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Energy Efficiency and Technologies in America’s Cities

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Technologies Receiving Top Priority by Cities within Two Years

THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS
Cities were asked to describe their one “top priority” in their own words, rather than selecting from multiple choice answers, the format used for nearly all other questions in this survey. Ninety-one percent of all cities participating in the survey – 263 out of 288 cities – responded to this question, with the responses as shown above grouped by categories. The “All other” category captures several additional response categories, including cogeneration, waste-to-energy, and water treatment technologies.

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Tags: The United States Conference of Mayors, USCM
Posted in Energy, Environment, Infra Views, National, Policy, Sustainability, Technology, Urban Planning

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Extreme Weather Events: Increasing the Nation’s Resilience

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

Figure 1: Louisiana State Highway 1 Leading to Port Fourchon (Source: NOAA)

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
According to the United States Global Change Research Program, the costs and impacts of weather disasters resulting from floods, drought, and other events are expected to increase in significance as previously “rare” events become more common and intense. These impacts pose financial risks to the federal government. While it is not possible to link any individual weather event to climate change, these events provide insight into the potential climate-related vulnerabilities the United States faces.

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Tags: GAO, Resilience, United States Government Accountability Office
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Infra Views, National, Policy

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Freeways Without Futures

Monday, February 17th, 2014

CONGRESS FOR THE NEW URBANISM
Successful freeway removal campaigns are characterized by strong community and political leadership; a decision-making process driven by long-term mobility planning, not cyclical federal and state allocations; and a vision for the urbanized environment that is not dictated solely by the fast movement of motor vehicles. CNU’s Highways to Boulevards initiative unites a diverse set of professionals, residents and activists in advocating for these outcomes and demonstrating the value of urban freeway removal by restoring urban neighborhoods and historic street networks.

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Tags: Buffalo, CNU, Congress for the New Urbanism, LA, Louisiana, New Orleans, New York, NY
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Highway, Infra Views, National, Roads, Urban Planning

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The Clean Trillion: Closing The Clean Energy Investment Gap

Friday, February 14th, 2014

FIgUre 1: The Clean energy InvesTmenT gap

CERES
This paper refers to the necessary additional investment in clean energy as the “Clean Trillion.” Current annual investment in clean energy falls far short of this goal. In 2012, global investment in clean energy (as defined by Bloomberg New Energy Finance) was $281 billion—and in 2013 this figure is expected to be even lower. Simply put, there is a clean energy investment gap.

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Tags: Ceres, Clean Energy
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Funding, Infra Views, National, Sustainability, Technology

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Rethinking the Way Transportation Infrastructure Is Funded

Friday, February 14th, 2014

Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 25, No. 3A
It may come as a surprise to you, but there is a quiet revolution in transportation funding underway these days. Faced with a depleted Highway Trust Fund and uncertain prospects for more money from a deficit-conscious Congress, many states are taking matters into their own hands and aggressively pursuing more fiscal independence.

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Tags: C. Kenneth Orski, Innovation Newsbriefs, Ken Orski
Posted in Funding, Guest Post, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Policy, Tax, The Infra Blog

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Federal Highway Administration: Seek, Simplify, and Solve through Research

Thursday, February 13th, 2014

FHWA’s Office of Planning, Environment and Realty’s video — Seek, Simplify, and Solve through Research — is the first in a series of videos that feature FHWA research activities. The Office’s research focuses on improving transportation decision making and promoting efficiency, while protecting communities and the environment.

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Tags: Federal Highway Administration, FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation, USDOT
Posted in Highway, National, Policy, Roads, Show Us Your Infra

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Critical Issues in Transportation

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

The freight transportation system must adapt to a projected 80 percent growth in gross domestic product in the next 25 years.

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
The United States depends on transportation to compete globally and to help revive a sluggish domestic economy. Individuals depend on transportation not only to get to work but to shop, socialize, and access health care, among other goals (1). For all of its benefits to the nation and individuals, however, transportation imposes large costs—lost time in traffic congestion, deaths and injuries from crashes, demand for imported petroleum, and the release of greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution.

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Tags: National Academies, Transportation Research Board, TRB, TRB of NA
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Aviation, Climate Change, Competitiveness, Funding, Highway, Infra Views, Inland Waterways, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Seaports, Sustainability

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The Federal Aviation Administration’s Limited Progress in Adopting NextGen Provisions

Monday, February 10th, 2014

EXHIBIT C. STATUS OF FAA’S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TITLE II REQUIREMENTS (AS OF AUGUST 23, 2013)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is a critical infrastructure project that will transform the Nation’s air traffic management from ground-based radar to a satellite-based system with the goals of improving safety, meeting the expected demands for increased capacity, and improving efficiency. It is also FAA’s most complex modernization effort to date and will require multibillion-dollar investments from both the Federal Government and airspace users to successfully implement. However, since its inception a decade ago, FAA’s progress in implementing NextGen has not met the expectations of Congress and industry stakeholders, and key modernization efforts have experienced significant cost increases and schedule delays.

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Tags: airports, flight, Next Generation Air Transportation System, NextGen, Office of the Inspector General, United States Department of Transportation, USDOT
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Keystone XL: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Monday, February 3rd, 2014

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
The Keystone XL Pipeline (the proposed Project) is a proposed 875-mile pipeline project that would extend from Morgan, Montana, to Steele City, Nebraska. The pipeline would allow delivery of up to 830,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) in Canada and the Bakken Shale Formation in the United States to Steele City, Nebraska, for onward delivery to refineries in the Gulf Coast area (see Figure ES-1). TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP (Keystone) has applied for a Presidential Permit that, if granted, would authorize the proposed pipeline to cross the United States-Canadian border at Morgan, Montana.

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This Infra Week

Friday, January 31st, 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
San Bernardino, California: Divided No More
Miami Transportation Planners Light the Way
Big Energy Buildings Go Greener
Sprucing Up the Waiting Game
Atlanta Snowstorm Strands Drivers

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Tags: Atlanta, buildings, Caltrans, emergency preparedness, Energy efficiency, I-215, Light Rail, Miami, San Bernadino, snowstorm, sprawl, train stations
Posted in High Speed Rail, Highway, Infra Week, Local, National, Public Opinion, Rail, Roads, Smart Grid, Smart Growth, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

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Archive for the ‘National’ Category

Energy Efficiency and Technologies in America’s Cities

Extreme Weather Events: Increasing the Nation’s Resilience

Freeways Without Futures

The Clean Trillion: Closing The Clean Energy Investment Gap

Rethinking the Way Transportation Infrastructure Is Funded

Federal Highway Administration: Seek, Simplify, and Solve through Research

Critical Issues in Transportation

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Limited Progress in Adopting NextGen Provisions

Keystone XL: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

This Infra Week

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