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Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert D. Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Robert D. Yaro is the President of Regional Plan Association, America’s oldest independent metropolitan policy, research and advocacy group. Mr. Yaro co-chairs the Empire State Alliance and the Friends of Moynihan Station, and is Vice President of the Forum of Urban Design. He serves on Mayor Bloomberg’s Sustainability Advisory Board, which helped prepare PlaNYC 2030, New York City’s new long-range sustainability plan. Since 2001 Mr. Yaro has been Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. He also taught at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts…

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Find the Companies Near You Receiving Highway Stimulus Money

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

“Nearly 2,000 stimulus contractors have been awarded stimulus money for highway and bridge projects, U.S. Department of Transportation records show” reports ProPublica, the “independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.” Check out the Stimulus Contractor Database they have created.

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FYI – Transformational Infrastructure Conference

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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For more information and to register, please visit http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/realestate

The William and Anita Newman Conference Center, Room 750
151 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010
646.660.6950

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Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User’s Guide to the 2009 Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

POLICYLINK
“…the American people are suffering through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and the planet is approaching a tipping point beyond which lies climate catastrophe…”

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Let’s Give Americans a Chance to Own America

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

AMERICA 2050/ REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
“Rather than adding hundreds of billions of dollars to the national debt to pay for our long-overdue infrastructure revival, perhaps the President and Congress should consider an alternative path…”

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How Infrastructure Investments Support the U.S. Economy: Employment, Productivity and Growth

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

ALLIANCE FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
“With the rapid deterioration of economic conditions in recent months and rising unemployment, public investment is back on the policy agenda—as a job-creation program linked to the need to revitalize the nation’s crumbling infrastructure…”

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WPA 2.0 Design Competition Seeking Entries

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

If you have new ideas for infrastructural-system design, here’s a chance to put them into action! Drawing its acronym from the depression-era Works Progress Administration, the WPA 2.0 competition aims to discover and develop innovative and imaginative ideas for 21st century infrastructural systems.  This UCLA-based competition encourages entrants to explore the potential of infrastructure projects […]

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Bertha Lewis, ACORN CEO and Chief Organizer, on Infrastructure-Spending Transparency

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

“Any programs that invest in our infrastructure must come with extensive public comment and oversight. Without accountability, the potential for nepotism, corruption, and waste saps the impact of the projects in the communities that desperately need them.”

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Help Wanted!

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

With the unemployment rate just reported at 9.5%, the highest in 26 years, the subject of massive job creation as a result of significant infra repair efforts demands our greater attention.  Doesn’t history guide us to the potential benefits that could result as we address two crises?  We have an urgent need for good jobs […]

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An Engine of Opportunity: A User’s Guide to Advocate for Transportation Equity in the 2009 Recovery Act

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

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TRANSPORTATION EQUITY NETWORK
“Transportation policy, planning, and investments have traditionally put lower-income people and communities of color in the slow lane, leaving economically-distressed neighborhoods with few avenues to prosperity…”

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