The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) catalogs the damage left behind after Hurricane Sandy battered the eastern United States, leaving wind and flood damage throughout NYC’s metropolitan transit system. Flooding in Long Island Rail Road’s East River Tunnel Flooding in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Flooded subway station in Lower Manhattan
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New York: Mass Transit Agency Cameras Capture Damage from Sandy
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012NYC: Before Sandy, Crews Prepare Penn Station for Storm Surge
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012Late in the evening of October 28, 2012, LIRR crews erected a barrier to protect Penn Station from possible flooding from Hurricane Sandy. –mtainfo on YouTube
View this complete post...PBS Newshour: Key to a Cool City? It’s in the Trees
Friday, October 26th, 2012Peter Calthorpe, urban designer and author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”, has worked on some of the biggest urban design projects in the United States over the last 20 years, in places including Portland, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and post-hurricane southern Louisiana. He said the best thing cities can do to keep cool is plant trees.
View this complete post...Sustainability at Harvard University: Impact Report
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
HARVARD OFFICE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
The Harvard Office for Sustainability embarked upon the process of developing a university-wide impact report in partnership with Harvard’s twelve Schools and administrative departments in order to:
The Disparate Challenges To Growth
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
INITIATIVE FOR COMPETITIVE INNER CITY
Do hyper-achieving, fast-growing companies have any limits to growth? That was a question ICIC staff hoped to answer as they scrutinized surveys returned by 2012 Inner City 100 winners this past winter. After all, the average winner had seen its revenue increase at a 40% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2006 and 2010 – the Great Recession notwithstanding. Were winners susceptible to economic gravity?
Interactive Map: Water Costs Getting More Expensive
Friday, October 5th, 2012
Davis County, UT: Shepard Lane Interchange Design Concept Animation
Friday, October 5th, 2012This animation depicts the Shepard Lane interchange alternative for the West Davis Corridor EIS. It demonstrates how traffic is expected to flow should the Shepard Lane alternative be selected. No final decision on an alternative has been made at this time. For more information, please visit www.udot.utah.gov/westdavis or contact a member of the project team […]
View this complete post...Pittsburgh, PA: The Green Economy of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012The Pittsburgh region, a former industrial center, has transformed into a region of innovation with a thriving green economy. In this video, we hear the story of this transformation through the eyes of workers, politicians, and those leading initiatives that are creating a healthy, prosperous, and inclusive green economy. Learn about the green infrastructure, workforce […]
View this complete post...Are We There Yet? Creating Complete Communities for 21st Century America
Monday, October 1st, 2012
RECONNECTING AMERICA Introduction We all remember being a child on what seemed like an endless journey to grandma’s house or the grand canyon and asking “Are we there yet?” In America’s cities and towns, we are having one of those “Are we there yet?” moments — although it seems the GPS is malfunctioning and we […]
View this complete post...Placemaking and the Future of Cities
Monday, September 24th, 2012PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Healthy public spaces are the springboard for revitalizing communities, whatever they are and wherever they are. That an attractive, active, well-functioning public space can jumpstart economic development in a community – from a small rural town to a big city – is being recognized increasingly around the world.
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