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Congestion in America A Growing Challenge to U.S. Energy Security

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Congestion in America A Growing Challenge to U.S. Energy Security

SECURING AMERICA’S FUTURE ENERGY
In February 2011, the Energy Security Leadership Council released a report entitled Transportation Policies for America’s Future. The report examined the challenges facing the U.S. transportation system in the 21st century and provided a vision and accompanying recommendations for a more efficient, analytically thorough, and market-driven approach to national transportation policy. Most importantly, it emphasized the crucial interaction between transportation policy decisions and the energy security challenge posed by U.S. oil dependence.

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Six U.S. Transportation Secretaries Discuss Past and Future Challenges

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Speaking to a standing-room-only audience on January 25 at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, six U.S. transportation secretaries reminisced about the most challenging issues they faced during their tenures and offered their views about the future prospects for the federal transportation program.

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High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
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FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
The HSIPR Program was created to help address the nation’s transportation challenges by making strategic investments in an efficient network of passenger rail corridors that connect communities across the country. These investments focus on three key objectives:

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ACCESS Magazine: Issue 39

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Retrofitting the Suburbs to Increase Walking

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
During the last half of the 20th century, cities and towns across America were built primarily for one transportation mode: the automobile. Much of this development occurred on the urban periphery, creating the suburbs that are now home to more Americans than either traditional central cities or small towns. Today, while federal transportation policies and urban planners have shifted toward promoting a more multi-modal form of development, the legacy of the postwar era remains: thousands of suburban neighborhoods poorly served by any mode of transportation other than the automobile.

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Exxon Mobil’s Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
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EXXON MOBIL
What do we see over the next 30 years? The answer to that question varies by region, reflecting diverse economic and demographic trends as well as the evolution of technology and government policies.

Everywhere, though, we see energy being used more efficiently and energy supplies continuing to diversify as new technologies and sources emerge. Other key findings of this year’s Outlook includ“In the decades ahead, the world will

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Infographic: Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
The Top 100 Innovators

View Full Infographic (GOOD.is): The World’s Leading Innovators … Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators THOMSON REUTERS Overview INNOVATION is the cornerstone of economic growth and success, for both the companies that innovate and the countries that embrace them. For the past several years, talk about innovation has permeated news stories, corporate board rooms and […]

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The Green Data Center Conference & Exhibition: San Diego, CA

Friday, December 16th, 2011
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From The Green Data Center: The Green Data Center Conference seeks to provide strategic information for data center professionals looking to optimize their facility through increased energy efficiency and innovative data center design trends. Industry experts, interactive workshops and case study presentations will be used to demonstrate the cost saving benefits of “greening” your facility. […]

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North American Energy Inventory 2011

Thursday, December 15th, 2011
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North America is blessed with enough energy supplies to promote and sustain economic growth for many generations. The government’s own reports detail this, and Congress was advised of our energy wealth when the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress released a report showing that the United States’ combined recoverable oil, natural gas, and coal endowment is the largest on Earth.

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Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation

Monday, November 28th, 2011
Transforming US Energy

BELFER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
The United States and the world need a revolution in energy technology—a revolution that would improve the performance of our energy systems to face the challenges ahead. A dramatic increase in the pace of energy innovation is crucial to meet the challenges of:

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Portage, MI: 1-94 Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI)

Friday, November 18th, 2011

This video highlights the key component of the project, a Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI). The SPUI is designed to help motorists travel safely and efficiently on I-94 and Westnedge Avenue. This type of interchange takes up less space than a regular interchange, and is safer because it reduces the number of points where vehicles […]

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