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The Changing Nature of State-Federal Relations in Transportation

Monday, August 4th, 2014

Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 25, No. 11
With the Republicans likely to control the Senate next year and the presidential elections casting a shadow over any new proposal to raise taxes, there will be a huge temptation for Congress to kick the can down the road once again — beyond the presidential election and into the next Congress. Remember, it took three years and eight short-term extensions to pass the last reauthorization, MAP-21!

Fortunately, many individual states are trying to compensate for the lack of congressional action on long term funding by raising additional revenue of their own. Our survey has identified more than 30 states that have launched transportation-related fiscal initiatives in the past two years.

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Tags: C. Kenneth Orski, Congress, Innovation Newsbriefs, Ken Orski, MAP-21, Reauthorization
Posted in Bipartisan, Funding, Guest Post, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Policy, Roads, The Infra Blog

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Pothole Analytics: TEDx Talk with Lucius Riccio, Ph.D.

Friday, August 1st, 2014

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this talk he combined his knowledge and experience of infrastructure issues with his analytic skills to make a compelling argument for America’s policy makers to invest the right amount of funds for public infrastructure using the pothole as a metaphor for all infrastructure needs. He points out America’s lack of understanding of its infrastructure needs and its inattention to the work and wisdom of its engineers.

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Tags: Lucius Riccio, New York City, NYC, Potholes, TEDx, TEDxTalks, Video, YouTube
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Funding, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Urban Planning

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NYC: Six Months of Vision Zero Traffic Enforcement

Friday, August 1st, 2014

Image 1: Map of the most improved and least improved precincts in each Borough Command for speeding summonses, January to June 2013 versus 2014.

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
Despite two decades of steady declines,traffic fatalities remain an epidemic in New York City. More people are killed in traffic than are murdered by guns;traffic crashes are the foremost cause of preventable death for New York City children and, after falls,the primary cause of injury-related death for older New Yorkers.

In February 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio launched a Vision Zero initiative –with the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries in New York City by 2024 –which the New York Police Department embraced wholeheartedly, instructing all precinct commanders to increase enforcement of the most dangerous traffic violations.Increased enforcement remains a central element to achieving Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero goal.

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Tags: New York, New York City, New York Police Department, NY, NYC, NYPD, safety, Vision Zero
Posted in Infra Views, Local, Policy, Roads, Urban Planning

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Frank Moretti, Director of Policy and Research, TRIP

Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

Frank Moretti is the director of policy and research for TRIP – a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization that prepares reports on a variety of transportation issues, including traffic congestion, traffic safety, road and bridge conditions, transportation planning and air quality.

“The nation is increasingly reliant on its rural economy…and as that dynamic is changing we wanted to take a look at the nation’s transportation system and see if we have in place a rural transportation system that can support not only the rural economy, but the nation’s economy moving forward.”

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Tags: Frank Moretti, Rocky Moretti, Rural Connections, TRIP
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Oregon: The Beauty of Mt. Hood and the Safety of U.S. 26

Tuesday, July 15th, 2014

Our safety project on Mt. Hood will affect your travel in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Learn what we are doing and how you will be affected.

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Tags: Mt. Hood, OR, Oregon, Oregon Department of Transportation, OregonDOT, U.S. 26, Video, YouTube
Posted in Highway, Local, Roads, Show Us Your Infra

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Washoe County, NV: Constructing I-580’s Galena Bridge

Monday, July 14th, 2014

The I-580 freeway extension between Reno and Carson City opened in late August 2012. This time lapse video shows construction of the freeway’s showcase bridge, the Galena Creek Bridge.

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Tags: Carson City, Galena Creek Bridge, Nevada, Nevada Department of Transportation, NVDOT, Reno
Posted in Bridges, Highway, Local, Roads, Show Us Your Infra

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Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland

Monday, July 14th, 2014

Chart 1. Rural Population Change 2010-2012 by County

TRIP
America’s rural heartland plays a vital role as home to a significant share of the nation’s population, many of its natural resources and popular tourist destinations, and as the primary source of the energy, food and fiber that supports America’s economy and way of life. The strength of the nation’s rural economy relies greatly on the quality of its transportation system, particularly its roadways, which link rural America with the rest of the U.S. and to markets in other countries. The economy of rural America, which supports the quality of life for the approximately 46 million Americans living in rural areas, rides on the quality and connectivity of the rural transportation system.

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Tags: TRIP
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Denver, CO: Repairing the Pecos Street Bridge Over I-80 (Time Lapse)

Friday, July 11th, 2014

Colorado DOT reconstructs the Pecos Street Bridge over I-70 outside of Denver. This 60-second time lapse video makes it look easy!

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Tags: cdotmedia, CO, colorado, Colorado Department of Transportation, Pecos Street, Time Lapse, Video, YouTube
Posted in Bridges, Local, Roads, Show Us Your Infra

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Virginia DOT: Restoring the I-95 Bridges

Monday, July 7th, 2014

VDOT project manager Scott Fisher talks about the I-95 Bridges Restoration Project that took place in Richmond, Va.
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Tags: Interstate 95, VDOT, Virginian Department of Transportation
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Seattle, WA: Building Underground Walls to Fix Bertha

Friday, July 4th, 2014

Raw footage of crews installing one of the 73 intersecting piles that will enclose the 120-foot-deep pit that will allow crews to access and repair Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine.

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Tags: Bertha, Seattle, Tunnel Boring Machine, Video, WA, Washington, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, YouTube
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Archive for the ‘Roads’ Category

The Changing Nature of State-Federal Relations in Transportation

Pothole Analytics: TEDx Talk with Lucius Riccio, Ph.D.

NYC: Six Months of Vision Zero Traffic Enforcement

Guest on The Infra Blog: Frank Moretti, Director of Policy and Research, TRIP

Oregon: The Beauty of Mt. Hood and the Safety of U.S. 26

Washoe County, NV: Constructing I-580’s Galena Bridge

Rural Connections: Challenges and Opportunities in America’s Heartland

Denver, CO: Repairing the Pecos Street Bridge Over I-80 (Time Lapse)

Virginia DOT: Restoring the I-95 Bridges

Seattle, WA: Building Underground Walls to Fix Bertha

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