Clearing the Beartooth Highway Pass
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Cooke City, MT: Beartooth Highway Clearing
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012Railway Infrastructure in Northern Maine
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012J.D. Irving, Limited railway crews and machines improve a critical transportation link in northern Maine. The Aroostook line improvements, scheduled to be complete by late 2012, will enhance the cost-effective transport of goods to and from the state to national and global markets. – jdirvingcompany on YouTube
View this complete post...The Fantasy Solution of an Infrastructure Bank
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012Transortation Issues Daily
When a new Congress or member proposes an infrastructure bank (learn more from Wikipedia), like clockwork I will hear from a couple of State DOT CFOs who say in frustration: “But that’s financing, not funding.” It’s great to have more financing tools and great to accelerate projects, my friends say, but financing rarely adds the additional new funding that is needed to address our long range needs and growing infrastructure deficit. The funding and projects deficit grows due to rising vehicle fuel efficiency, increased construction costs, inflation, and more roads reaching old age and needing preservation and maintenance.
Marysville, WA: SR 529 Ebey Slough Bridge Replacement
Friday, April 13th, 2012We are replacing the 87-year old two-lane bridge with a wider, four-lane bridge with sidewalks and a bike lane. We will also build retaining walls and an enclosed storm water system for roadway runoff. The new bridge will open to traffic at 5 a.m. Monday, April 16. The bridge will completely close from 8 p.m. […]
View this complete post...Transportation and the New Generation: Why Young People Are Driving Less and What It Means for Transportation Policy
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
FRONTIER GROUP AND U.S. PIRG EDUCATION FUND
From World War II until just a few years ago, the number of miles driven annually on America’s roads steadily increased. Then, at the turn of the century, something changed: Americans began driving less. By 2011, the average American was driving 6 percent fewer miles per year than in 2004.
Preliminary Analysis of the Jobs and Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Projects
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
Historically, federal incentives for renewable energy development in the United States largely consisted of the investment and production tax credits (ITC and PTC) and the accelerated depreciation benefit for renewable energy property [the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) and the bonus depreciation]. Both the ITC and the PTC provide financial incentives for development of renewable energy projects in the form of tax credits that can be used to offset taxes paid on company profits.
San Francisco, CA: Waterfront and Bay Bridge 1936
Monday, April 9th, 2012San Francisco Waterfront and Bay Bridge, 1930s. Various shots.High-angle shot of San Francisco waterfront, daytime, from approximately Pier 6 to 17.San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge seen from Yerba Buena Island with ferries sailing underneath.Overexposed shot of Golden Gate Bridge with bright sky in background.Eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with Key System Ferry terminal on […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Jonathan Nettler, AICP, Managing Editor, Planetizen
Monday, April 9th, 2012
Jonathan Nettler, AICP is Managing Editor of Planetizen. He has lived and practiced in Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles on a range of project types for major public, institutional, and private developer clients including: large scale planning and urban design, waterfront and brownfield redevelopment, transit-oriented development, urban infill, campus planning, […]
View this complete post...Olmsted, IL: Olmsted Dam Construction
Friday, April 6th, 2012In-the-wet dam construction has been described as building underwater with giant Lego pieces. This time-lapsed video of the dam construction phase of the Olmsted Locks and Dam project on the lower Ohio River explains the process of moving the giant monoliths from their construction beds to their final destination on the bottom of the river. […]
View this complete post...May 22-23, San Francisco, CA: 2nd Annual Infrastructure and Energy Finance West Conference
Friday, April 6th, 2012
From Euromoney Seminars: Following from the success of last year’s event, Euromoney Seminars and Project Finance Magazine will again team up to host the 2nd Annual Infrastructure and Energy Finance West Conference. In response to market demand, we have expanded the event focus to include energy and power and will bring together key market players […]
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