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Blueprint 2025: How the Next President Should Handle Infrastructure

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

There will be a new resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in about 14 months, and no matter who that person is, infrastructure will be on the agenda. No matter how you measure it, U.S. infrastructure investment is falling behind the country’s needs and the rest of the world. The needs are so big that it begs a question: where would a new President start? So the infrastructure consulting firm of CG LA pulled in an entire group of infrastructure experts throughout the country–including several who work with McGraw Hill Financial–to put together a list of infrastructure priorities and the means of making them reality.

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Tags: CG/LA Infrastructure, McGraw Hill Financial, Norman Anderson
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, National, Policy, Show Us Your Infra

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A Requiem for the Highway Trust Fund

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

Innovation Newsbriefs
Vol. 26, No. 8
The FAST Act, signed by the President on December 4, marks the beginning of the end for the Highway Trust Fund as we have known it. The $305 billion 5-year measure draws heavily on general funds (to the tune of $70 billion), and relegates to a virtual anachronism the “user pays” principle that was the philosophic foundation of the federal-aid highway program for the past 60 years.

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Tags: C. Kenneth Orski, FAST Act, Gas tax, Highway Bill, Ken Orski
Posted in Funding, Guest Post, Highway, Innovation Newsbriefs, National, Policy, Roads, Tax, The Infra Blog

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AASHTO TV: The Pros and Cons of the FAST Act

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

Congress has approved Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) – the first long-term highway and transit program authorization in a decade –giving state DOTs the certainty to plan and implement significant investments in the nation’s aging infrastructure. In this Transportation TV Exclusive American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director Bud Wright and AASHTO Chief Operating Officer Jim Tymon react to the historic legislation. Wright and Tymon rely on their years of transportation policy expertise to examine the highlights and downsides of the FAST ACT.

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Tags: AASHTO, aashtovideo, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Bud Wright, FAST Act, Highway Trust Fund, Jim Tymon, Video, YouTube
Posted in Funding, National, Policy, Show Us Your Infra

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Finally, the FAST Act Is Here!

Monday, December 7th, 2015

On Friday, December 4th, President Obama signed into law the first long-term transportation bill the U.S. has seen in ten years. The “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” or “FAST” Act marks a long-awaited bi-partisan compromise. The act calls for an 11% increase in funding over its five-year span, and makes provisions for $16 billion in annual transportation funding not covered by the gas tax.

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Tags: FAST Act, GROW AMERICA ACt, Highway Bill, Transportation Bill, United States Department of Transportation
Posted in Bipartisan, Funding, National, Policy, Roads, The Infra Blog

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Walk Lobby TV: Why Transportation Professionals Need Intervention

Tuesday, December 1st, 2015

When a friend has a pattern of behavior that brings harm to other people, what do you do? Intervene…American society is quick to talk about treatment for self-destructive behaviors that lead to dangerous situations for others. But what about transportation professionals?

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Tags: Andy Boenau, cities, Pedestrian, safety, Walk Lobby TV, YouTube
Posted in National, Policy, Show Us Your Infra, Smart Growth, Urban Planning

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Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: From Rhetoric to Reality

Tuesday, December 1st, 2015

Value chain of production and consumption of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal)

THE NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY
Despite this mounting evidence of the costs of fossil fuel subsidies, and the potential virtuous cycles that could result from their removal, governments are often reticent to undertake reform. Researchers have identified several specific reasons for the persistence of subsidies. Some of these are explicit, such as a lack of information, while others are implicit, driven by special interests.

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Tags: Fossil Fuels, The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, The New Climate Economy
Posted in Clean Air, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Funding, Global, Infra Views, Policy, Sustainability

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Decreasing Driving Miles in Massachusetts To Save Lives, Money, Injuries, and the Environment

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Figure ES-1: Annual Economic Savings, 2015-2030

MASSPIRG EDUCATION FUND
TRANSPORTATION FOR MASSACHUSETTS
The benefits of reduced driving are sometimes difficult to see, but hugely important. Many dramatic gains remain unrecognized because they are indirect, gradual, or result from avoided collisions and health problems that people don’t expect will happen to them in the first place. In our daily lives, it is difficult to assess the value of reduced costs that would have been borne by others or consequences that didn’t occur.

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Tags: MA, Massachusetts, MASSPIRG Education Fund, T4MA, Transportation for Massachusetts
Posted in Infra Views, Local, Policy, Public Transportation, Roads, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Transit

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Arizona DOT: U.S. Bike Route 90

Monday, November 30th, 2015

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) approved the application submitted by the Arizona Department of Transportation to establish U.S. Bicycle Route 90, a continuous route through Arizona that connects to New Mexico and California.

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Tags: AASHTO, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Arizona Department of Transportation, ArizonaDOT, Bicycle Route 90, Bicycling, Bike Lanes, Bike Paths, Bike Route, Cycling, YouTube
Posted in Biking, Local, Policy, Public Parks & Recreation, Show Us Your Infra, Smart Growth, Transit

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Pedestrians Using Wheelchairs at Greater Risk

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

Table 1 Pedestrian mortality among persons who use wheelchairs and the general population, 2006–2012

BMJ OPEN
This study has identified a significant disparity in road crash mortality risk between pedestrians who use wheelchairs and those who do not. These findings underscore the need for policymakers and planners to fully incorporate disability accommodations into pedestrian infrastructure and for persons who use wheelchairs—and others with disabilities—to remain a salient population when road safety interventions are designed. Finally, additional research to better understand would be valuable to better understand what causes the disparities identified in this study.

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Tags: BMJ Open, Connor S Benton, John D Kraemer, Pedestrian, safety, Wheelchair
Posted in Equity, Infra Views, Policy, Urban Planning

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ACEC Launches Infrastructure Ad Campaign

Monday, November 23rd, 2015

ACEC Infrastructure Ad Campaign - POLITICO

“Americans have high expectations of the Senate and House conferees now hammering out final details of the long-term highway bill that has eluded us for 10 years.”

– David A. Raymond, president/CEO, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)

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Tags: ACEC, Ad Campaign, American Council of Engineering Companies, David Raymond, POLITICO
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, National, Policy, Show Us Your Infra

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Archive for the ‘Policy’ Category

Blueprint 2025: How the Next President Should Handle Infrastructure

A Requiem for the Highway Trust Fund

AASHTO TV: The Pros and Cons of the FAST Act

Finally, the FAST Act Is Here!

Walk Lobby TV: Why Transportation Professionals Need Intervention

Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: From Rhetoric to Reality

Decreasing Driving Miles in Massachusetts To Save Lives, Money, Injuries, and the Environment

Arizona DOT: U.S. Bike Route 90

Pedestrians Using Wheelchairs at Greater Risk

ACEC Launches Infrastructure Ad Campaign

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