The Infra Blog Archives - Page 57 of 109 - InfrastructureUSA: Citizen Dialogue About Civil Infrastructure InfrastructureUSA: Citizen Dialogue About Civil Infrastructure

The Infra Blog

Guests on The Infra Blog: Jonathan Bowles & Adam Forman of the Center for an Urban Future

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Jonathan Bowles, Executive Director, Center for an Urban Future

Steve Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructUSA, interviews Jonathan Bowles and Adam Forman of the Center for an Urban Future. Topics include NYC’s need to focus on infrastructure, the role of the Center for an Urban Future, and the new report, “Caution Ahead: Overdue Investments for New York’s Aging Infrastructure.”

Forman: New York City’s infrastructure is old. Whether it’s our transportation infrastructure, our bridges and roads, utility infrastructure, our steam mains and gas mains, or our buildings: our hospitals, our schools, our public housing buildings, it’s old…I think there are so many areas where we can improve the functioning of our infrastructure and the safety if we were investing more intelligently.

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Adam Forman, Center for an Urban Future, CUF, Jonathan Bowles, New York, New York City, NY, NYC
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, Local, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on Guests on The Infra Blog: Jonathan Bowles & Adam Forman of the Center for an Urban Future

This Infra Week

Friday, March 14th, 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
Which Bike Lane Separator is Right For You?
Car Culture Reigns On
New Light-Rail Strategy Unveiled
And More…

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Bike Lane, capital murder, car culture, City Heights, Light Rail, Nathan Wilkes, Next City, Pedestrians, People for Bikes, San Diego, Southwest Corridor, SXSW, The Atlantic Cities, The Week, tragedy, transit costs
Posted in Accountability, Biking, Bridges, Highway, Infra Week, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, The Infra Blog, Transit

Comments Off on This Infra Week

Hardhats for Highways: Tell Congress How Many Jobs Are At Risk

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014

Hardhats for Highways is organizing a call to action for construction workers across the nation.

Starting April 1, 2014, contractors, construction business owners, labor leaders and everyone else representing constituents in the highway industry are asked to visit their Congressional delegations to deliver a hardhat. Every hat will be affixed with a sticker detailing the number of jobs at risk in each firm. If the deluge of hardhats piling up in offices throughout the nation don’t get Congress’ attention, the numbers certainly will.

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Hardhats for Highways, Highway Trust Fund, Reauthorization
Posted in Employment, Funding, Highway, Jobs, National, Policy, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Hardhats for Highways: Tell Congress How Many Jobs Are At Risk

This Infra Week

Friday, March 7th, 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
If A Bridge Falls In America…
Think You Could Design a Better Subway System?
Portland Bike Share Faces Delays
And More…

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Bike Share, Boston, Buses, cars, drivers, games, I-35W Bridge, Minneapolis, Portland, Subway
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Biking, Bridges, Buses, Infra Week, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Technology, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on This Infra Week

As Congress Struggles for Ways to Fund the Next Transportation Reauthorization, States Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands

Thursday, March 6th, 2014

Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 25, No. 4 rev
For the transportation community, anxious about the uncertain future of the surface transportation program, recent events offered little reassurance. The President’s proposal for a four-year $302 billion transportation reauthorization, part of the administration’s FY 2015 Budget, met with a skeptical reception on Capitol Hill. “This budget isn’t a serious document; it’s a campaign brochure,” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said dismissively. “Perhaps the most irresponsible budget yet,” commented House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). The lawmakers’ negative reaction was no doubt amplified by the fact that the President’s budget ignored the spending levels painfully negotiated by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep.Ryan just last December. The Administration’s proposal exceeds the bipartisan budget agreement by $56 billion.

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Budget Proposal, C. Kenneth Orski, Innovation Newsbriefs, Ken Orski
Posted in Bipartisan, Funding, National, Policy, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on As Congress Struggles for Ways to Fund the Next Transportation Reauthorization, States Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands

This Infra Week

Friday, February 28th, 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
The Passengers Are Up and Running, But Are the Trains?
Move Over Venice, Kirkland Gets in the Gondola Game
South Carolina’s Legare Bridge Gets Pedestrian/Cyclist Friendly
Could Congress Find Common Ground On Complete Streets?
Coulda Wouda Shouda: The HSR Edition
Nashville is Growing, But is its Transit System?

