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Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation InnovationsScore! We look at Texas roads and bridges in light of ASCE's 2025 Infrastructure Report Card.Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issues its Report Card for America's Infrastructure. Expressed in reader-friendly letter grades, the ratings document the current state of the country's major infrastructure assets, while also identifying needed improvements and contextualizing the relative health of these assets over time. Today, we talk to two experts--TTI's Edith Arámbula Mercado and the Texas Department of Transportation's Jamie Farris--about ASCE's 2025 report card and how Texas ranks nationally in terms of the health and reliability of its roads and bridges. 2025-07-0832 minThinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation InnovationsGood News, Bad News. A better grade for America’s infrastructure, but still no bragging rights.American roads and bridges get us to where we live, learn, work, shop, and play. And that network has needed repair for a while, now. TTI experts Edith Arámbula Mercado and Charles Gurganus explain how maintaining the nation’s infrastructure is a lot like taking care of our own homes. The longer we postpone necessary upkeep, the higher the cost will be.2021-03-3027 min