Support for InfrastructureUSA.org
has been provided by these organizations and individuals:

John Hennessy III,
P.E.

Archive for the ‘Guests on The Infra Blog’ Category

Conversations with infrastructure experts and stakeholders from around the U.S.

View the newest posts »

Guest on The Infra Blog: Andy Kunz, President & CEO, US High Speed Rail Association

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
kunz-andy

A long time high speed rail promoter, Andy Kunz brings 30 years of successful business experience to the US High Speed Rail Association (USHSR)…Mr. Kunz is a national award-winning designer with a background in community design, urban planning, and sustainability. He has designed a wide variety of projects including a number of new towns and transit oriented developments…As an authority on high speed rail, Mr. Kunz is committed to further developing USHSR and the high speed rail network in America.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Aviation, Congestion, Guests on The Infra Blog, High Speed Rail, National, Policy, Pollution, Rail, Sustainability, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Andy Kunz, President & CEO, US High Speed Rail Association

Guest on The Infra Blog: Joseph Szabo, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration

Monday, January 24th, 2011
szabo-joseph

Joseph C. Szabo is the twelfth Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator, responsible for overseeing the operations for the eight hundred plus person organization; managing a comprehensive railroad safety assurance program and regulatory initiatives; enforcing railroad safety laws and regulations; developing and implementing national freight and passenger rail policy and financial assistance programs; and overseeing wide-ranging advanced research and development projects in support improved railroad safety.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, High Speed Rail, National, Policy, Rail, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Joseph Szabo, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration

Guest on The Infra Blog: Ethan Pollack, Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
pollack-ethan

Ethan Pollack joined the Economic Policy Institute in July 2008. Prior to joining EPI, he worked at the Office of Management and Budget and the George Washington Institute of Public Policy. His areas of interest include public investment, fiscal policy, transportation, and budget and tax policy. His work has been used in numerous publications, and he has appeared as a guest on CNN, Fox News, BBC World News, Canada TV, Russia Today, and WNYC.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Bipartisan, Equity, Guests on The Infra Blog, National, Policy, Tax, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Ethan Pollack, Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute

Guest on The Infra Blog: Petra Todorovich, Director of America 2050 at Regional Plan Association, Discusses New High-Speed Rail Report

Monday, January 17th, 2011
todorovich-petra

Petra Todorovich is Director of America 2050, a national urban planning initiative to develop an infrastructure and growth strategy for the United States. Since its launch in 2005, America 2050 has convened some of the brightest thinkers in the fields of transportation, land use planning, social equity, and urban development to create a compelling vision for America’s future growth.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Guests on The Infra Blog, High Speed Rail, National, Public Transportation, Rail, The Infra Blog, Uncategorized

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Petra Todorovich, Director of America 2050 at Regional Plan Association, Discusses New High-Speed Rail Report

Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Anderson, President, The New York Building Congress

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
anderson-richard

Richard T. Anderson is President of the New York Building Congress. An advocate of strategic infrastructure investment and economic development, he has dedicated his career to promoting the long-term growth of America’s foremost urban centers, primarily New York City.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Bipartisan, Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, National, Policy, Rail, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Richard Anderson, President, The New York Building Congress

Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert Paaswell, Ph.D., Executive Director, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems

Monday, November 1st, 2010
paaswell-robert

Dr. Robert Paaswell, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at the City College of New York, is also the founding Director of the City University Institute for Urban Systems, a major University-wide initiative to examine the intersection of new technology, changing institutional structure and innovative finance on the provision of infrastructure in the 21 st Century. Paaswell is Director Emeritus of the federally supported University Transportation Research Center (UTRC).

