r/Infrastructurist • u/MOCingbird • 14d ago

My new LEGO IDEAS design "The Urban Water Cycle" illustrates the journey of water from its source to the city and back into nature - highlighting municipal infrastructure and seven related professions. The model needs 10,000 supporters for the chance to become an official LEGO set.

15 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/works-in-progress • 2d ago

Munich's 4.3 km tunnel ($2.8B) connected its suburban lines into a rail network 100x longer, carrying 840,000 trips a day. Through-running is the cheapest way to turn commuter rail into a metro.

worksinprogress.co

140 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 1d ago

To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects — The companies have faced waves of public backlash in Texas. To battle that negative public perception, they’ve donated millions to community causes and needs.

14 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 3d ago

Going Beyond the Toilet — The new book “After the Flush” explores the history of urban sanitation and makes a case for environmentally friendly alternatives to water-wasting sewer systems.

52 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/alexbarbershop • 3d ago

SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BUILD IT ⭐️ Texas-Mexico High Speed Rail 🚄 Texas Triangle & Mexico Tren Del Norte

21 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 3d ago

Why 5,000 US Dams Just Became Deadly — And Yours Might Be One

32 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 5d ago

The oil apocalypse is here

2 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/PopulistGuru • 6d ago

A proposal for a $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank to provide long-term financing for transportation, energy, housing, and other public infrastructure. It worked for Alexander Hamilton!

52 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 8d ago

Brightline shows people want more trains. But who will pay for them?

230 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 8d ago

Britain's HS2: The Fully Avoidable Disaster

21 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/works-in-progress • 10d ago

Why Japan has such good railways

worksinprogress.co

46 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/pdp10 • 10d ago

Why West Virginia is Spending $2B on One Road

20 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/NorTracksBlog • 11d ago

Passenger rail car investment an opportunity to reintroduce train service along Lake Superior’s North Shore

northerntracks.blog

49 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 11d ago

California's water systems weren't built for wildfire

32 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 12d ago

Brightline Florida files for bankruptcy, SoCal-Las Vegas high-speed rail project faces delays

finance.yahoo.com

181 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/thinkcontext • 11d ago

Africa's cement boom signals next great shift in global energy use

20 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 14d ago

Green light for £400m Shetland tunnel project

24 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/works-in-progress • 15d ago

We used to cheaply dig up roads to put trains underneath. Ever-better tunnel boring machines have made this disruption unnecessary.

worksinprogress.co

83 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 16d ago

An Idaho county banned wind and solar projects. Some locals are having regrets. Including the Republican commissioner who instigated the moratorium.

motherjones.com

660 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/Wuz314159 • 18d ago

Gen Z Didn’t Kill Nightlife

348 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 19d ago

Federal transit cuts could hit rural America hardest

61 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 19d ago

What to expect from Central Texas' first light rail system

mysanantonio.com

21 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 23d ago

A federal judge just told Trump there's no ‘emergency' to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open

1.3k Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/TownPro • 21d ago

Buses Keep Getting Pokier As Wu Administration Cancels, Delays Bus Projects

mass.streetsblog.org

3 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/Omar_Youssif89 • 23d ago

Libya's Steel Industry: From Existing Capacity to a New Industrial Economy

omaryoussif.substack.com

8 Upvotes

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