The New York Transit Museum archives have this vintage video produced by the NY Transportation Board in 1949 about the New York City subway system. At the time, the fare was $0.10 – and the turnstiles had been modified to accommodate a dime. The first subway token wasn’t used until 1953.
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Posted by Content Coordinator on Thursday, October 11th, 2018The Road to Tanana, Alaska: Proving that Rural Connections Improve Lives
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, October 9th, 2018Many communities in rural Alaska are only accessible by air or by barge, making the transport of both people and goods expensive. Jeff Weltzin is the city manager of Tanana, Alaska, which is located 130 miles west of Fairbanks, near the Yukon River. Weltzin says Tanana’s 300 residents were being severely impacted by transportation costs—which was driving up the cost of living.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Community Building Through Renewable Energy | GRID Alternatives
Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, October 5th, 2018Solar Works DC is a solar installation and job training program led by GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, in Washington, DC. The program provides no cost solar to low-income communities and offers community members solar installation training and hands-on experience needed to pursue careers in the industry.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Congratulations to the 2018 Great Places in America!
Posted by Content Coordinator on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018Find out which great neighborhoods, public spaces, and streets across the country have been designated this year’s Great Places in America. The announcement of these well-planned, well-designed communities begins the countdown to the start of National Community Planning Month, a nationwide celebration that takes place every October and recognizes the important work planners do every day.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Automated rail track laying done around the early 1900s
Posted by Infra on Friday, September 28th, 2018Archival footage from early 1900s of how automation started coming to railway / railroad track laying.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Final Old Bay Bridge Pier Implosions – Caltrans News Flash #178
Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, September 21st, 2018In this Caltrans News Flash, District 4 Public Information Officer Alejandro Lopez provides an overview of the September 8, 2018, implosion of two marine foundations of the old San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Montana DOT: Why Do We Use Roundabouts?
Posted by Content Coordinator on Monday, September 17th, 2018By eliminating left turns across oncoming traffic and nearly eliminating head-on collisions, roundabouts reduce crashes by 40%, reduce crashes with injuries by 75%, and reduce fatal crashes down to nearly nothing.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Why protected bike lanes are more valuable than parking spaces
Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, September 14th, 2018When Janette Sadik-Khan was hired as chief transportation official for New York City in 2007, she took a page out of Denmark’s playbook and created America’s first parking-protected bike lane, right in the middle of downtown Manhattan.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Portland, OR: 122nd Avenue Plan – Safety, Access and Transit
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, September 12th, 2018Over 1,000 people responded to our survey about 122nd Ave in the summer of 2018. Find out what our community members had to say about the project and learn about PBOT’s plans to for improvements.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...InTrans: Infrastructure
Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, September 7th, 2018Developing new ways to construct and preserve America’s roads, bridges, and other forms of infrastructure.
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