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Severe weather is the leading cause of power outages in the United States. Between 2003 and 2012, an estimated 679 widespread power outages occurred due to severe weather. Power outages close schools, shut down businesses and impede emergency services, costing the economy billions of dollars and disrupting the lives of millions of Americans. The resilience of the U.S. electric grid is a key part of the nation’s defense against severe weather and remains an important focus of President Obama’s administration.
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Increasing Electric Grid Resilience to Weather Outages
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013Infographic: NYC Crashmapper
Friday, August 9th, 2013Austin, TX: Back to the Future
Thursday, August 8th, 2013Reconnect Austin is a long-term urban design and economic development solution to a traffic problem. For more information, visit www.reconnectaustin.com –Reconnect Austin on YouTube.
View this complete post...Too Big to Ignore: Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Monday, July 22nd, 2013OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL
Fossil fuel firms – predominantly oil and gas – dominate a special category of business tax structures called “master limited partnerships,” or MLPs. The sector is the primary beneficiary of a narrow exemption created by Congress in 1987 when tax-exempt treatment of publicly-traded partnerships (PTPs) was largely ended.
California Voting and Suburbanization Patterns: Implications for Transit Policy
Friday, July 19th, 2013MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Introduction Public transit investment represents a key strategy for revitalizing center cities and reducing the harmful effects of driving on the environment. However, enacting transit projects often requires approval of the median voter – that is, that at least 50% of the electorate plus one, the median voter – vote to approve. […]
View this complete post...Can-Do States
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 24, No. 9 Recently, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) called for a $5.5 billion emergency federal program “to fix the nation’s backlog of deficient and structurally obsolete bridges” (H.R. 2428). He was responding to the well- publicized collapse of the I-5 bridge in Washington State . “It’s an emergency out there,” Rahall proclaimed at […]
View this complete post...Leading Candidate for New Ranking Democrat for House Highways, Transit Subcommittee
Monday, July 15th, 2013Transportation Issues Daily Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton would like to be the next Ranking Member (top Democrat) on the House’s Highways and Transit Subcommittee. The position is very likely to become vacant this month when Rep. DeFazio vacates the position to take over as Ranking on the Natural Resources Committee. See our updated story for the background. […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Martin H. Duke, Editor-in-Chief, Seattle Transit Blog
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013Martin H. Duke on the state of Seattle, what Seattle needs to fix, getting in touch with local politicians and the vision and promise of Seattle Transit Blog
View this complete post...Coal Exports from the Pacific Northwest
Friday, July 5th, 2013WASHINGTON STATE FARM BUREAU Executive Summary This study discusses how the proposed investments in bulk commodity terminals at Cherry Point and Longview can result in increased real income levels for residents of Washington State and, by extension, in other parts of the United States. The particular focus of the report is on the incentives to […]
View this complete post...Could This Be a Letterman Top Ten List for Benefits of Pedestrian Projects?
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013Transportation Issues Daily If David Letterman had a top ten list for the benefits of investing in pedestrian projects, it might look like this. The list comes from UK Living Streets, a “national charity that stands up for pedestrians. With our supporters we work to create safe, attractive streets where people want to walk.” Earlier […]
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