Laura and Tom began their life together as husband and wife on MTA Long Island Rail Road. Share your love-in-transit story and hear others at the New York Transit Museum’s FREE Missed Connections Valentine’s Day party on February 14, 2012. Learn more at: http://www.mta.info/museum
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Road Connection Video – For Better Roads and Bridges in the U.S.
Monday, February 13th, 2012The first of the series. These videos are designed to give you some serious knowledge about the strain being put on our national highway system. To help make positive change, visit www.theroadconnection.org and contact your congress member. – BulkInside on YouTube
View this complete post...In Defense of the House Highway Bill
Monday, February 13th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefs Vol. 23, No.6 According to the latest (January) CBO estimates, the Highway Account of the Trust Fund is projected to be credited with $168.4 billion in gas tax revenue and interest over the next five years (FY 2012-2016) and the Transit Account with $24.8 billion. Since the House Ways and Means Committee has […]
View this complete post...America 2050: House Wages War on Transit
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012From America 2050: Last week, more than two years after the nation’s last five-year surface transportation law expired, the House of Representatives introduced its proposed legislation for rewriting the nation’s transportation laws. And boy, it is a doozy. Facing severely reduced gasoline tax receipts, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has proposed to cut many […]
View this complete post...Midway, WA: Cracked Pavement on Interstate-5
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012One of our top complaints? Interstate 5 is terrible! We know! We’re repairing as we get money, it one panel as a time. Interstate 5 is the most important highway in the state. It’s part of an interstate system that connects Mexico to Canada and is our economic lifeline. The roadway, designed in the 60’s […]
View this complete post...Pottawattamie County, IA: Keg Creek Bridge Replacement
Monday, February 6th, 2012(Re-posted with permission from Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2)) This time-lapse video shows accelerated bridge construction (ABC) techniques being used by a local contractor with standard equipment to replace a three-span bridge on U.S. 6 over Keg Creek in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The $2.7 million reconstruction project is a cooperative effort involving FHWA, the […]
View this complete post...House to Change “Mass Transit” Program to “Alternative Transportation” Program
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Transportation Issues Daily The House Transportation multi-year transportation proposal (“American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Financing Act of 2012”) maintains the roughly 80/20 split of funding to highways/transit. But it contains several changes to the transit section: Mass Transit Account to be renamed Alternative Transportation Account Mass Transit Account funding for 2012 to be transferred to […]
View this complete post...2012 Pocket Guide to Transportation
Monday, January 30th, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration produces the Pocket Guide to Transportation as a compact resource that provides snapshots of the U.S. transportation system and highlights major transportation trends.
Phoenix, AZ: Loop 303/Greenway Road Construction Bypass
Friday, January 27th, 2012Uploaded by ArizonaDOT on YouTube.
Remember this awesome time-lapse video showing the construction of a temporary bypass at Greenway Road and the Loop 303?
Well, today we’ve got an even more in-depth look at how crews built the new intersection – complete with temporary barriers, fences and traffic signals – in just about 43 hours!
View this complete post...New York, NY: Fulton Street Transit Center Update
Monday, January 23rd, 2012An update on the construction progress at the Fulton Street Transit Center in Lower Manhattan. – mtainfo on YouTube
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