The City of Austin has scheduled a $90 million mobility bond election for Nov. 2, 2010 (Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 18.) The proposed projects are both short-term and long-term to address City mobility issues, including investments in streets, sidewalks, bike paths, trails and transit infrastructure in all parts of Austin.
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010Guest on The Infra Blog: Andrew Herrmann, P.E., SECB, F.ASCE, President-Elect, American Society of Civil Engineers
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Andrew Herrmann, P.E., SECB, F.ASCE, is President-Elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for 2011. He will be inaugurated in late October at ASCE’s 140th Annual Conference in Las Vegas and will succeed to the Presidency in 2012. He is a Principal of Hardesty & Hanover, LLP, a transportation consulting engineering firm founded in 1887 and headquartered in New York City.
View this complete post...National Solar Jobs Census 2010
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
THE SOLAR FOUNDATION
The National Solar Jobs Census 2010 is the first attempt to quantify the current employment and projected growth of the United States solar industry and is based on a statistically valid sampling of employers throughout the nation. The rapid increase of solar energy generation has warranted a credible study that examines the size and scope of the industry that until now, has been lacking.
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY & COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS
On Labor Day, President Obama announced a bold plan to renew and expand America’s infrastructure. The plan includes a $50 billion up-front investment connected to a six-year reauthorization of the surface transportation program and the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank to leverage private capital and select projects of regional and national significance. The Department of the Treasury, with the Council of Economic Advisers, has conducted an analysis of the economic effects of transportation infrastructure investment. Our analysis found four key reasons why now is an optimal time to increase our investment in transportation infrastructure…
The Miller Center Proposes a New Transportation Agenda
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010In the relentless 24/7 news cycle of the news media, the release of another policy report by a group of experts causes hardly a ripple. At best it earns a perfunctory mention by the news services and in a few trade publications, only to be buried and forgotten in the next day’s avalanche of fresh news. The report “Well Within Reach: America’s New Transportation Agenda,” published by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia on October 5, deserves a more considerate treatment. The report not only stands out because it is the product of a distinguished bipartisan group of national thought leaders in transportation but also because it shows a keen grasp of the issues surrounding contemporary transportation policy.
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Denise Richardson, Managing Director, General Contractors Association of New York
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Denise M. Richardson is the Managing Director of the General Contractors Association of New York, a trade association that represents New York City’s unionized, heavy construction/public works contractors. Richardson has over 25 years of construction contract and financial management administration experience in both the public and private sectors.
View this complete post...Smart Mobility for a 21st Century America
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA, ASSOCIATION OF COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION, SUSTAINABILITY MOBILITY & ACCESSIBILITY RESEARCH & TRANSFORMATION
Improving transportation efficiency through operational innovation is critical as our population grows and ages, budgets tighten and consumer preferences shift. Now, as Congress prepares to review and reauthorize the nation’s transportation program, an array of innovations that were either overlooked or did not exist at the time of previous authorizations can be incentivized.
Well Within Reach: America’s New Transportation Agenda
Monday, October 4th, 2010
MILLER CENTER OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Transportation systems are the backbone of America: They keep our nation strong and moving. But we have not been taking good care of this resource. Lacking a coherent vision for our transportation future and chronically short of resources, we defer new investments, fail to plan, and allow existing systems to fall into disrepair.
Transportation Funding in a Changing Political Environment
Monday, October 4th, 2010A series of events toward the end of September addressed the challenge of inadequate transportation funding, a quandary that has long bedeviled transportation advocates. Collectively, these events paint a picture of a transportation community that is eager to increase investment in infrastructure but struggles in vain to find the means to pay for it — and probably can expect little help from the next, more fiscally conservative Congress, bent on reducing spending.
View this complete post...Relationships Between Streetcars and the Built Environment
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM
In the past 20 years, numerous cities have planned and implemented new rail transit systems. This movement has coincided with other urban regeneration trends, bringing new life to urban centers and advancing strategies to manage growth that promote more efficient patterns of development. Various forms of heavy rail, light rail, and streetcar systems have been built, many with robust ridership and popularity, owing to a rediscovery of this form of transportation, as well as concerns about growing traffic congestion, volatile fuel prices, and climate change.
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