This video features some of the men and women building the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project, the sixth light rail project for the Portland, Ore., region. Since April 2011, rain or shine, dedicated construction workers have been expanding the region’s high-capacity transit system. The new light rail line will open in 2015 and be used for generations to come.
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Portland, OR: I Build Light Rail!
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013NYC: CitiBikes are a Pain in the Ass
Friday, June 28th, 2013
i was not hired or paid by anyone to make this movie. i made it because i was curious about the program. i did, in fairness, send it to the NYTimes and they loved it but were forced to reject it due the to gratuitous use of the word ASS. i was unwilling to remove […]
View this complete post...NYC: Now is the Time for a New Penn Station
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013At our sold-out event on May 29, we brought together four of New York’s leading architecture firms to imagine a New Penn Station and the Next Madison Square Garden. There are many who don’t think NYC can build a new Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, but given the talent and dedication of New Yorkers, […]
View this complete post...State of the City: 5 Trends Impacting America’s Cities
Monday, June 24th, 2013
LIVING CITIES Trend 2: Inadequate Infrastructure Failing infrastructure is inhibiting economic growth, sustainability and overall mobility of goods, people, and information. During the 19th century, the industrialization of the U.S. economy and the expansion of railroads led to increased urbanization across the country. As cities began to grow, and people faced difficult and often unsanitary living […]
View this complete post...Oregon DOT: Central Oregon Highways
Monday, June 24th, 2013When is a highway not a highway? When it turns into a trail for a cattle drive. Some of ODOT’s Central Oregon highways started out as cattle trails, none more so than OR31. Watch the video to learn more ODOT’s Central Oregon origins and the cattle culture that we still honor today. –OregonDOT on YouTube.
View this complete post...Tampa, FL: Downtown Fast Forward
Friday, June 21st, 2013Downtown: Fast Forward – Preview from MEGA inc. on Vimeo. Be sure to check out the full interviews and video’s to follow at: tampasdowntown.com “What’s Tampa like in 10 years? And how do we get there?” Take a look at what our community is saying and what they project to see in Downtown, in ten […]
View this complete post...Mount Vernon, WA: Skagit River Bridge Catastrophe
Thursday, June 20th, 2013I-5 is a freeway that goes between Canada and Mexico through California, Oregon and Washington. The Skagit River goes under the road in Mount Vernon WA. A tractor trailer with an oversized load hit several supports on the bridge and down she went. This Video contains My Theme music which I own all rights to. […]
View this complete post...Pueblo, CO: Concrete Crosstie and Fastening System
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013An extensive experimental program investigating the concrete crosstie and fastening system behavior was executed in July 2012 at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC). The program recorded loads, strains, and displacements of the track components under passenger consists traveling at speeds of 2-102mph, freight consists with car weights ranging from 263-315kips, and static responses from a […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Leo W. Gerard is International President of the United Steelworkers, the dominant union in paper, forestry products, steel, aluminum, tire and rubber, glass, chemicals and petroleum. Under Gerard’s leadership, the 850,000-member USW has heightened its focus on reversing the alarming decline of U.S. manufacturing. He has worked to inject workers’ rights into trade agreements, investment […]
View this complete post...Report on Bicycle Transportation in Portland, OR
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013CITY CLUB OF PORTLAND
Charged with examining the current and future role of bicycles in Portland, your committee has determined, after a year-long study, that bicycling has become a fundamental component of a balanced transportation system. The city should plan for and encourage the continued growth of bicycling as a transportation mode in ways that optimize choice and efficiency, enhance opportunity and equity, address public perceptions and attitudes, and, especially, promote safety for all transportation modes.
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