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Walk Score: The 10 Most Walkable Cities

Monday, July 25th, 2011
Walk Score

Walk Score has released its 2011 list of the 10 Most Walkable Cities. Walk Score ranks the walkability of the 50 largest states in the United States. The Walk Score Algorithm Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking. Walk Score uses a patent-pending […]

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Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel on The Infra Blog

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel is the Deputy Director of The Partnership for Working Families. She has deep roots in accountable development work, having served as a founding co-chair and primary staff lead for the Good Jobs & Livable Neighborhoods coalition in Milwaukee while a coordinator of the Working Families Project at the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future. Under […]

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Chairman Mica Passes on the Offensive

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

In a blistering letter to Thomas Donohue, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Rep, John Mica, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, scolded the Chamber — and indirectly other critics of the proposed House transportation bill— for being “unable to recognize the reality that bankrupting the Highway Trust Fund and ignoring long overdue policy reforms are no longer options.”

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Deputy Director, The Partnership for Working Families

Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel

Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel is the Deputy Director of The Partnership for Working Families. She has deep roots in accountable development work, having served as a founding co-chair and primary staff lead for the Good Jobs & Livable Neighborhoods coalition in Milwaukee while a coordinator of the Working Families Project at the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future.

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Transportation Community’s Response to House Republicans’ Reauthorization Proposal

Monday, July 11th, 2011

On Thursday, July 7th, Republican leaders of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure submitted a six-year transportation reauthorization proposal. The transportation community responded with mixed opinions, but many are concerned.

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Great American Infrastructure: The Interstate Highway System

Thursday, July 7th, 2011
In 1959 this portion of I-70 near Denver at the Floyd Hill interchange was complete except for a small amount of cleanup work. (30-N-60-18)

This is the fourth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.

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Reflections on the Impending Congressional Transportation Actions

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

What about major new infrastructure investments? Undoubtedly, they will be necessary in the longer run because of the need to replace aging facilities and accommodate future growth in population. But major capital expenditures can be—indeed, will have to be —deferred until the recession has ended, the economy has started growing again and the federal budget deficit has been brought under control.

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Interactive Map: Boston Sustainable Energy

Friday, July 1st, 2011
CityofBoston.Gov

Boston, MA is full of sustainable energy projects, and CityofBoston.gov created an interactive map to show where they’re taking place.

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Great American Infrastructure: The Erie Canal

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Erie Canal

This is the third in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.

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Interactive Map: Taxed at the Pump

Monday, June 27th, 2011
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Autobloggreen has put together an interactive map detailing the amount of money a consumer is charged in taxes whenever they fill up at the pump. With a 70 cents  per gallon tax on gasoline, Connecticut ranks highest among the 50 states, while Alaska ranks lowest with a 26.4 cents per gallon. “…gas tax is – […]

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