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Biking, Bridges, Buses, Clean Air, Competitiveness, Congestion, Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, Land Use, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Tax, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert Paaswell, Ph.D., Executive Director, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems

Guest on The Infra Blog: Samuel Schwartz, P.E., President, CEO & Founder, Sam Schwartz Engineering

Monday, October 25th, 2010
Sam Schwartz

Sam Schwartz has nearly 40 years of experience in the field of Transportation Engineering and Traffic Safety. He is considered a worldwide authority in traffic, highway, bridge, transit and parking systems. He was New York City’s traffic commissioner and the chief engineer for highways, bridges, ferries and other New York City infrastructure. Schwartz specializes in development of urban traffic programs utilizing his expert knowledge in traffic demand management, transit systems management, traffic calming and transportation planning and engineering. He has been in the vanguard of Intelligent Transportation Systems development and wrote the seminal paper, Intelligent Traffic, which received the International Institute of Transportation Award in 1985. Schwartz is also the author of Gridlock Sam, a popular New York Daily News column addressing traffic matters in New York City. His links with multimedia networks are extensive, spanning radio, television and the internet.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Congestion, Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, High Speed Rail, Jobs, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Recovery, Roads, Smart Growth, Tax, The Infra Blog

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Samuel Schwartz, P.E., President, CEO & Founder, Sam Schwartz Engineering

Guest on The Infra Blog: Andrew Herrmann, P.E., SECB, F.ASCE, President-Elect, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
herrmann-andrew

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...

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bridges, Competitiveness, Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, Highway, National, Policy, Recovery, Roads, Smart Growth, The Infra Blog, Urban Planning

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Andrew Herrmann, P.E., SECB, F.ASCE, President-Elect, American Society of Civil Engineers

Guest on The Infra Blog: Denise Richardson, Managing Director, General Contractors Association of New York

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
richardson-denise

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...

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, Policy, Public Opinion, Tax, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

Comments Off on Guest on The Infra Blog: Denise Richardson, Managing Director, General Contractors Association of New York

Guest on the Infra Blog: Richard Ravitch, New York State Lieutenant Governor

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
NYC Transit Ravitch Report

Richard Ravitch serves as Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York. He was appointed by Governor David A. Paterson on July 8, 2009. Prior to his appointment, Lieutenant Governor Ravitch was a Partner in the law firm Ravitch, Rice & Co. and served as Chairman of the Commission on MTA Financing, which Governor Paterson formed to examine financing options for the MTA. In 1979, Lieutenant Governor Ravitch was appointed Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), overseeing the operation of the New York City subways and buses, the Long Island Railroad and MetroNorth commuter lines, and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. For his work at the MTA, Lieutenant Governor Ravitch was awarded the American Public Transit Association’s Individual of the Year Award in 1982. Lieutenant Governor Ravitch is a graduate of Columbia College and received an LLB from Yale University School of Law.

View this complete post...

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Guests on The Infra Blog, Local, Policy, The Infra Blog, Transit

Comments Off on Guest on the Infra Blog: Richard Ravitch, New York State Lieutenant Governor

« More posts
View the newest posts »
Follow InfraUSA on Twitter Facebook YouTube Flickr

CATEGORIES


Show us your infra! Show us your infra!

Video, stills and tales. Share images of the Infra in your community that demands attention. Post your ideas about national Infra issues. Go ahead. Show Us Your Infra!  Upload and instantly share your message.

Polls Polls

Is the administration moving fast enough on Infra issues? Are Americans prepared to pay more taxes for repairs? Should job creation be the guiding determination? Vote now!

Views

What do the experts think? This is where the nation's public policy organizations, trade associations and think tanks weigh in with analysis on Infra issues. Tell them what you think.  Ask questions.  Share a different view.

Blog

The Infra Blog offers cutting edge perspective on a broad spectrum of Infra topics. Frequent updates and provocative posts highlight hot button topics -- essential ingredients of a national Infra dialogue.

Dear Friends,

 

It is encouraging to finally see clear signs of federal action to support a comprehensive US infrastructure investment plan.

 

Now more than ever, our advocacy is needed to keep stakeholders informed and connected, and to hold politicians to their promises to finally fix our nation’s ailing infrastructure.

 

We have already engaged nearly 280,000 users, and hoping to add many more as interest continues to grow.

 

We require your support in order to rise to this occasion, to make the most of this opportunity. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to InfrastructureUSA.org.

 

Steve Anderson

Managing Director

 

SteveAnderson@InfrastructureUSA.org

917-940-7125

InfrastructureUSA: Citizen Dialogue About Civil Infrastructure