AMERICANS FOR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COALITION (ATM) Originally posted in FasterBetterSafer Part One of a Two-Part Series When Americans celebrated the holidays, many of their homes and businesses were filled with gifts, paper goods, food and gadgets delivered by an extensive UPS fleet negotiating the nation’s weathered transportation network. During the 2019 peak holiday season, which […]
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“It’s important to note that other major U.S. cities, like New York and Chicago, were planned before the automobile. Miami, Miami-Dade — our city, our county, they were planned after the car already existed. We are in a moment, where the decisions we make today will greatly impact the future of our county: How our children and our children’s children will move around and what kind of access they will have,” notes Aileen Bouclé, Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (TPO).
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In Miami-Dade County, one of three counties that comprise the teeming Miami metropolitan region, the interstate system, heavily traveled expressways, electronic toll lanes and express buses provide a matrix of connectivity, but the cost of better infrastructure, streamlining public transit to propel ridership, and the need for federal support are foremost.
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Because of the high demand, thousands of options await and university leaders compete aggressively for new students. To be successful, it is extremely important for educational institutions to offer attractive facilities, appealing campuses, enticing living quarters, quality food choices, and access to entertainment.
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Civic outreach plans are critical components of success for large public projects. In spite of data that proves it, public officials often neglect to develop or implement these types of plans. And, experienced contractors often fail to insist on them.
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We’ve built a platform that we hope allows a broader spectrum of investors to access infrastructure investment directly, and on the flipside, allow those that require financing for infrastructure to tap into a broader pool of investors…By giving direct access, by putting the investor as close as possible to the underlying asset, stripping out intermediaries, we hope to be able to pass on a greater share of the returns from the asset to the ultimate investor.
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Have you ever gone to a concert and recognized that the sound and acoustics are unlike any other you’ve ever experienced? There is a reason why some venues have better acoustics than others, and it comes down to the infrastructure itself. Architects, sound engineers, and acoustic consultants work together to create buildings that not only look aesthetically inviting, but create an unparalleled acoustic experiences.
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This article first appeared in the Opinion section of the New York Times. View original. Written by Dr. Leonard S. Schleifer Just a few miles from my office sits the Mario Cuomo Bridge, crossing a critical expanse of the Hudson River. The new bridge, which required a $4 billion investment, is a major improvement over the previous […]
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Written by Mary Scott Nabers President and CEO, Strategic Partnerships Inc. As Congressional leaders in Washington debate an infrastructure bill, elected officials at the state and local levels of government are not waiting…they have been moving ahead for the last two years. In many states, collaborative initiatives have been launched to repair aging infrastructure, install […]
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Solutions to fix and sustainably grow the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and modernize the nation’s infrastructure are needed now, says American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) President and CEO Linda Bauer Darr in the newest podcast from the Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) Coalition.
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