SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
These data provided a unique opportunity to analyze school travel patterns and to acquire an understanding how school- and household-level factors might have influenced school travel mode choices.
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Trends in Walking and Bicycling to School
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013Infra Week: 11-25-2013
Friday, November 29th, 2013Neighborhood got you down? Design your own
Pennsylvania’s $2.3 Billion Transportation Bill
Recovery Act Rail Project Completed Early and Under Budget
U.S. Immigrants Drive Less Than Natives
Has the U.S. Passed Peak Gasoline?
Engineering: The Power to Make an Impact
Friday, November 29th, 2013Transportation professionals describe the many ways society benefits from the industry’s efforts.
Fast Forward: November 2013
Provided by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Transportation Center
Opportunities and Potential Complications for Renewable Energy
Thursday, November 28th, 2013NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
A prime example of an MLP in today’s public marketplace is an energy pipeline operator that
moves crude oil, natural gas, and refined petroleum products through its network of pipelines.
The MLP is paid fees based on pipe capacity and volumes transported, not on the price of the
underlying commodity in the pipe. P
Strategic Directions in the North American Natural Gas Industry
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013BLACK & VEATCH
The North American natural gas industry continues to hold substantial promise as an engine for sustained economic growth. However, realizing the full potential of the vast resources available will require tremendous compromise among the various stakeholders who produce, transport, distribute, trade and regulate domestic natural gas.
Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters
Monday, November 25th, 2013POLICYLINK
THE FOOD TRUST
Healthy food retailers—grocery stores; farmers’ markets; cooperatives; mobile markets; and other vendors of fresh, affordable, nutritious food—are critical components of healthy, thriving communities. As the country inches its way out of the Great Recession and seeks to grow a more sustainable and equitable economy, ensuring that healthy food is accessible to all is crucial. Without access to healthy foods, a nutritious diet and good health are out of reach. And without grocery stores and other fresh food retailers, communities are also missing the commercial vitality that makes neighborhoods livable and helps local economies thrive.
Using Safe Routes to School to Combat the Threat of Violence
Friday, November 22nd, 2013Financing Transportation Infrastructure the Traditional Way
Thursday, November 21st, 2013Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 24, No. 15
…a transition from federal funding to public and private financing of new transportation infrastructure is already well underway —and it is likely to continue and grow given persistent deficits and pressures to reduce federal discretionary spending. Automatic sequester cuts which are to rise from $84 billion in 2013 to $109 billion in 2014, could place ever tighter constraints on government’s ability to increase spending for infrastructure in the years ahead.
A New Partnership: Rail Transit and Convention Growth
Thursday, November 21st, 2013AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION
As fewer Americans are driving cars and recent generational trends show an exodus from rural areas into cities and suburbs with interconnected transit and walkable alternatives, locations that offer multimodal transportation systems are increasingly popular places to live. However, new historical data analysis proves that these same cities are desirable places to travel to as well.
Guest on The Infra Blog: Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr. President, National Academy of Engineering
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013“We don’t address the problems when we have them if we can delay addressing them. Any of the big infrastructure projects, or many of them, come following a crisis….The idea of not serving infrastructure needs is endemic in our society.”
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