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Five Transportation Stories That Will Shape the Year Ahead

Thursday, September 27th, 2012

Transportation Issues Daily Lloyd Brown has done it again, publishing another must-read story, “Five transportation stories that will shape the year ahead,” that gives us a serious case of envy. Here are the five issues, but you’ll have to read the transportation communication guru’s whole story here to learn why Brown picks these issues. Funding MAP-21 […]

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WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show Talks Infrastructure —————- 11 AM EST Thursday, September 27th

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

This Thursday, September 27th, InfrastructureUSA Managing Director Steve Anderson and Gregory DiLoreto, P.E., F.ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), will join The Brian Lehrer Show as part of “30 Issues in 30 Days,” the Brian Lehrer Show’s election-year series. The segment begins at 11 AM Eastern Time on NPR’s WNYC station. The show begins at […]

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Details of Possible $1.5 Billion Funding Cut to Roads, Transit and Rail

Thursday, September 20th, 2012

Transportation Issues Daily Preliminary estimates released by the White House last Friday indicate funding for highways, transit and rail programs in 2013 will be cut by about $1.5 billion on January 2 if automatic budget cuts take place as scheduled. Shrinking or preventing those cuts requires Congress and the White House to strike a budget […]

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Confronting the Reality of Declining Federal Transportation Funding

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 24 “There is no appetite in Congress to increase the gas tax and stakeholders will have little influence to change the congressional minds.” This was one of several sober— and sobering— conclusions reached by a panel of experts at a recent meeting convened by the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Eno […]

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HIGH SPEED RAIL CONFERENCE – LOS ANGELES 2012

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

Don’t miss the most exciting high speed rail event of the year – High Speed Rail 2012 – Los Angeles is the place to be December 3-5.   Business and political leaders will come together with the world’s top experts to bring high speed rail to America, starting in California.  Construction is about to get underway […]

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Contest: Support HSR and Win a Trip to Europe!

Tuesday, September 4th, 2012

US HSR is hosting a contest in anticipation of the High Speed Rail Around the World TV Series, which will show America the benefits of high-speed rail by highlighting worldwide HSR successes.

1) Make a PayPal donation of $5 or more to help fund the HSR TV series.

2) Submit a video about why you support high speed rail and why you want to win the trip to Europe. Anyone who enters a video is automatically entered in the contest for free.

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Great American Infrastructure: Ocean Parkway Bike Path, Brooklyn, NY

Monday, August 27th, 2012

This is the twenty-second in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States. What: The Ocean Parkway Bike Path is the first bike path ever in the United States. When: The Ocean Parkway Bike Path was completed in 1894 with an official opening celebration in 1896. Length: 5.9 miles (one way) Estimated travel […]

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Scott Paul, Executive Director, Alliance for American Manufacturing

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Scott N. Paul is the founding executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), which was launched in April 2007. AAM, a unique partnership between the United Steelworkers union and leading U.S. manufacturers, has rapidly developed into an effective research and advocacy organization, publishing reports on the effectiveness of domestic trade laws and the […]

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Diana Lind, Executive Director & Editor-in-Chief, Next American City

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

Diana Lind joined Next American City in 2008 and is the organization’s Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief. Diana was a 2011 Van Alen Institute Fellow and is the author of Brooklyn Modern: Architecture, Interiors & Design (Rizzoli, 2008). She graduated from Cornell University (B.A., English) and Columbia University (M.F.A., Creative Writing). Her writing has been published […]

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Good & Bad News for Transportation Funding, and Environment

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Transportation Issues Daily First-half 2012 sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles hold some good and bad news for transportation and environment stakeholders. January-June sales of electric-only cars rose 6% – an increase of just 234 cars – over 2011. A little over 4100 EVs were purchased. However, plug-in hybrid vehicles sales increased 381% in […]

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