If you thought infrastructure procurement had problems, defense procurement is a whole other animal. Read the latest Infrastory now: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
The Greatest Procurement Fiascos of All
If you think infrastructure has troubles, take a look at the military.
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Back in the 20th century, the future of aviation looked like it would be supersonic. In a few places, this led to airport infrastructure that boggles the mind. Read the latest Infrastory now: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
Airports for the Supersonic Age
Infrastructure of an era that never happened
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The US Interstates have a storied past, but what can’t be denied is their absolutely transformational impact on the entire North American economy. Read the latest Infrastory now: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
How the Interstates Remade the American Map
Universal Access to Infrastructure Can Profoundly Reshape Development
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While France was building high-speed rail, America was learning dysfunction. Read the latest Infrastory now. open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
The Northeast Corridor's Three-Headed Monster
How to Spend Two Billion Dollars Without a Plan
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The solution to Los Angeles’ bad transit ridership? It might just be more buses. Read the latest Infrastory now: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
Los Angeles could do with more buses
Bringing the Toronto Model to LA would be a gamechanger
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Canada has recently been reconstructing nuclear reactors quite affordably. This raises the question - how? And what might this enable? open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
Canada Learned How To Be Good at Nuclear.
To get better at infrastructure, we must be willing to learn.
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Ever wondered whats in the other half of the plane beneath the floor? Your travel companion and benefactor might be iPhones or Cod. open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
Going on Vacation to Peru? Thank Asparagus
There's a lot going on in the belly of a passenger plane
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Since the Big Dig, North American cities have abandoned the idea of grand infrastructure endeavours. In today's blog, we talk about one such endeavour that was once considered for Toronto — burying the Union Station rail corridor. open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
There Was Once a Scheme to Bury Toronto's Railway Tracks
There are pretty unexpected things you can find on a trip to the archives
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The focus of this article is how a huge portion of global commerce moves, but people seldom recognize its significance, and like many other modes of transportation China is doing incredible things. Learn more about inland waterways now: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
We Often Underestimate Inland Waterway Transport
The hidden backbone of global-continental commerce.
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Megaprojects get an unreasonably bad rap, perhaps we just only remember the bad ones. Read the latest Infrastory now: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
Megaprojects are inherently unsuccessful …
Because we don't remember them as megaprojects if they work
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The Paris RER is one of the greatest transit systems ever constructed but it wouldn't have happened if not for a junket to Japan. Read the latest Infrastory now: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
Paris' RER Revolution
A city that solved its phone call problems the right way
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We naturally think of infrastructure as being solidly fixed and unchanging, but considering alternative histories allows us to consider the weight of our decisions today. infrastory.substack.com/p/new-yorks-...
New York's International Airport Should Have Been in Newark
Infrastructure planning based on arbitrary jurisdictional lines is never a good idea
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Flying has never been better. It's a bold claim (but we really think so!) to bookend the launch of Infrastory, we've been so happy for the support and are excited to keep sharing! open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
We’re Living in the Golden Age of Air Travel
Well, if not quite golden, at least we can now afford to fly
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Infrastory is back with more posts this week - today’s is about how Toronto completely inverts expectations of what is possible for transit in car-oriented areas. Much to learn here for cities in North America and across the world! open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
The Toronto Model for Transit
Induced demand is real for transit too
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To finish off our first week, we have a post on one of the biggest problems facing modern infrastructure projects. open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
Engineering Problems and Phone Call Problems
Perhaps sometimes we really should just phone it in
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To finish off our first week, we have a post on one of the biggest problems facing modern infrastructure projects. open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
Engineering Problems and Phone Call Problems
Perhaps sometimes we really should just phone it in
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Often times the world is transformed not by the public or private sector alone, but by a combination of private sector innovation and public sector market creation. Read the latest Infrastory post on microchips: open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
The Guaranteed Market: How a Weapon to Destroy the World Accidentally Led to the Digital World
(take from that what you will)
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I've decided to start writing a newsletter. Its name is Infrastory, which I've long thought captures what I focus on. It's a portmanteau of infrastructure and history, but it's also about telling the story beneath ("infra") the surface. You can find & subscribe at infrastory.substack.com
Infrastory@infrastory.bsky.social · 3mo agoInfrastory is a blog covering the infrastructure that makes the world go around. Our first post is on how Canadian oil imports to the US turned the US into an export superpower - Read now! open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
My good friend @englishrail.bsky.social has told me so many great stories about infrastructure over the years, really excited today that he's launched a blog (I'm helping out). First post is about how Canada became an enormous amount of the American oil market. open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...
How Canada Quietly Took Over the American Oil Market
The unexpected creation of an oil Fortress North America
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Infrastory is a blog covering the infrastructure that makes the world go around. Our first post is on how Canadian oil imports to the US turned the US into an export superpower - Read now! open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...