James Corless is the Director of Transportation for America, a coalition of over 400 organizations working to promote a new national transportation policy that’s smarter, safer, cleaner and provides more choice. Prior to Transportation for America, Mr. Corless was a senior planner for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the San Francisco Bay Area where he […]
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Guest on The Infra Blog: James Corless, Director, Transportation for America
Thursday, April 26th, 2012Talking Infrastructure with the New Faces of Engineering College Edition Winners
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA, recently spoke with several winners of ASHRAE, NCEES, and the National Engineers Week Foundation’s New Faces of Engineering College Recognition Program.
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Jonathan Nettler, AICP, Managing Editor, Planetizen
Monday, April 9th, 2012Jonathan Nettler, AICP is Managing Editor of Planetizen. He has lived and practiced in Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles on a range of project types for major public, institutional, and private developer clients including: large scale planning and urban design, waterfront and brownfield redevelopment, transit-oriented development, urban infill, campus planning, […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Peter Kageyama, Author, “For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places”
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012Peter Kageyama is a community and economic development consultant based in St. Petersburg, FL. He is the co-founder and producer of the Creative Cities Summit, an interdisciplinary event that brings together citizens and practitioners around the big idea of the city. Peter is the former President of Creative Tampa Bay, a grassroots community change organization. […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Christian Steinbrecher, President, Ukiah Engineering Inc., ASCE Oregon 2011-2012 Civil Engineer of the Year
Friday, March 30th, 2012Christian F. Steinbrecher, president of Ukiah Engineering Inc., was awarded the “2011 – 2012 Engineer of the Year Award” by the Oregon Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers for his work on Oregon’s Infrastructure Report Card issued by the Oregon Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. His experience has spanned almost […]
View this complete post...Talking Infrastructure at the 5th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Convention
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012Steven 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.
View this complete post...Hon. James Oberstar at the Surface Transportation & High Speed Rail Summit 2012 – Washington, DC
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012This is the second in a series of posts
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.
After addressing those attending the conference, the Honorable James Oberstar, former Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, spoke with Steve about high speed rail and American infrastructure.
View this complete post...Secretary Ray LaHood at the Surface Transportation & High Speed Rail Summit 2012 – Washington, DC
Thursday, March 8th, 2012This is the first in a series of posts 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. After addressing those attending the conference, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood spoke with Steve about high speed rail […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Jarrett Walker, Author, “Human Transit – How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives”
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. He currently serves as a Principal Consultant with MRCagney based in Australia. He provides expert advice to clients worldwide Born […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Galina Tachieva, Partner, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, & Author, The Sprawl Repair Manual
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Galina Tachieva is an expert on sustainable planning, urban redevelopment, sprawl repair, and form-based codes. As a partner and Director of Town Planning at Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Architects and Town Planners (DPZ), Tachieva directs and manages the design and implementation of projects in the US and around the world. DPZ, a leader in the […]
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