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Infrastructure

Bridge safety
Data mining reveals U.S. bridges with most large-ship traffic
Published Sept 23, 2024
Bridges in New York, California, and Georgia see the most traffic from the largest ships—findings that are the first step in post–Key Bridge vulnerability analysis
Bridge safety
Johns Hopkins engineers studying ship collision risk for bridges
Published May 29, 2024
Preliminary results expected this summer on an urgent assessment of the country's bridges
Health and engineering
Data science paves the way for road safety
Published Feb 8, 2022
Project led by researcher Shima Hamidi seeks to discover the optimal road width for driver, cyclist, and pedestrian safety in city streets
Economics
Inside $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill
Published Aug 11, 2021
Economist Luis Quintero evaluates the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and discusses the plan's potential for economic impact