Driving across the new Champlain Bridge November 9, 2011. The bridge opened on November 7th after being closed for two years. — TomMcMorris on YouTube
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Crown Point, NY: Champlain Bridge Reopens
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Santa Monica Bike Action Plan
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011![Santa Monica Bike Plan Santa Monica Bike Plan](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2011-11-30-at-112907-am.jpg)
SANTA MONICA BIKE CENTER
The Bike Action Plan is guided and supported by Santa Monica’s award-winning 2010 Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) which lays out a bold vision for the city’s future, one that protects and enhances the city’s beautiful neighborhoods, creates new community benefits in complete neighborhoods around the new light rail stations, supports community character through good design, and minimizes traffic through a “No Net New Vehicle Trips” policy. This Bike Action Plan strives to be equally bold and practical. On the one hand, this plan envisions a future Santa Monica in which it is attractive and fun for Santa Monicans of all ages and abilities to use a bike to get everywhere in the city and to meet all the needs of daily life. On the other hand, it is also a detailed five-year implementation strategy for moving toward that vision.
Crashes Vs. Congestion Report
Friday, November 25th, 2011![Crashes vs. Congestion Crashes vs. Congestion](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2011-11-21-at-115941-am.jpg)
CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS
When American motorists talk about transportation problems, they generally key in on traffic. Snarled highways, epic commutes, and gridlocked business and commercial districts mar our suburban existence, weighing heavily upon our elected leaders, our policymakers, and our families. Yet a more costly problem needs to be addressed on America’s roads: motor vehicle crashes. In 2009, traffic crashes killed 33,808 people in the United States – about 93 deaths per day, and nearly four every hour.
Talking Infrastructure with Engineers at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011This is the third in a series of posts.
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA speaks with several engineers attending the American Society of Civil Engineers 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference held last month in Memphis, Tennessee:
Chicago, IL: New Bike Lane
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Pittsburgh, PA: Bridges, Tunnels & More
Monday, November 21st, 2011A collection of clips from around Downtown Pittsburgh. – FreewayJim on YouTube
View this complete post...Portage, MI: 1-94 Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI)
Friday, November 18th, 2011This 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 […]
View this complete post...Alternative Transportation System Announcement
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011![Automated Roadway](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6-500x349.jpg)
Freedom Transit is an innovative sustainable electric transportation system. In the initial stage, it will ferry cars, vans and SUVs between metropolitan areas on an automated high-speed roadway accessed via stations.
View this complete post...Talking Infrastructure with Engineers at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011This is the second in a series of posts
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA speaks with several engineers attending the American Society of Civil Engineers 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference held last month in Memphis, Tennessee:
Guide on The Consistent Application of Traffic Analysis Tools and Methods
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011![Guide on The Consistent Application of Traffic Analysis Tools and Methods screen-shot-2011-11-14-at-33259-pm](https://www.infrastructureusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2011-11-14-at-33259-pm.png)
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in support of the Traffic Analysis and Simulation Pooled Fund Study (PFS), initiated this study to identify and address consistency in the selection and use of traffic analysis tools. This document offers recommendations on the management, planning, and conduct of traffic analysis that will promote […]
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