John Hennessy III,
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Secretary Norman Y. Mineta founded the Mineta Transportation Institute, which is part of the Lucas Graduate School of Business at San José State University in San José, Calif. He is an internationally recognized expert in transportation policy, with many distinguished accomplishments in transportation and business. Currently he is vice chair of Hill & Knowlton Global […]
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THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Aggressive government belt-tightening and financial market deleveraging restrain worldwide infrastructure investments for 2012 and probably the next five years. The need to invest the dollars that are available on projects that have the greatest effect on economic productivity, real estate demand, and global competitive position has never been more urgent. However, financial austerity and political fractures can stand in the way of better infrastructure decision making.
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA was a participant at the 5th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Convention, held from March 7th to March 9th in Washington, DC.
Steve also spoke with John Horsley, Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officals (AASHTO), Bill Johnson, Director for the Port of Miami, and Mortimer Downey, former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, currently Senior Advisor, Parsons Brinckerhoff.
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Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA was a participant at the US High Speed Rail Association’s 2012 summit, held from February 28th to March 1st in Washington, DC.
During the event, Steven had the opportunity to speak with Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee John Mica, Congressman David Price, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.
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BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
The Great Recession reset the world economic map. Suddenly, with the bulk of the world’s economic growth transferred beyond the borders of a recession-mired West and into emerging markets, American metropolitan areas and the nation as a whole were left to cast about for new sources of growth.
The documentary ‘Thinking Cities’ deals with one of the most dramatic societal trends happening today: urbanization. The world population is expected to soar to more than 9 billion people by 2050, with roughly 70 percent living in cities. At the same time, Information Communications Technology (ICT) is extending its reach.
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View Full Infographic (GOOD.is): The World’s Leading Innovators … Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators THOMSON REUTERS Overview INNOVATION is the cornerstone of economic growth and success, for both the companies that innovate and the countries that embrace them. For the past several years, talk about innovation has permeated news stories, corporate board rooms and […]
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Greg Lindsay is a contributing writer for Fast Company and the author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next, which examines how and where we choose to live in an interconnected world. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, McKinsey Quarterly, World Policy Journal, […]
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Increasing water demand by the power and energy sectors is another growing competitive pressure. Many forms of electric power require massive amounts of water for cooling, with the sector accounting for 41 percent of total water withdrawals in the United States and 44 percent in the European Union. The water intensity of fuel production is also on the rise. In 2009, only five percent of the world’s liquid fuels came from water-intensive “unconventional” sources such as biofuels, oil sands and shale oil. By 2035, the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts, that number could double or even triple, depending on global oil prices.
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