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100 1  LePatner, Barry B.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n81051946 
245 10 Too big to fall :|bAmerica's failing infrastructure and 
       the way forward /|cBarry B. LePatner ; with special 
       comments by James L. Oberstar ; foreword by Robert 
       Puentes. 
264  1 New York :|bFoster Pub. ;|aHanover [N.H.] :|bIn 
       association with University Press of New England,|c[2010] 
264  4 |c©2010 
300    xxviii, 234 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  A tale of two bridges -- Following the money : road and 
       bridge funding and the maintenance deficit -- No sense of 
       urgency : the politics and culture of road and bridge 
       maintenance -- Finding the money -- The technological 
       imperative -- The way forward. 
520    "In August 2007, the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed,
       killing 13 people and injuring 145 others. Investigations 
       following the tragedy revealed that it was not an 
       unavoidable accident, but one that could have been 
       prevented--and one that threatens to be repeated at many 
       thousands of bridges located across the nation. Already 
       more than 50 percent of our bridges are past their 
       intended lifespan. Using the I-35W Bridge as a starting 
       point, LePatner chronicles the problems that led to that 
       catastrophe--poor bridge design, shoddy maintenance, 
       ignored expert recommendations for repair, and 
       misallocated funding--and then explores the responses to 
       the tragedy, including the NTSB document which failed to 
       report the full story to our nation. From here LePatner 
       evaluates what the I-35W Bridge collapse means for the 
       country as a whole--outlining the possibility of a 
       nationwide infrastructure breakdown. He exposes government
       failure on a national as well as state level, uncovering 
       how our nation's transportation system prioritizes funding
       for new projects over maintenance funding for aging 
       infrastructure. He explains the imperatives for why we 
       must maintain an effective infrastructure system, and how 
       it plays a central role in supporting both our nation's 
       economic strength and our national security. Written both 
       for those who can effect change and for those who must 
       demand it, Too Big to Fall presents an eye-opening 
       critique of a bureaucratic system that has allowed 
       political best interests to trump those of the American 
       people."...Jacket. 
650  0 Transportation|zUnited States|xFinance.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116875 
650  0 Bridges|xMaintenance and repair|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85016845|xEconomic aspects|0https:/
       /id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005484|zUnited 
       States.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330-
       781 
650  0 Roads|xMaintenance and repair|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85114508|xEconomic aspects|0https:/
       /id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005484|zUnited 
       States.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330-
       781 
650  0 Infrastructure (Economics)|zUnited States.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104651 
650  7 Transportation.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1155007 
650  7 Finance.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/924349 
650  7 Bridges|xMaintenance and repair|xEconomic aspects.|2fast
       |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/838772 
650  7 Bridges|xMaintenance and repair.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/838767 
650  7 Roads|xMaintenance and repair|xEconomic aspects.|2fast
       |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1098718 
650  7 Roads|xMaintenance and repair.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1098705 
650  7 Infrastructure (Economics)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/973275 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
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