Chairman @ Autonomy Institute | Industry 4.0 Fellow: Building Intelligent Infrastructure Economic Zones ARPA-I
Sadek Wahba, I would imagine you would agree that this is the same frustration President Eisenhower, Lucius Clay, Steven Bechtel, Sloan Colt, and Frank Turner faced in the 1950s trying to convince the nation that Interstate Highways would transform the United States and provide $billions in economic commerce and protect our national sovereignty. Curious Richard Mudge, what value do these highways have on our nation? Texas, the State of the Future, knows Logistics moves the world, and INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE will refactor the North American Supply Chain - Canada - USA - Texas - Mexico. https://lnkd.in/gCiDhbzk Infrastructure investors and the Federal Infrastructure Bank (William T. Nolan) are mobilizing $billions in private capital to underwrite Intelligent Infrastructure Economic Zones, Building a Stronger and More Connected Nation. https://lnkd.in/gWnJD877 INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE (the foundation of ARPA-I) will be the brains of our economy. Enabling solutions like Artificial Intelligence, Spatial Computing, Intelligent Transportation, Autonomous Systems, advanced city services, and, most importantly, securing data for people, cities, and governments. Ted Miller on Intelligent Infrastructure: https://lnkd.in/gZ2_7_rj William T. Nolan on Intelligent Infrastructure: https://lnkd.in/gxi38Cdg Texas SH130 is the nation's Route 66. https://lnkd.in/e5iwTNPR INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE is supercharging the $142.3 billion Texas Department of Transportation UTP buildout. Autonomy Institute Building the Infrastructure for the Next 100 Years. https://lnkd.in/gwv2pnXe #infrastructure #future #transportation #arpa-i #arpax #cybersecure #jobs #bank #digital #innovation #data #people #visionzero #continuumofcapital #dataexchange #partnerships #supplychains #digitaltwin #privacy #investment #p3programs
The news of New York’s “pause” on Manhattan congestion pricing demonstrates the challenge of implementing fundamental reforms to our outdated system of infrastructure transport funding, something that will require tough political decisions. The congestion charge was originally designed by Nobel Prize winner William Vickrey in…1952, and when implemented alongside other sustainable funding practices will not only ensure adequate funding but will help all of us enjoy improved infrastructure like reliable public transportation. I hope we don’t have to wait another 70 years to see us prioritize infrastructure investment. https://lnkd.in/eu4apbjh
Strategic Office Networks, LLC and Advisor to the Autonomy Institute
6moThank you, Jeffrey DeCoux and Sadek Wahba, for sharing. Anytime we restrict access, we impose costs on individuals and society. Our challenge is to ask how we might expand access in a way that mitigates the traffic demand. 20+ years ago, the World Bank and United Nations published, "EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Accessibility is a key ingredient of well-being and prosperity in contemporary societies. ... With the growth of economic and social networks over the course of the past two centuries and the spatial dispersion of activities, transportation has become the backbone of accessibility systems. It is also a crucial part of economic growth and social interaction in most countries. Unfortunately, the adverse effects of transportation have a greater impact on the natural and human environment than two other important mechanisms for providing access: proximity and telecommunications." We are entering the 2nd quarter of the 21st Century and we have new tools to create a new distributed network infrastructure that localizes access to jobs, education, and health services while freeing up highway capacity, for those that need to commute.