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Given tight federal budget restraints and shrinking transportation trust fund revenues, states and the federal government need to find alternative financial resources to finance needed transportation infrastructure projects, especially maintaining and expanding the capacity of the Interstate Highway System. Increased use of public–private partnership contracts (P3s) promises to help finance some of the needed infrastructure projects, but the federal government needs to allow states more freedom to use P3s, and states need to adopt the policies and practices needed to use P3s effectively.
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Illinois to Missouri: The New Mississippi River Bridge
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Construction work on the Mississippi River Bridge project has begun.The new Mississippi River Bridge is the first bridge built connecting downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois in more than 40 years. Currently, the only urban interstate bridge between Illinois and Missouri is the Poplar Street Bridge, known locally as the PSB. The PSB is one […]
View this complete post...ACCESS Magazine: Issue 39
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
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.
Long Island City, NY: Tunnel Boring Machine Breakthrough
Thursday, January 5th, 2012This video shows the break-through of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for Tunnel “A” of the East Side Access project in Long Island City, Queens. It finished its drive on 12/26/2011 when it reached its receiving pit destination as seen in this video. Tunnel “A” will eventually convey trains westbound into the LIRR’s new Grand […]
View this complete post...Logan, UT: Opening of 10 West Project
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012Vic Saunders from Utah Department of Transportation talks about the opening of 1000 West in Logan Utah – TheValleyChannel on YouTube
View this complete post...The Tacoma Narrows Fallacy
Thursday, December 29th, 2011Teach your teacher: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge WASN’T resonance.
And I defer all arguments to the elocution of Profs. Billah and Scanlon: http://www.ketchum.org/billah/Billah-Scanlan.pdf
Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
AARP PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The great majority of older adults have a strong desire to live in their own homes and communities. However, unsupportive community design, unaffordable and inaccessible housing, and a lack of access to needed services can thwart this
desire. Starting in 2011, growth of the older American population will accelerate, in part because the leading edge of the baby boomer generation will reach age 65. This report examines state policies that can help older adults age in place.
“Brooklyn Bridge Ride” – In A Brooklyn Minute
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011On Monday late afternoon I rode my bike across the Brooklyn Bridge and filmed it with a GoPro for you.
The result is nothing like I expected. So I let frustrations and happy accidents fall where they may and bring you a ride that almost looks like an “impressionist painting stop-animation” of biking across the Brooklyn Bridge.
View this complete post...American Public Transportation Association: 2011 Q3 Ridership
Monday, December 26th, 2011
AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
Public transportation ridership in the third quarter of 2011 increased 2 percent over 2010. Over 51 million more trips were taken on public transportation in the third quarter compared to the same period last year. Ridership increased across all modes. Improving regional economic conditions, higher gas prices, and new service extensions all contributed to the increase.
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