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America's Failing Infrastructure and the Way Forward
Foster Publishing
November 2010
On Sale: November 9, 2010
234 pages
ISBN: 0984497803
EAN: 9780984497805
Kindle: B004BLIW2M
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
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.
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