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The Gateway Project – Saving New York from “Transportation Armageddon”

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

New York and New Jersey are facing what Senator Charles Schumer called “Transportation Armageddon.” Luckily there’s a solution that will fix everything… but it’s going to take several years and billions of dollars just to get permission.

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White House Weekly Address: Providing a Better, Cleaner, Safer Future for Our Children

Posted by Infra on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

In this week’s address, President Obama discussed the progress we have made to combat global climate change.

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Mankato, MN: Now Introducing…Bike Lanes!

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

Bicycling enthusiasts can enjoy bike lanes in the North Mankato and Mankato area. These lanes provide another transportation option that’s well-connected throughout the cities. Safety is important, so it’s good to know what bike lanes are and what each of the different bike lane markings mean.

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What are the health and climate benefits of offshore wind farms?

Posted by Infra on Friday, August 5th, 2016

This Harvard researcher created a model in which an offshore wind farm that could power most of Washington D.C. could also save 50 lives per year and generate $690 million per year in climate and health benefits. Dr. Jonathan Buonocore, Program Leader of our Climate, Energy, and Health Program, talks about the science behind “Health and Climate Benefits of Offshore Wind Facilities in the Mid-Atlantic United States,” a paper he and colleagues from Synapse Energy Economics, University of Delaware, and Boston University published in Environmental Research Letters.

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Washington State DOT: How ATDM Works

Posted by Infra on Thursday, August 4th, 2016

The ATDM overhead active traffic and demand management signs will display speed limits, lane status or variable messages so driver know what’s happening ahead.

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Palm Beach County, FL: School Transportation Rollout

Posted by Infra on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Transportation improvements shifted into high gear over the summer in order to give students the safest and most efficient ride possible. Reporter Claudia Shea shows us the transportation changes that are rolling out for the 2016-17 school year.

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Utah DOT: Hydro Demolition

Posted by Infra on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is utilizing an innovative system of high-pressure water jets to refurbish bridge decks on the I-215 project. This is one of the first times UDOT has used this hydro demolition process to reconstruct a bridge deck, and the first in the Salt Lake Valley. Hydro demolition will allow crews to be more precise while refurbishing the bridge, which saves time and money.

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Streetfilms — Black Girls Do Bike: New York City

Posted by Infra on Monday, August 1st, 2016

Got to join a nice bike ride today for about an hour as Black Girls Do Bike, did a ride from Bedford Stuyvesant to Red Hook.

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Transit Trends Episode 5: City Planning – Where Did We Go Wrong?

Posted by Infra on Friday, July 29th, 2016

In this episode of Transit Trends, we discuss why the city planning of the past is the cause of our current transportation mess. We sit down with Gabe Klein, the former Director of the D.C. Department of Transportation and Commissioner of Transportation of Chicago to pick his brain on how we got here and what we can do next.

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AASHTO: Transportation State to State

Posted by Infra on Thursday, July 28th, 2016

This Transportation State to State video takes you to Washington, California, Nevada and North Carolina to see what’s happening on the front lines at State Departments of Transportation across America.

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