In this Transportation TV News Update we take you to Detroit, where AASHTO President and Michigan DOT Director Kirk Steudle lead a ceremony to mark the completion of the critically important — Gateway Project—designed to relieve major traffic congestion at the nation’s most heavily traveled border crossing. Also this week, passenger rail news was made […]
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AASHTO Video: MDOT Finishes Vital Project Linking US and Canada
Monday, October 8th, 2012Davis County, UT: Shepard Lane Interchange Design Concept Animation
Friday, October 5th, 2012This animation depicts the Shepard Lane interchange alternative for the West Davis Corridor EIS. It demonstrates how traffic is expected to flow should the Shepard Lane alternative be selected. No final decision on an alternative has been made at this time. For more information, please visit www.udot.utah.gov/westdavis or contact a member of the project team […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Yonah Freemark, Founder & Writer, The Transport Politic
Thursday, October 4th, 2012![YonahFreemark4](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/YonahFreemark4.jpg)
Yonah Freemark is an urbanist and journalist who has worked in architecture, planning, and transportation. He is the founder and writer of The Transport Politic.
View this complete post...Talking Infrastructure on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show
Monday, October 1st, 2012![30 Issues in 30 Days](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-shot-2012-09-25-at-11.24.03-AM.jpg)
Steve Anderson, InfrastructureUSA.org Managing Director, and Gregory DiLoreto, P.E., F.ASCE, President-Elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), were guests on The Brian Lehrer Show‘s election-year series, “30 Issues in 30 Days.”
View this complete post...Are We There Yet? Creating Complete Communities for 21st Century America
Monday, October 1st, 2012![Are we there yet?](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-shot-2012-10-01-at-12.03.56-PM-300x300.png)
RECONNECTING AMERICA Introduction We all remember being a child on what seemed like an endless journey to grandma’s house or the grand canyon and asking “Are we there yet?” In America’s cities and towns, we are having one of those “Are we there yet?” moments — although it seems the GPS is malfunctioning and we […]
View this complete post...Morgantown, WV: Ices Ferry Bridge Demolition
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012Workers demolish the Ices Ferry bridge before completion of the new bridge can resume. – Eric Tomlinson on YouTube
View this complete post...WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show Talks Infrastructure —————- 11 AM EST Thursday, September 27th
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012![Screen shot 2012-09-25 at 11.24.03 AM](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Screen-shot-2012-09-25-at-11.24.03-AM.jpg)
This Thursday, September 27th, InfrastructureUSA Managing Director Steve Anderson and Gregory DiLoreto, P.E., F.ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), will join The Brian Lehrer Show as part of “30 Issues in 30 Days,” the Brian Lehrer Show’s election-year series. The segment begins at 11 AM Eastern Time on NPR’s WNYC station. The show begins at […]
View this complete post...Hastings, MN: Hastings Bridge Lift Time-Lapse
Monday, September 24th, 2012Iberia Parish, LA: Testing Patout Bridge
Friday, September 21st, 2012Details of Possible $1.5 Billion Funding Cut to Roads, Transit and Rail
Thursday, September 20th, 2012Transportation Issues Daily Preliminary estimates released by the White House last Friday indicate funding for highways, transit and rail programs in 2013 will be cut by about $1.5 billion on January 2 if automatic budget cuts take place as scheduled. Shrinking or preventing those cuts requires Congress and the White House to strike a budget […]
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