This week’s episode of “NCDOT Now,” the department’s video news update, reminds motorists about the dangers of careless driving in work zones, highlights the winners of the NCDOT Model Bridge Building Contest and celebrates the opening of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway. NCDOT Now North Carolina Department of Transportation Work zone safety – NCDOTcommunications on […]
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North Carolina: Careless Driving, Model Bridge Building Contest, Opening of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012Great American Infrastructure: Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Skyway System
Monday, April 16th, 2012This is the sixteenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Jonathan Nettler, AICP, Managing Editor, Planetizen
Monday, April 9th, 2012Jonathan Nettler, AICP is Managing Editor of Planetizen. He has lived and practiced in Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles on a range of project types for major public, institutional, and private developer clients including: large scale planning and urban design, waterfront and brownfield redevelopment, transit-oriented development, urban infill, campus planning, […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Peter Kageyama, Author, “For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places”
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012Peter Kageyama is a community and economic development consultant based in St. Petersburg, FL. He is the co-founder and producer of the Creative Cities Summit, an interdisciplinary event that brings together citizens and practitioners around the big idea of the city. Peter is the former President of Creative Tampa Bay, a grassroots community change organization. […]
View this complete post...Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
This report presents guidelines for providing access to rapid transit stations, describes a station access planning process, and provides a high-level station access planning tool. The guidelines, process, and planning tool are based on a detailed review of available literature and transit agency practices, as well as case studies conducted during the course of the research.
Oakland, CA: 12th Street Reconstruction Project
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012(Best viewed in the HD setting and full screen) This time-lapse captures the construction work of The City of Oakland (California) Measure DD, 12th Street Reconstruction Project, between January 10, 2011 and March 9, 2012. (The final version of the time-lapse video will be complete in the Fall of 2012 when the work is scheduled […]
View this complete post...Washington, DC: Pennsylvania Avenue Great Streets Project
Thursday, March 15th, 2012District Mayor Vince Gray led a community celebration to mark the completion of the $35M Pennsylvania Avenue Great Streets Project. More than half of the funding was provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009 and this project put people to work and made this busy corridor safer for the residents who […]
View this complete post...Boston, MA: The Silver Line BRT System
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012Green Building and Climate Resilience: Understanding Impacts and Preparing for Changing Conditions
Thursday, March 8th, 2012US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
A changing climate presents a challenge to the planners and designers of the built environment. Building professionals will need to incorporate strategies that consider future climate change within their region. This contrasts with the current practice of basing building and neighborhood design decisions on historic climate data.
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