– bebo2good1 on YouTube. New Jersey Transit RailroadMTA Metro-North Commuter Railroad’s West of Hudson ServicePascack Valley Line PVL | Spring Valley, NY to/from Hoboken, NJ -Electric-Motive Diesel (EMD) GP40PH-2 (#4147)-Alstom Comet V
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River Edge, NJ: Post-Hurricane Sandy NJT Railroad at New Bridge Landing
Monday, December 3rd, 2012Top Management Challenges For Fiscal Year 2013
Monday, December 3rd, 2012![Top Management Challenges For Fiscal Year 2013](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Screen-shot-2012-12-03-at-10.43.11-AM.png)
US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The National Airspace System (NAS) handles almost 50,000 flights per day and more than 700 million passengers per year. Air travel is expected to nearly double over the next 2 decades, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been working for 8 years to develop the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
Higher Gas Tax Unlikely to Gain Support in U.S. Congress
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 31
Although some infrastructure advocates are hoping to use the current budget negotiations to win support for an increase in the federal gasoline tax, the idea is unlikely to gain support in Congress or the Administration. While the 2010 Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction commission proposed raising the federal gas tax by 15 cents/gallon as part of a broad deficit-reduction plan, neither House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) nor Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) have endorsed the idea.
View this complete post...Chicago Infrastructure Trust: A Model For The Future?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012![Chicago Skyline](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/skyline.png)
In it’s relatively short life span (Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced it March 2012), the Chicago Infrastructure Trust has garnered it’s fair share of skepticism and awe. Check out what experts, journalists, and Mayor Emanuel himself, have to say on the newly formed Chicago Infrastructure Trust. “Sometimes if you want something done right, you’ve got to do […]
View this complete post...Long Beach, NY: Post Hurricane Sandy LIRR Restores Electric Train Service
Monday, November 26th, 2012LIRR restores weekend electric train service on Long Beach branch Sunday, November 25; weekday electric – LIRR2010 on YouTube
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2012New York City: Witnessing Hurricane Sandy by Bike
Thursday, November 15th, 2012Expanded Transportation Performance Measures
Thursday, November 15th, 2012![Expanded Transportation Performance Measures to Supplement Level of Service (LOS) for Growth Management and Transportation Impact Analysis](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Screen-shot-2012-11-14-at-11.28.20-AM.png)
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: SYSTEMS PLANNING OFFICE
Growth management has attempted to manage the pace of development while providing or improving transportation services to the users of the transportation system. However, these efforts have largely focused on automobile travelers. The majority of the statutory rules, measurements, management strategies and accountability have been framed in terms of passenger vehicle trips.
Elmhurst, IL: Highway Work Installing Reflectors
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012This is a quick look at how a highway repair crew installs those reflectors in the pavement. The first truck has a grinder and vacuum. The second truck has a pair of guys who drop the reflectors into the holes. The last truck, the pick up, is for safety so nobody plows into the reflector […]
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