The election is over and the people have spoken. After months of highly-charged attacks, lively and lackluster debate performances, and never-ending punches and counterpunches, Barack Obama has prevailed as the winner of the 2012 election. It won’t be an easy job. Mr. Obama will need to enable the creation of millions of new jobs, embolden U.S energy, environmental, and national security, and lead our country into a robust economic future – all while dealing with a sharply divided electorate.
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Five Clean-Tech Actions for President Obama
Thursday, November 8th, 2012Highways in the Coastal Environment: Second Edition
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Water level fluctuations include astronomical tides, storm surges, and long-term sea level rise or fall. Water level is important in coastal processes and engineering in part because it controls the location of wave influence on shorelines and structures. Geologically, sea level controls the overall location and shape of the continental shoreline. The definitions of tidal datums and surveying datums can be important for the design of engineering works near the coast.
The Infrastructure World Responds to Obama’s Victory
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Infrastructure experts from around the country welcome the Obama Administration back to the Whitehouse, and express the urgency of turning our attention toward infrastructure.
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Transportation Issues Daily
Here are a handful of photos about Hurricane Sandy’s impact on transportation facilities and travelers. First up is a video from the New York Times’ Erik Olsen.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and the unprecedented problems with public transportation, some commuters have chosen a different kind of transport: the two-wheeled, human-powered kind:
View this complete post...Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction Mapped Out
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
In “Hurricane Sandy: The AfterMap” you can drag the red line back and forth to explore storm damage through before and after imagery.
View this complete post...Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
THE CITY OF NEW YORK: DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING
Report Dated March 2011
New York is famous for its dazzling skyline, iconic bridges, glorious parks, and grand avenues. But our global city possesses two other extraordinary physical assets: our waterfront and waterways. Four of New York’s five boroughs are on islands, and the fifth is a peninsula—and that translates into 520 miles of shoreline bordering ocean, river, inlet, and bay.
Hurricane Sandy: What Now?
Monday, November 5th, 2012
With relief efforts underway, experts weigh in on Sandy’s effect on the future of American infrastructure:
“Hurricane Sandy is an urgent reminder that strengthening our infrastructure is a critical need that should not be subjected to politics of any kind…”
-Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
“We have to find ways to build [New York City] back stronger and better than ever before to make sure that if there is still another situation like this, another weather pattern like this, we’re more prepared and more protected than we have been thus far.”
-NY Governor Andrew Cuomo
Hurricane Sandy: Infrastructure!
Friday, November 2nd, 2012As if we needed such an awful reminder, Sandy painfully demonstrates the vital importance of our nation’s infrastructure. There are too many stories of terrible tragedies in the wake of this Superstorm; the safety of people must be everyone’s main concern.
View this complete post...Infrastructure Weathers the Storm: American Infra Vs. Hurricane Sandy
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Hurricane Sandy has tested our infrastructure in many ways. Users are urged to visit Show Us Your Infra! for eye-witness videos of the storm’s aftermath.
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