Milton-Madison Bridge Demo – JASON8502 on YouTube
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Milton, KY: Milton-Madison Bridge Demolition
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013California Voting and Suburbanization Patterns: Implications for Transit Policy
Friday, July 19th, 2013![California Voting and Suburbanization Patterns: Implications for Transit Policy](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-shot-2013-07-17-at-12.02.43-PM.png)
MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Introduction Public transit investment represents a key strategy for revitalizing center cities and reducing the harmful effects of driving on the environment. However, enacting transit projects often requires approval of the median voter – that is, that at least 50% of the electorate plus one, the median voter – vote to approve. […]
View this complete post...Can-Do States
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 24, No. 9 Recently, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) called for a $5.5 billion emergency federal program “to fix the nation’s backlog of deficient and structurally obsolete bridges” (H.R. 2428). He was responding to the well- publicized collapse of the I-5 bridge in Washington State . “It’s an emergency out there,” Rahall proclaimed at […]
View this complete post...California Household Travel Survey
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013![CHTS Average Trip Rates by Demographic](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CHTS-Average-Trip-Rates-by-Demographic2.jpg)
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The 2010-2012 California Household Travel Survey (CHTS) was a unique statewide, collaborative effort to gather travel information needed for regional and statewide travel and environmental models using the same instrument and methods across the state.
Salt Lake City, UT: A Conservative State Builds Progressive Transit
Thursday, July 11th, 2013![](https://infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/salt-lake-city-ut-a-conservative-state-builds-progressive-transit-300x300.jpg)
Salt Lake City: A Conservative State Builds Progressive Transit from Streetfilms on Vimeo. According to Congress for New Urbanism President John Norquist, the Salt Lake City area has the fastest growing rail system in America. And as Streetsblog’s Angie Schmitt pointed out last month, “It’s the only city in the country building light rail, bus […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Martin H. Duke, Editor-in-Chief, Seattle Transit Blog
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013![Martin H. Duke, Seattle Transit Blog](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-shot-2013-07-03-at-10.47.21-AM.png)
Martin H. Duke on the state of Seattle, what Seattle needs to fix, getting in touch with local politicians and the vision and promise of Seattle Transit Blog
View this complete post...Los Angeles, CA: Bradley International Terminal Video Installation
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013![](https://infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/los-angeles-ca-bradley-international-terminal-video-installation-300x300.jpg)
Digital Kitchen worked in collaboration with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), Mike Rubin of MRA International, Marcela Sardi of Sardi Design, Moment Factory, Daktronics, Electrosonic, and Smart Monkeys, Inc.
-DIGITAL KITCHEN on Vimeo
Covered Bridges of Virginia
Monday, July 8th, 2013Learn about these remnants of history in the commonwealth.
-vdotweb on YouTube
Coal Exports from the Pacific Northwest
Friday, July 5th, 2013![Coal Exports from the Pacific Northwest](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-shot-2013-07-03-at-11.20.28-AM.png)
WASHINGTON STATE FARM BUREAU Executive Summary This study discusses how the proposed investments in bulk commodity terminals at Cherry Point and Longview can result in increased real income levels for residents of Washington State and, by extension, in other parts of the United States. The particular focus of the report is on the incentives to […]
View this complete post...Portland, OR: I Build Light Rail!
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013This 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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