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Better transit, emergency response, broadband access top post-pandemic priorities
The United States must focus on improving infrastructure as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the top priorities include increasing broadband access, expanding public transportation, and improving emergency response and health care facilities, according to a new survey and report from Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
“A Bottom-Up Infrastructure Strategy for American Renewal” summarizes the results of a November 2020 Kinder Institute survey about the country’s infrastructure priorities. Ideas for new projects were collected from people in 134 cities.
“As the country emerges from the pandemic, there are a number of challenges that lie ahead of us,” said Bill Fulton, director of the Kinder Institute and an author of the report. “These range from overall economic recovery to boosting prosperity in our rural areas. When it comes to a solution fo ....

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