geoffrey Anderson Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta Former House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica National Urban League President Marc Morial Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator Therese W. McMillan Urban Land Institute CEO Patrick L. Phillips League of American Bicyclists President Andy Clarke Next American City Executive Director Diana Lind American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President Pete Ruane
Infra Views
Infra Views aggregates reports and studies from hundreds of think tanks, advocacy groups, trade and professional associations and government agencies. Much of the content is available as an excerpt online, with an option to download the full version as a PDF.
Show Us Your Infra! Showcases visual-based media from external sources like Flickr, YouTube and Vimeo Anyone can create a username and post directly to the Show Us Your Infra! page
Infra Polls
Poses questions related to infrastructure with several possible responses. Users "vote" for an answer, and the current tally is displayed as a bar graph.
Funding
Primary seed funding for InfrastructureUSA comes from: American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), AECOM, New York Building Foundation, John Hennessy III, P.E., and Anderson Productions Ltd.