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Guest on The Infra Blog: Petra Todorovich, Director, America 2050

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Petra Todorovich is Director of America 2050, a national urban planning initiative to develop an infrastructure and growth strategy for the United States. She has written articles on transportation and infrastructure policy and is a frequent speaker on the topics of transportation policy, megaregions, and national planning. Prior to the launch of America 2050, Ms. Todorovich directed Regional Plan Association’s Region’s Core program and coordinated the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York, a network of organizations that came together shortly after 9/11 to promote the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and Lower Manhattan.

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Tags: America 2050, Gas tax, New York, NY, Petra Todorovich, Regional Plan Association, RPA
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Employment, Funding, High Speed Rail, Highway, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Recession, Recovery, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Subway Animation – Brooklyn to Manhattan / MIA – Paper Planes

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Subway Animation – Brooklyn to Manhattan. Background music: M.I.A – Paper Planes –FrostoEnt on YouTube

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Tags: Brooklyn, D, FrostoEnt, Manhattan, New York, NY, Q, Subway, YouTube, zoetrope
Posted in Public Transportation, Transit

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The Route to Reform: Blueprint for a 21st Century Federal Transportation Program

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

…America stands in desperate need of a new vision for our national transportation system. Just as the Interstate highway bill answered some of the most pressing mobility needs of the rapidly growing nation in the mid-20th century, a new federal surface transportation bill must answer the vastly different needs of America in the 21st century. The next transportation program must set about the urgent task of repairing and maintaining our existing transportation assets, building a more well-rounded transportation network, and making our current system work more efficiently and safely to create complete and healthy communities…

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Tags: The National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, Transportation for America
Posted in Biking, Competitiveness, High Speed Rail, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Transit, Urban Planning

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The Public Works

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

URBAN OMNIBUS
Yes indeed, today in America we know that something is wrong, and we would like things to be better. Certainly the design disciplines have been energetic in engaging the converging crises of energy, housing, infrastructure, environment, climate change…

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Tags: American Smart Infrastructure Act, Architectural League, ASIA, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Nancy Levinson, New York, NY, TARP, Tony Judt, Urban Omnibus, Vishaan Chakrabarti
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bridges, Broadband, Buses, Climate Change, Competitiveness, Employment, Energy, Environment, Funding, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, National, Policy, Private Investment, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Recession, Recovery, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Technology, Transit, Urban Planning

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Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

POLICYLINK
In St. Louis, MO, major cuts in bus service this spring left workers, students, disabled people, and elderly residents stranded and feeling bereft. Stuart and Dianne Falk, who are both in wheelchairs, told CNN they no longer would be able to get to the gym or the downtown theater company where they volunteer. “To be saddled, to be imprisoned, that is what it is going to feeling like,” Stuart Falk said…

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Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Angela Glover Blackwell, ARRA, Convergence Partnership, Health, Highway Trust Fund, HTF, James Oberstar, Judith Bell, Larry Cohen, Policylink, Prevention Institute, safety, Shireen Malekafzali, Susan Polan, Tracy Kolian
Posted in Accountability, Democrat, Equity, Highway, Infra Views, Land Use, National, Policy, Pollution, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Racism, Recession, Recovery, Roads, Smart Growth, Transit, Urban Planning

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Fast forward on Infra? High-Speed Rail Announcement

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Here is what the White House announced on January 28th:

“… the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is awarding $8 billion to states across the country to develop America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), these dollars represent an historic investment in the country’s transportation infrastructure, which will help create jobs and transform travel in America.”

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Tags: AASHTO, America 2050, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, American Public Transportation Association, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, APTA, ARRA, Barack Obama, CA, California, California High-Speed Rail Authority, Chicago, CHSRA, Dick Durbin, Edward G. Rendell, FL, Florida, IL, Illinois, Jimmy Hoffa, John Robert Smith, Los Angeles, Meridian, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Pat Quinn, President, Teamsters, Transportation for America, USDOT, White House, William Millar
Posted in Employment, Funding, High Speed Rail, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, The Infra Blog, Transit

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FUTURE MOBILITY IN CALIFORNIA: The Condition, Use and Funding of California’s Roads, Bridges and Transit System

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

California faces an estimated annual transportation funding shortfall of $10.9 billion to improve the state’s roads, bridges and public transportation systems. The state’s residents incur a significant cost as a result of roads and highways being congested, deteriorated or lacking some desirable safety features. A failure to eliminate or reduce the state’s transportation funding shortfall will likely increase these costs incurred by Californians…

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Tags: CA, California, TRIP
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Competitiveness, Funding, High Speed Rail, Highway, Infra Views, Local, Policy, Public Transportation, Roads, Transit

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Excerpts from The Brian Lehrer Show, with Gov. Rendell and Steve Anderson

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Wednesday, Jan. 13th

Steve Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA.org, & Governor Edward G. Rendell, Building America’s Future, discussed infrastructure with WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer. Excerpts are available below, and you can listen to the entire program under “Infrastructure Matters” on WNYC.org.

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Tags: Acela, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Brian Lehrer, Building America's Future, California, Edward G. Rendell, Governor, Michael Bloomberg, New York, NY, PA, Pennsylvania, Rendell, Steve Anderson, WNYC
Posted in Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Schools, Smart Growth, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Transportation, Small Towns, and Rural Communities

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA
Access to jobs, schools, shopping, and critical community services is vital for Americans living in small cities and towns, and rural communities. But all too often there aren’t options for getting around, forcing families to drive long distances on poorly maintained roads to reach everyday destinations. By failing to preserve our existing transportation network and harness the power of new technologies, we are leaving millions of Americans isolated from economic opportunity…

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Tags: Rural, Small Towns, Transportation for America
Posted in Competitiveness, Equity, Highway, Infra Views, National, Public Transportation, Roads, Transit, Urban Planning

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Written Comments from Brian Lehrer’s Radio Show on WNYC, with PA Governor Rendell and Steve Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Steve from Brooklyn
“I travel back and forth to Baltimore and Boston for work, and I prefer trains to planes. What’s going on with the high speed trains in the Northeast? When can I take a high speed train to Maine?”

Lorraine from Westchester
“Lots of talk about money for schools, but not so much about the buildings themselves. My school had has heating problems since October. Teachers and students are wearing their coats indoors and we are told to “send memos” to various administrators! It’s been a very cold winter.”

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Tags: Baltimore, Boston, Brian Lehrer, Edward G. Rendell, New York, NY, PA, Pennsylvania, Steve Anderson, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC
Posted in Economic Stimulus, Funding, High Speed Rail, Public Transportation, Rail, Schools, Show Us Your Infra, Transit, Urban Planning

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Archive for the ‘Public Transportation’ Category

Guest on The Infra Blog: Petra Todorovich, Director, America 2050

Subway Animation – Brooklyn to Manhattan / MIA – Paper Planes

The Route to Reform: Blueprint for a 21st Century Federal Transportation Program

The Public Works

Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research

Fast forward on Infra? High-Speed Rail Announcement

FUTURE MOBILITY IN CALIFORNIA: The Condition, Use and Funding of California’s Roads, Bridges and Transit System

Excerpts from The Brian Lehrer Show, with Gov. Rendell and Steve Anderson

Transportation, Small Towns, and Rural Communities

Written Comments from Brian Lehrer’s Radio Show on WNYC, with PA Governor Rendell and Steve Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA

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