TRANSPORTATION ISSUES DAILY Written by Larry Ehl If a debt deal isn’t reached and the government defaults, what might happen to transportation funding? According to an analysis by the well-respected Bipartisan Policy Commission (BPC) there would be barely enough funding to pay interest, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, defense, and unemployment benefits. In another scenario, […]
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Will Federal Transportation Funding Stop if Debt Deal Falls Through?
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011Walk Score: The 10 Most Walkable Cities
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Walk Score has released its 2011 list of the 10 Most Walkable Cities. Walk Score ranks the walkability of the 50 largest states in the United States. The Walk Score Algorithm Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking. Walk Score uses a patent-pending […]
View this complete post...Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel on The Infra Blog
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Kathleen 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 […]
View this complete post...An Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Concentrator Photovoltaics
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
RENEWABLE AND APPROPRIATE ENERGY LABORATORY
The environmental and societal benefits of deploying renewable energy technologies at utility scale must be considered alongside the concomitant costs and alternatives in order to properly evaluate the social return on investment of each technology.
Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities: The 2009 Omnibus Household Survey
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
Responses to the 2009 OHS suggest that a majority of the public considered it important to have a wide range of transportation alternatives. The majority also strongly supported the provision of facilities that permit continued reliance on the personal automobile in the community in which they live.
State Infrastructure Banks
Monday, July 18th, 2011
THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS
State infrastructure banks can help states stretch their state and federal dollars and meet the demands of financing large, impactful, long-term infrastructure projects. When government agencies and authorities must seek yearly grants and allocations to finance projects, the completion of those projects can be delayed for months or years.
The Maturing of America: Communities Moving Forward for an Aging Population
Friday, July 15th, 2011
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING
Two powerful phenomena have come face-to-face this year, demanding urgent attention. One is demographic: the rapid and dramatic aging of the U.S. population. In 2011, in communities across the country, the leading edge of the Baby Boom generation reached age 65. By 2030, more than 70 million Americans—twice the number in 2000—will be 65 and older. At that time, older adults will comprise nearly one in five Americans.
How We Travel: A Sustainable National Program for Travel Data
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
The U.S. transportation system serves hundreds of millions of travelers and handles millions of tons of freight each day to help ensure the efficient movement of people and goods in support of personal goals and domestic and international commerce. A well-functioning transportation system is essential for business travel and tourism, yet no national data have been collected on long-distance, intercity passenger travel by surface transportation modes since 1995.
Guest on The Infra Blog: Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Deputy Director, The Partnership for Working Families
Thursday, July 14th, 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.
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