TURNAROUND 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 […]
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Fresno, CA: Turnaround City
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013Drill, Baby, Drill
Monday, February 25th, 2013POST CARBON INSTITUTE
World energy consumption has more than doubled since the energy crises of the 1970s, and more than 80 percent of this is provided by fossil fuels. In the next 24 years world consumption is forecast to grow by a further 44 percent—and U.S. consumption a further seven percent—with fossil fuels continuing to provide around 80 percent of total demand.
ASCE on the President’s State of the Union Address
Thursday, February 14th, 2013The following is a statement from Gregory E. DiLoreto, P.E., P.L.S, D.WRE, president of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), regarding President Obama’s State of the Union address: “As stewards of our nation’s infrastructure, the American Society of Civil Engineers applauds President Obama’s efforts to improve our country’s ailing infrastructure and get America back […]
View this complete post...Seattle DOT: Progress Report 2013
Thursday, February 14th, 2013SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The 2012 Transportation Action Agenda outlines policies, actions, and performance measures for SDOT over a two-year period. It is organized around five core principles.
President Obama’s State of the Union Address, 2013
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013Transportation Issues Daily
Surprising many of us, President Obama proposed two new infrastructure programs in his State of the Union speech earlier this evening.
A “Fix-It-First” program would focus on putting “people to work as soon as possible on our most urgent repairs” like deteriorating bridges and roads. A “Partnership to Rebuild America” would attract private capital to upgrade port infrastructure, pipelines, schools, and likely other infrastructure.
View this complete post...State of Green Business 2013
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013GREENBIZ GROUP
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The global economy needs deep and liquid markets of all types of capital to run effectively. Natural capital, long overlooked in traditional financial accounting, is now recognized as a material economic input as businesses increasingly seek to manage volatile commodity prices linked to resource scarcity and extreme weather events.
Interactive Map: Submarine Broadband Cable
Friday, February 8th, 2013TELEGEOGRAPHY
The Submarine Cable Map is a free resource from TeleGeography. Data contained in this map is drawn from Global Bandwidth Research Service and is updated on a regular basis.
Guest on The Infra Blog: Greg Principato, Airports Council International – North America
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013Greg Principato joined Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) as President on July 1, 2005. In this capacity, he oversees the leading association of airports and airport-related businesses in North America, which enplane nearly all of the domestic and international airline passenger and cargo traffic on the continent. ACI-NA is the largest of the […]
View this complete post...Searching for Novel Approaches to Transportation Funding
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 24, No. 1
As we enter the New Year (and begin our 24th year of publication), the debate about transportation funding is taking a new turn. Talk of raising the federal gas tax has become muted and even the efficacy of the gas tax itself is being questioned. And no wonder: vehicles are becoming more fuel efficient, CAFE standards are becoming more stringent, vehicle use is leveling off, and hybrids and electric vehicles are expected to slowly but surely increase their market penetration.
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