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Buffalo, Charleston, Gondolas, HSR, Kirkland, Legare Bridge, METRO Rail, Nashville, NC, Texas, Transit, Venice
Posted in High Speed Rail, Infra Week, Land Use, Public Transportation, Rail, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on This Infra Week

Mixed Reactions to Obama’s New $300 Billion Transportation Bill

Thursday, February 27th, 2014

On February 26, President Obama climbed the steps of St. Paul, MN’s Union Depot train station to announce his new vision for transportation funding. The bill includes a competition for $600 million in transportation dollars, and a four-year surface transportation reauthorization to the tune of $300 billion.

Stakeholders on both sides of the fence have been quick to form opinions, and the fate of the bill remains uncertain–though most agree that action is urgently needed. Selected reactions from the transportation community are excerpted below.

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: AASHTO, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Associated General Contractors of America, Bud Wright, Congressman John Mica, Emil H. Frankel, MAP-21, Obama Administration, Pete Ruane, Randall S. Over, Sephen E. Sandherr, TIGER, Transportation Bill
Posted in Bipartisan, Funding, National, Policy, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Mixed Reactions to Obama’s New $300 Billion Transportation Bill

Now Accepting Entries: U.S. DOT’s Data Innovation Challenge

Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

The U.S. Department of Transportation is now accepting entries for their Data Innovation Challenge through April 30, 2014. The challenge is to “create a tool to address systemic challenges by accessing publicly available federal and/or local DOT datasets.” Entrants can choose to create a range of tools, from mobile apps to infographics–the only restriction is that DOT’s publicly available data must be at the core of the project.

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Contest, Data.gov, DOT, Secretary Foxx, United States Department of Transportation, USDOT
Posted in National, Technology, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Now Accepting Entries: U.S. DOT’s Data Innovation Challenge

Interactive Infographic: 100% Renewable Energy Benefits in the 50 States

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

The Solutions Project: 50 Plans, 50 States

This interactive infographic from The Solutions Project gives you a glimpse into the future of renewable energy. By analyzing each state’s renewable-energy potential, The Solutions Project was able to predict which types of renewable energy could contribute to meeting each state’s energy needs, in a future where fossil fuels and nuclear power are no longer options. Each state’s profile includes additional effects of switching to renewables, like reduced mortality and illness costs, and the percentage of land needed for wind, water and solar projects.

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Mark Ruffalo, Renewables, Solar Energy, The Solutions Project, Wind Energy
Posted in Energy, Environment, Land Use, National, Sustainability, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Interactive Infographic: 100% Renewable Energy Benefits in the 50 States

This Infra Week

Friday, February 21st, 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
I Want to Ride My Bicycle, I Want to Ride My Bike
Southwest Could Lose Crucial Rail Line
Pedestrians Are People Too. Really cool people.

View this complete Infra Blog post...

Tags: Amtrak, Bicycle Race, cell phone service in subways, colorado, commuting, freeways, Intersections, New Mexico, Pedestrians, Pedestrians are cool, Queen, Southwest Chief, Syracuse
Posted in Biking, Highway, Infra Week, Local, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Technology, Telecommunications, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on This Infra Week

Follow InfrastructureUSA

InfrastructureUSA.org is a non-profit, online community whose mission is to bring together infrastructure experts, industry leaders, government officials and most especially interested citizens, to participate in vigorous conversation and generate action to address the U.S. infrastructure crisis.

The Infra Blog

Guests on The Infra Blog: Jonathan Bowles & Adam Forman of the Center for an Urban Future

This Infra Week

Hardhats for Highways: Tell Congress How Many Jobs Are At Risk

As Congress Struggles for Ways to Fund the Next Transportation Reauthorization, States Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands

This Infra Week

Mixed Reactions to Obama’s New $300 Billion Transportation Bill

Now Accepting Entries: U.S. DOT’s Data Innovation Challenge

Interactive Infographic: 100% Renewable Energy Benefits in the 50 States

This Infra Week

CATEGORIES

Dear Friends,