Workers demolish the Ices Ferry bridge before completion of the new bridge can resume. – Eric Tomlinson on YouTube
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Morgantown, WV: Ices Ferry Bridge Demolition
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show Talks Infrastructure —————- 11 AM EST Thursday, September 27th
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012![Screen shot 2012-09-25 at 11.24.03 AM](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Screen-shot-2012-09-25-at-11.24.03-AM.jpg)
This Thursday, September 27th, InfrastructureUSA Managing Director Steve Anderson and Gregory DiLoreto, P.E., F.ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), will join The Brian Lehrer Show as part of “30 Issues in 30 Days,” the Brian Lehrer Show’s election-year series. The segment begins at 11 AM Eastern Time on NPR’s WNYC station. The show begins at […]
View this complete post...Hastings, MN: Hastings Bridge Lift Time-Lapse
Monday, September 24th, 2012Interactive Map: FTA FY2012 Clean Fuels Grant Program
Friday, September 21st, 2012![](https://www.fta.dot.gov/images/maps/busstop_yellow.png)
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
The U.S. Department of Transportation announces $59.3 million for 27 projects that will help transit agencies to accommodate cleaner, greener buses that reduce harmful emissions, improve fuel economy, and save on operating costs.
Iberia Parish, LA: Testing Patout Bridge
Friday, September 21st, 2012Details of Possible $1.5 Billion Funding Cut to Roads, Transit and Rail
Thursday, September 20th, 2012Transportation Issues Daily Preliminary estimates released by the White House last Friday indicate funding for highways, transit and rail programs in 2013 will be cut by about $1.5 billion on January 2 if automatic budget cuts take place as scheduled. Shrinking or preventing those cuts requires Congress and the White House to strike a budget […]
View this complete post...The Innovative DOT: A Handbook of Policy and Practice
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012![The Innovative DOT: A Handbook of Policy and Practice](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Screen-shot-2012-09-19-at-11.04.43-AM.jpg)
SMART GROWTH AMERICA
State officials across the country are facing the same challenges. Revenues are falling and budgets are shrinking while transportation demands grow. The traditional means of funding and delivering transportation services are no longer adequate, jeopardizing the path to tomorrow’s economy. The only answer is innovation.
Confronting the Reality of Declining Federal Transportation Funding
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 24 “There is no appetite in Congress to increase the gas tax and stakeholders will have little influence to change the congressional minds.” This was one of several sober— and sobering— conclusions reached by a panel of experts at a recent meeting convened by the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Eno […]
View this complete post...Long Distance Trains: Multipurpose Mobility Machines
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012![Long Distance Trains: Multipurpose Mobility Machines](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Screen-shot-2012-09-17-at-12.31.43-PM.png)
MIDWEST HIGH SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION & NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS
Long distance train routes form the foundation of the national passenger train network. Their unique capabilities allow them to connect congested urban areas and bring economically viable mobility to rural areas and small towns, many of which are becoming more isolated from major cities as regional airline and intercity bus service disappears.
Washington, D.C: M Street SE/SW Transportation Study Alternative 1
Monday, September 17th, 2012A 3D visualization of proposed Alternative 1 from the the M Street SE/SW Transportation Study. More information is available at: http://www.anacostiawaterfront.org/awi-transportation-projects/m-street-se-sw-transportation-study/ See other alternatives here: Alternative 2 and Alternative 3 –DDOTVideos on YouTube.
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