Time lapse: Breaking down the Wells Street bridge in Chicago from Craig Newman on Vimeo. The Chicago Transit Authority is tearing down the Wells Street bridge, disrupting Brown and Purple Line service for at least a week. This is an unedited time lapse of the first 48 hours of construction as iron workers went about […]
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Chicago, IL: Breaking Down the Wells Street Bridge
Thursday, March 7th, 2013Guest on The Infra Blog: Charles Marohn, Strong Towns
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Charles Marohn is the Executive Director of Strong Towns, as well as the Strong Towns Blog primary author. Topics include:
The Low Return on Horizontal Infrastructure
Build it and They Will Come
Wasteful, not Wealthy
Memphis: A Study in Urban Planning
Texas: A Failing Model
Importance of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013In a new video, Ericsson’s Head of Strategic Marketing, Patrik Regårdh tells us about the impact ICT is having on cities. People are moving to cities at an astonishing rate. Already today more than 50 percent of the world’s population live in cities. By 2050, that number is expected to be 70 percent. The findings […]
View this complete post...Strengthening America’s Commitment to Passenger Rail
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
American passenger rail is in the midst of a renaissance. Ridership on Amtrak—the primary U.S. carrier—is now at record levels and growing fast. This research shows that the country’s 100 largest metropolitan areas are primarily behind this trend, especially ten major metros responsible for nearly two-thirds of total ridership.
March 5th-7th, 2013 – Washington, DC: 6th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Convention
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Infrastructure USA is pleased to announce that we are participating as a National Co-Host Organization for the 6th Annual Transportation & Infrastructure Convention, March 5-7, 2013, in Washington, DC, on Capitol Hill. The Convention is a three day event that has attracted the most prestigious registrants and speakers from 25 states, nine countries and over 30 national and international trade associations and interest groups.
View this complete post...Raleigh, NC: Transit for a Better Wake County
Thursday, February 28th, 2013Transit for a Better Wake County from CAFT on Vimeo. The Capital Area Friends of Transit (CAFT) is a Wake County based alliance of over 40 local and state organizations, more than 100 civic leaders and thousands of citizens who support a plan for regional public transit in the Triangle. CAFT supports the Wake County […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Joshua Schank, Eno Center for Transportation
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Dr. Joshua L. Schank is the President & CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation. Topics include:
Sustainable Funding for Transportation
Engagement at the Federal Level
Politicians & Citizen Engagement
Money for Transportation
Fresno, CA: Turnaround City
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013TURNAROUND CITY: THE FRESNO GENERAL PLAN from Matthew Gordon on Vimeo. The City of Fresno’s General Plan Update promises to change decades-old patterns of inner-city disinvestment and sprawl on the urban fringe, redirecting critical public and private resources to a smarter, more sustainable model of growth. Key elements of the plan include revitalization of the […]
View this complete post...Boston, MA: Trolleybuses
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013There are four trolleybus routes in the Boston, Massachusetts area, all run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Harvard Square area, and all former streetcar lines (the last four not connected to the Tremont Street Subway to survive). The MBTA and its predecessors once ran a large system of trackless trolleys that […]
View this complete post...Urban Mobility Report
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
The data behind the 2012 Urban Mobility Report are hundreds of speed data points on almost every mile of major road in urban America for almost every 15-minute period of the average day. For the congestion analyst, this means 600 million speeds on 875,000 thousand miles across the U.S. – an awesome amount of information. For the policy analyst and transportation planner, this means congestion problems can be described in detail and solutions can be targeted with much greater specificity and accuracy.
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