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Guest on The Infra Blog: Dan Sullivan, Mayor of Anchorage

Monday, September 22nd, 2014

Mayor Sullivan was elected to the Anchorage Assembly in 1999 where he served three terms, including serving as Chairman during the 2006-2007 term. He was elected Mayor in 2009 and re-elected to his second and final term in 2012.

“Here we are, a country with pretty extreme debt, at these days $17 trillion and counting, so there’s going to be more and more pressure not to spend money rather than pressure to spend more money…I think our dependency on federal dollars coming in is going to decline, and so we just have to start taking care of our own needs.”

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Tags: AK, Alaska, Anchorage, Dan Sullivan, Daniel A. Sullivan, Mayor, Port of Anchorage
Posted in Funding, Guests on The Infra Blog, Local, Policy, Public Opinion, The Infra Blog

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The State of the City Experience

Friday, August 8th, 2014

WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, PEOPLE ARE MOST FRUSTRATED BY TRAFFIC

SASAKI
Urbanites across the country agree on a few things: they want great food, they love waterfronts, and they value historical architecture. As planners and designers, our job is to understand what people want and balance these desires with the big picture—economic realities, cultural needs, environmental concerns, and design opportunities—ultimately helping to shape a more satisfying and sustainable urban experience.

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Tags: Architecture, Sasaki, survey
Posted in Infra Views, National, Public Opinion, Public Parks & Recreation, Public Transportation, Transit, Urban Planning

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Terry Bennett, Senior Industry Program Manager, Civil Engineering & Planning, Autodesk

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Terry D. Bennett, LS LPF MRICS ENV SP LEED AP, is the senior industry program manager and lead strategist for civil infrastructure at Autodesk. He is responsible for setting the company’s future vision and strategy for technology serving the planning, surveying, civil engineering and heavy construction industries, as well as cultivating and sustaining the firm’s relationships with strategic industry leaders and associations.

“…Many of the answers will be found by reconnecting the American people with the many economic, social, and even environmental aspects of infrastructure and its investment. Today’s challenge is really about renewing our vision for how to balance natural and man-made infrastructure, and how to leverage both to enhance our future condition…”

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Tags: Autodesk, Civic Engagement, Making the Grade, Terry Bennett
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Promoting Public Engagement in Local Road Planning

Tuesday, August 5th, 2014

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Persistent resource shortfalls and historic changes in usage of local road systems are challenging the sustainability of local road systems in Minnesota and elsewhere. The exact nature of the sustainability issues is difficult to pin down to one or two sources. Clearly, there are multiple sources of road system sustainability challenges. It is also true that the nature of the local road system sustainability problem is partly in the eye of the beholder. Divergences and convergences in information, perspectives, and preferences among the stakeholders in this issue potentially constrain or enable effective actions to address the challenges…Therefore, there is a need to develop and evaluate practical methods for communicating with and engaging diverse stakeholders in decision making regarding the complex, contested policy issues associated with local road systems.

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Tags: Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MN, MnDOT
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Clean Water, Strong Communities

Friday, April 25th, 2014

GREEN FOR ALL
This white paper focuses on one of the most promising strategies water utilities can use to develop broad public support: Embracing triple-bottom-line outcomes that deliver community benefits like jobs, business opportunities, green space, safer and more beautiful streets, and other local amenities. Selected policies and programs designed to catalyze community and economic development allow water utilities to show the public that they provide efficient and environmentally beneficial infrastructure that fosters local economic and social improvements.

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Tags: Green for All, Water Infrastructure
Posted in Drinking Water, Environment, Equity, Green, Infra Views, Policy, Public Opinion, Sustainability, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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This Infra Week

Friday, March 21st, 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
Parking Mad!
Report of Significant Rulemaking
Want to Build A Wildly Successful Startup?

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Tags: Atlanta, bikes are cool, Congestion Pricing, Cycling, Detroit, kickstarter, Move NY, Parking, Sam Schwartz, speed limits, tribal land, truck drivers, Trucks
Posted in Biking, Bridges, Congestion, Economic Stimulus, Funding, Infra Week, Public Opinion, Roads, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

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This Infra Week

Friday, March 14th, 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
Which Bike Lane Separator is Right For You?
Car Culture Reigns On
New Light-Rail Strategy Unveiled
And More…

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Tags: Bike Lane, capital murder, car culture, City Heights, Light Rail, Nathan Wilkes, Next City, Pedestrians, People for Bikes, San Diego, Southwest Corridor, SXSW, The Atlantic Cities, The Week, tragedy, transit costs
Posted in Accountability, Biking, Bridges, Highway, Infra Week, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Portland Transportation Priorities

Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

PORTLAND BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION
From January 16-21, 2014, Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall, Inc. (DHM Research) conducted a telephone survey among registered voters in Portland to assess their perceptions of the city’s transportation needs. The survey will help the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) prioritize future transportation-related projects.

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Tags: DHM Research, OR, Oregon, PBOT, Portland, Portland Bureau of Transportation, survey
Posted in Infra Views, Local, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Roads, Transit, Urban Planning

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This Infra Week

Friday, February 21st, 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
I Want to Ride My Bicycle, I Want to Ride My Bike
Southwest Could Lose Crucial Rail Line
Pedestrians Are People Too. Really cool people.

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Tags: Amtrak, Bicycle Race, cell phone service in subways, colorado, commuting, freeways, Intersections, New Mexico, Pedestrians, Pedestrians are cool, Queen, Southwest Chief, Syracuse
Posted in Biking, Highway, Infra Week, Local, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Technology, Telecommunications, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

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This Infra Week

Friday, February 14th, 2014

Thinking of Spreading a Little Artistic Neighborhood Cheer?Don’t. It’s probably against the law.(Strong Towns Blog) Imagine All the People…Without Cars.Could driverless cars really rule the roads in just 16 years?(The Atlantic Cities) Crowdfunding InfrastructureKansas City looks to “transform one of the worst cities for biking into the one of the greatest with a world-class […]

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Tags: Aloha, crosswalk, crowdfunding, Detroit, driverless cars, Hawaii, Indiana, John Lennon, Kansas City, Megan Owens, Transit Bill, Transportation Riders United
Posted in Funding, Infra Week, Local, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Technology, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

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Archive for the ‘Public Opinion’ Category

Guest on The Infra Blog: Dan Sullivan, Mayor of Anchorage

The State of the City Experience

Guest on The Infra Blog: Terry Bennett, Senior Industry Program Manager, Civil Engineering & Planning, Autodesk

Promoting Public Engagement in Local Road Planning

Clean Water, Strong Communities

This Infra Week

This Infra Week

Portland Transportation Priorities

This Infra Week

This Infra Week

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