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Winners of AASHTO’s “Faces of Transportation 2010” Photo Contest

Posted by Infra on Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Julie Duewel; Nevada Department of Transportation

Nearly 100 photos were submitted from state DOTs across the country for this competition. The photos represent the positive effects of transportation on individuals and/or communities. The environmentally-friendly project that is enriching a neighborhood, the new bridge that is making commuting times shorter; the widening project that revitalized a neighborhood; the resurfacing of a rural road that employed members of the community. Also, view the separate album with this year’s winning photos.
-American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on Facebook

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Video: High-Speed Rail in the United States

Posted by Infra on Thursday, August 19th, 2010

@Brookings Podcast
The U.S. lags far behind Europe and Asia in the development of high-speed rail. This week @Brookings, expert Robert Puentes examines the Obama administration’s effort to build high-speed rail networks.

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Photo Group: Great American Dams

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Hoover Dam, Nevada/Arizona

Hoover Dam, NV; Roosevelt Dam, AZ; Keystone Dam, OK; New Croton Dam, NY; Blue Ridge Dam, GA

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Video: Friday at Grand Central Station

Posted by Infra on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Music from Star Wars

I think the song name is “Cocktails in the Cantina”
-surflliner453 on YouTube

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Video: Philadelphia Skyline Sunset Time Lapse at Rush Hour

Posted by Infra on Monday, August 16th, 2010

Shot on the Spring Garden Street Bridge over I-76 over 90 minutes on Friday, August 6, 2010.
-ptm113 on YouTube

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Traffic Jams from Sea to Shining Sea

Posted by Infra on Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Dallas, TX

How can we put an end to this?

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VIDEO – PITTSBURGH ENGINEERING: Tales of Two Bridges

Posted by Infra on Monday, August 9th, 2010

How do you get rid of a much-traveled bridge that needs to be replaced? And conversely how do you save a historic wooden structure that’s ready to fall down? You enlist the help of engineers!

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Video: Dangerous Crossing

Posted by Infra on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

BLUEPRINT AMERICA
In recent years a little noticed shift has been transforming suburbia: the home of the middle class has become the home of the working poor. As a result, roadways that were built for the car are now used by a growing population that can’t afford to drive. The consequences can be deadly.

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Video: Green City, Clean Waters

Posted by Infra on Monday, August 2nd, 2010

When it rains in the City of Brotherly Love, problems soon follow because more than half the city has “combined” sewers – pipes that carry both storm water and sewage. When it rains, the system fills quickly. The surplus, which includes raw sewage and road oil, backs up into basements and gushes untreated into rivers through 164 overflow pipes.

Instead of going the route of many other cities and building miles-long, multibillion-dollar tunnels to hold storm-water overflows–and then pumping it back into the system when the rain stops–Philadelphia’s 20-year stormwater management plan is based on “green infrastructure” and offers benefits that can be appreciated above the ground.

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Antarctica for wind AND solar energy

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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“While the Eastern Seaboard sears under triple-digit temperatures, clean energy systems certified by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are supplying ice-bound research bases at the bottom of the world with critical power during the frigid darkness of the Antarctic winter.

Later this year, other systems being tested by the NREL engineering team are expected to generate power during the endlessly bright polar summer months.”

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