Hosted by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, this video contest invites students around the US to submit short videos on the subject of transportation.
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ARTBA 2015 Student Video Contest Submissions
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015Shared Solar: Current Landscape, Market Potential, and the Impact of Federal Securities Regulation
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
This report provides a high-level overview of the current U.S. shared solar landscape and the impact that a given shared solar program’s structure has on requiring federal securities oversight, as well as an estimate of market potential for U.S. shared solar deployment. Shared solar models allocate the electricity of a jointly owned or leased system to offset individual consumers’ electricity bills, allowing multiple energy consumers to share the benefits of a single solar array. Despite tremendous growth in the U.S. solar market over the last decade, existing business models and regulatory environments have not been designed to provide access to a significant portion of potential PV system customers.
Infographic: Greening Buildings with LEED Certification
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green building certification program. From sustainable site development to indoor environmental quality—LEED focuses on building practices that support areas of human and environmental health. There are more then 68,000 LEED commercial projects in the United States and LEED certified buildings exist in more than 150 countries and territories and 6 continents.
View this complete post...Trick Out My Trip: 10 Rider-Led Transit Projects to Rethink How We Ride
Friday, October 9th, 2015
IOBY
TRANSITCENTER
In this model, a civic vanguard—or neighborhood leader—brings forth ideas for improving transit, makes them palatable to city leadership, and demands a change. By raising money for transit improvement projects from their neighbors and demonstrating solutions that they would ultimately like to see replicated across the transit system, the Trick Out My Trip leaders have filled the role of civic vanguards. These ten resident-led projects are at once a proof of concept and, because they are citizen-funded, strong evidence of the community’s demand for action on the part of their transit agencies.
Multi-year Highway Bill Facing Continued Uncertainties
Thursday, October 8th, 2015Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 26, No. 7 (update)
Those who have hoped to see an end to the seemingly endless series of short-term extensions and looked forward to a passage of the long- awaited multi-year transportation bill this year, may have to wait a bit longer. While the Senate has managed to pass its version of a six year bill (though only with enough funding for three years and employing questionable “pay-fors.”) the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee is still waiting to hear from the Ways and Means Committee concerning the funding of its proposed bill, an issue that threatens to delay committee markup and floor action past mid- October according to congressional sources.
Guest on The Infra Blog: Johan Henriksson, Executive Vice President, Skanska Infrastructure Development
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
Johan Henriksson was recently appointed Executive Vice President of Skanska Infrastructure Development…In May 2015, Skanska and its LaGuardia Gateway Partners team were selected as the preferred bidder to work with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to redevelop LaGuardia Airport’s Central Terminal Building. The company is also working on the I-4 Ultimate Project in Orlando, which is currently the largest transportation project underway in Florida, and theElizabeth River Tunnels project underneath the Elizabeth River in Virginia.
“The PPP Structure I think is a very good solution for many projects…it’s about, I think, daring to look outside the box here and trying to look at new potential solutions to solve old problems, and not always using the same old tools that have always been used, the public financing.”
View this complete post...Why Congress Needs to Extend the Positive Train Control (PTC) Deadline
Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
ASCE: Engineering Resilient Cities
Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
In “Engineering a Resilient Community,” watch experts discuss what it means to be resilient, why it’s important and how sustainability and resiliency are interconnected.
View this complete post...How Americans Charge Their Plug-In Vehicles
Monday, October 5th, 2015
IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY
The answer is clear: despite installation of extensive public charging infrastructure, in most of the project areas, the vast majority of charging was done at home and work. About half The EV Project participants charged at home almost exclusively. Of those who charged away from home, the vast majority favored three or fewer away-from-home charging locations, with one or more of these locations being at work for some drivers.
U.S. DOT: What is BATIC?
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
The Build America Transportation Investment Center, or BATIC, is a streamlined, one-stop-shop for communities, states, and private investors looking to solve the challenges associated with infrastructure development today.
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