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What’s Next for U.S. Cities?

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

THE CENTER FOR AN URBAN FUTURE

On April 25, 2011, the Center for an Urban Future and the Rockefeller Foundation convened a small, private roundtable discussion with more than a dozen of the nation’s thought leaders to discuss the key trends, opportunities and challenges that U.S. cities face over the next two decades—with a particular focus on the critical issues expected to impact the most vulnerable urban residents. The purpose of the conversation was to help the Rockefeller Foundation, and the larger philanthropic community, identify the key megatrends, challenges and opportunities that will affect those living in U.S. cities over the next 20 years.

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Tags: Blue-Sky Thinking, Philanthropy, The Center for an Urban Future, The Rockefeller Foundation
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Economic Stimulus, Environment, Infra Views, Local, National, Private Investment, Recovery, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Urban Planning

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The Potential for Urban Agriculture in New York City: Growing Capacity, Food Security, & Green Infrastructure

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

THE URBAN DESIGN LAB

With the generous support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute, Columbia University has conducted this comprehensive assessment of the potential for urban agriculture in New York City (NYC). This project is the first large-scale analysis of its kind for NYC, and while it is not definitive, we hope that the information and research will provide a baseline for understanding the critical issues related to urban agriculture in our city.

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Tags: Columbia Unviersity, Green Infrastructure, Manhattan, New York, New York City, The Urban Design Lab, Urban Agriculture
Posted in Clean Air, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Green, Infra Views, Land Use, Local, Pollution, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Urban Planning

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The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

THE CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY

Green infrastructure (GI) is a network of decentralized stormwater management practices, such as green roofs, trees, rain gardens and permeable pavement, that can capture and infiltrate rain where it falls, thus reducing stormwater runoff and improving the health of surrounding waterways. While there are different scales of green infrastructure, such as large swaths of land set aside for preservation, this guide focuses on GI’s benefits within the urban context.

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Tags: CNT, GI, Green Infrastructure, The Center for Neighborhood Technology
Posted in Green, Infra Views, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Building America’s Future’s just released a report entitled, Falling Apart and Falling Behind. InfrastructureUSA’s Managing Director Steve Anderson discussed the findings with former Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell, a Co-Chair of President of Building America’s Future’s Educational Fund (BAF), and Marcia Hale, President of BAF.

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Tags: BAF, BAF Ed Fund, Building America's Future, Building America's Future Educational Fund, Falling Apart and Falling Behind, Hon. Ed Rendell, Marcia Hale
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Competitiveness, Congestion, Dams, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Funding, Highway, Jobs, Levees, Local, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Recession, Recovery, Republican, Roads, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind

Monday, August 8th, 2011

BUILDING AMERICA’S FUTURE

Rebuilding America’s economic foundation is one of the most important missions we face in the 21st century. Our parents and grandparents built America into the world’s leading economic superpower. We have a responsibility to our own children and grandchildren to strengthen—not squander —that inheritance, and to pass on to them a country whose best days are still ahead.

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Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Building America's Future, California, Edward Rendell, Michael Bloomberg, New York, Pennsylvania
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Bridges, Dams, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Energy, Funding, High Speed Rail, Highway, Infra Views, Jobs, Local, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Recession, Recovery, Republican, Roads, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Transit

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Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel on The Infra Blog

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel is the Deputy Director of The Partnership for Working Families. She has deep roots in accountable development work, having served as a founding co-chair and primary staff lead for the Good Jobs & Livable Neighborhoods coalition in Milwaukee while a coordinator of the Working Families Project at the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future. Under […]

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Tags: Guests on The Infra Blog, Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, The Partnership for Working Families
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Economic Stimulus, Funding, Local, National, Policy, Private Investment, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

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Bruce McCall – Our Energy Free Transportation Future

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Want an alternative to vehicular dependence on gas and oil? Forget about electric cars – how about wind-up cars, sail cars, and pogo cars! “Bruce McCall’s Energy Free Transportation Future” envisions our roads and skies as environmentally fantastical places.

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Tags: Bruce McCall, MyDamnChannel
Posted in Clean Air, Energy, Green, Show Us Your Infra, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Technology, Transit

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The Urgency of Reforming the Federal Railroad Administration

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

PEDESTRIAN OBSERVATIONS
House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) has finally come out explicitly in favor of privatizing the Northeast Corridor and letting private consortia bid for high-speed rail construction. Mica’s rationale is that Amtrak is an inefficient government provider, and its proposal for spending $117 billion over 30 years to build high-speed rail in the Northeast is deficient…Not mentioned anywhere in the article is the FRA, which is the real obstacle to modern rail operations. Mica has to my knowledge said nothing about the FRA, which is too bad, since it could feed into the Republican narrative of bad government and the need for privatization and deregulation.

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Tags: Alon Levy, Amtrak, Caltrain, East Bay Bicycle Coalition, Federal Railroad Administration, High Speed Rail, House Transportation Committee, John Mica, Pedestrian Observations, Urbanophile
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Funding, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, Policy, Private Investment, Public Transportation, Republican, Sustainability, Transit

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Public Transit Concept Video (Los Angeles): NETWORK_LA Transit

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Increasing the movement of people, not cars should be the goal of any public transit initiative.

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Tags: CA, California, Gensler Los Angeles, LA, Los Angeles, Network_LA
Posted in Buses, Local, Policy, Public Transportation, Show Us Your Infra, Sustainability, Transit, Urban Planning

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Interactive Map: Boston Sustainable Energy

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Boston, MA is full of sustainable energy projects, and CityofBoston.gov created an interactive map to show where they’re taking place.

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Tags: Biomass, Boston, Hydropower, Interactive, MA, Massachusetts, Solar, Wind
Posted in Energy, Green, Local, Sustainability, The Infra Blog

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Archive for the ‘Sustainability’ Category

What’s Next for U.S. Cities?

The Potential for Urban Agriculture in New York City: Growing Capacity, Food Security, & Green Infrastructure

The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits

Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind

Building America’s Future: Falling Apart and Falling Behind

Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel on The Infra Blog

Bruce McCall – Our Energy Free Transportation Future

The Urgency of Reforming the Federal Railroad Administration

Public Transit Concept Video (Los Angeles): NETWORK_LA Transit

Interactive Map: Boston Sustainable Energy

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