University of Michigan landscape architect Joan Nassauer, a professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment, leads a pilot project to design and build new forms of green infrastructure on vacant properties in Detroit’s far-west-side Cody Rouge neighborhood. Four “bioretention gardens” that capture and hold stormwater are under construction now on sites where abandoned homes were razed.
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Detroit, MI: Green Infrastructure Pilot Project
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015Infographic: How to Combat Air Pollution
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015Air pollution has a variety of contributors from stationary sources, like factories and power plants, to natural sources, like forest fires and dust storms. Air pollution has been shown to have a direct link with health. Those living in areas with high levels of air pollutants have a 20% higher risk of death from lung cancer. It can also cause respiratory inflammation, asthma, and ear infections.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Utah DOT: The Importance of Quality Management
Posted by Content Coordinator on Monday, September 21st, 2015Like sewage treatment, Quality Management isn’t exactly the most scintillating subject on the planet. But it matters greatly in all the work we do at UDOT. Why? We thought you’d never ask!
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...U.S. DOT: Using GPS For Transportation Research
Posted by Infra on Friday, September 18th, 2015These days GPS makes a transportation planner’s research effort much easier. Until now access to the data created wasn’t so easy. Watch the video to see how FHWA’s Office of Planning, Environment and Realty’s Research Program teamed with U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to access secure travel data on the web.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Oregon DOT: Update on the Bly Mountain Project
Posted by Infra on Thursday, September 17th, 2015ODOT has made enough progress on the east side of this project to open it to traffic. The contractor is getting ready to shut down for winter and pick up in 2016 for the final work.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...San Francisco, CA: Green & Gray
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, September 16th, 2015Directed by by Mauricio Romero and Walden Smith. The wastewater division of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission prepares to change a decade old sewage system in San Francisco that will better prepare the city for the future and present climate changes. Part of the Summer 2015 Community Filmmaking Partnership.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Nevada DOT: Managing Stormwater in the Clear Creek Watershed
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015The roadway between Carson City and Lake Tahoe was constructed in 1957 in preparation for the 1960 U.S. Olympics in Squaw Valley. Part of the Clear Creek Watershed, erosion has become a serious problem over the years, prompting NDOT to make some significant erosion control and stormwater improvements. James Murphy of NDOT’s Stormwater Management Program explains the benefits of the much needed project.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...ARTBA: Ronald Reagan and the Highway User Fee
Posted by Infra on Friday, September 11th, 2015You might be surprised to learn that Ronald Reagan, conservative tax-cutter, was an adamant supporter of investment in infrastructure maintenance.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Minnesota DOT: Smart Intersections Reduce Traffic Conflicts
Posted by Infra on Thursday, September 10th, 2015How Minnesota Department of Transportation is using “J Turns” or “Reduced-Conflict Intersections” to improve safety and efficiency on MN roads.
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