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Archive for the ‘Transit’ Category

New York: Park Avenue Lift Bridge

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Metro North Commuter Railroad “PARK AVENUE MAINLINE” Trains to / from Grand Central Terminal and…….. Harlem | Wassaic, Southeast, North White Plains Hudson | Poughkeepsie, Croton-Harmon New Haven (NEC) | New Haven, Danbury, New Cannon, Stamford others! Note: There is also a Circle Line Ferry that passes through during the 1-3min range, decided to keep […]

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Great American Infrastructure: The Transcontinental Railroad

Thursday, September 1st, 2011
The Transcontinental Railroad

This is the sixth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.

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Road to Recovery: Transforming America’s Transportation

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
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THE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE ON TRANSPORTATION SOLVENCY

The Leadership Initiative for Transportation Solvency is dedicated to developing a nonpartisan solution to fund a better transportation system in the United States. Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, former Pennsylvania Governor and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, and former U.S. Comptroller General and current President of the Comeback America Initiative David Walker led an intensive analysis to find politically realistic measures to fund and fix the transportation program.

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Transportation Performance Index 2011 Update

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Transportation Performance Index 2011 Update

U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

High performing infrastructure is the foundation for U.S. economic competitiveness in a global age. After all, America’s infrastructure—transportation, telecommunications, energy, and water systems—forms the physical platform of our $14 trillion free enterprise economy.

By all accounts, the nation’s transportation networks continue to languish. Numerous recent reports have called attention to the dire condition of transportation infrastructure in the United States. These reports have all called for additional investment citing potentially disastrous effects on the economy, from manufacturing to real estate and ultimately, to the nation’s global competitiveness. None of these reports focused on the performance of transportation infrastructure and the relationship between performance and economic growth.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Lexer Quamie, Counsel, Public Policy Department, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Thursday, August 25th, 2011
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Lexer Quamie is a Counsel in the Public Policy Department of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. At The Leadership Conference, she helps facilitate the development of a federal policy agenda for a broad coalition of civil and human rights groups and analyzes federal current civil rights issues and legislation in the areas […]

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2013 Transportation Funding May Be Cut 10% Below 2011 Levels

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

TRANSPORTATION ISSUES DAILY

Federal agencies will soon begin drafting their 2013 budgets. Last week they were directed by the White House to prepare a 5% cut and a 10% cut budget for their 2013 discretionary funding request, using the 2011 budget as a baseline.

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Dallas, TX: Construction of New Dallas Love Field Terminal

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

So this is the second Part of a a several part video project. Over the next few years I will be recoding the progress of the New Dallas Love Field Terminal from the Continental United gates. (On a side not I’m sitting next to Continental Airlines 4th most senior flight attendant. She been with them […]

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Transit Access and Zero-Vehicle Households

Friday, August 19th, 2011
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BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

Americans possess a well-documented dependency on the automobile—and nowhere is that clearer than in how Americans travel to work. Over three-quarters of commuters drive alone to work, with another 10 percent carpooling. Considering that Americans registered over 133 million private and commercial vehicles in 2009, it makes sense that so many people would drive. However, there remain over 10 million American households who do not own a private vehicle.

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Seattle: Brightwater 8/16 Tunnel

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Brightwater 8/16 Tunnel – KCDOTVideo on YouTube … “In response to increased growth in our region, King County is constructing a new regional wastewater treatment plant, called Brightwater. Construction started in 2006. Treatment plant start-up and operations will begin in 2011, with the entire system scheduled to be completed in 2012.” King County, Washington

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San Francisco: Crossing the Bay

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Denisa Trenkle – Graphic Designer/ Script Writer Bjorn Rostad – Animator Jordan Salinger – Producer Micah Hilt – Project Manager Egon Terplan – Musical Composer/ Script Editor Jonathan Rogers – Researcher Sarah Dennis Phillips – Narrator Noah Christman – Audio Assistant Anthony Bruzzone – Content Consultant Contact: denisa_trenkle@gensler.com or jordan.salinger@gmail.com – Spur on Vimeo

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