Like sewage treatment, Quality Management isn’t exactly the most scintillating subject on the planet. But it matters greatly in all the work we do at UDOT. Why? We thought you’d never ask!
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Utah DOT: The Importance of Quality Management
Monday, September 21st, 2015Green Building Economic Impact Study
Monday, September 21st, 2015
U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
The future for the green industry is projected to see positive growth for years to come, with its influence reaching across the U.S. economy with significant environmental and social benefits being generated to protect the people and the planet. Our findings show that green building construction growth currently outpaces general construction and will continue to do so through 2018.
U.S. DOT: Using GPS For Transportation Research
Friday, September 18th, 2015
These days GPS makes a transportation planner’s research effort much easier. Until now access to the data created wasn’t so easy. Watch the video to see how FHWA’s Office of Planning, Environment and Realty’s Research Program teamed with U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to access secure travel data on the web.
View this complete post...San Francisco, CA: Green & Gray
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Directed by by Mauricio Romero and Walden Smith. The wastewater division of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission prepares to change a decade old sewage system in San Francisco that will better prepare the city for the future and present climate changes. Part of the Summer 2015 Community Filmmaking Partnership.
View this complete post...Accelerating Low-Carbon Development in the World’s Cities
Tuesday, September 15th, 2015
THE GLOBAL COMMISSION ON THE ECONOMY AND CLIMATE
Cities are engines of economic growth and social change. About 85% of global GDP in 2015 was generated in cities. By 2050, two-thirds of the global population will live in urban areas. Compact, connected and efficient cities can generate stronger growth and job creation, alleviate poverty and reduce investment costs, as well as improve quality of life through lower air pollution and traffic congestion. Better, more resilient models of urban development are particularly critical for rapidly urbanizing cities in the developing world.
Washington, DC: Bicycle Infrastructure and Traffic Congestion
Monday, September 14th, 2015
RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE
A new mechanism to reduce urban traffic congestion that is currently gaining traction for its purported cost-effectiveness, environmental-friendliness, and positive health impacts is the adoption of citywide bicycle-sharing systems. This infrastructure provides an alternative to driving for short trips and extends the existing network of public transit within a metropolitan area. Further, bicycling infrastructure augments the environmental bona fides of densely populated urban areas (Kahn, 2010). If bikeshares reduce traffic congestion, they may provide a low-cost policy lever to reduce automobile externalities in urban areas.
Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities
Thursday, September 10th, 2015
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
To promote walking, community strategies can be implemented where people live, learn, work, and play. Places for walking can be designed and enhanced to improve their walkability. Improving walkability means that communities are created or enhanced to make it safe and easy to walk and that pedestrian activity is encouraged for all people.11 Improving the walkability of communities can benefit people of all abilities, including those who run, bike, skate, or use wheelchairs.
Jersey City, NJ: Housing Development Implosion (Video)
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
Jersey City is in the middle of a $100 million-plus project to revitalize its affordable housing. As part of this initiative, the city teamed up with EarthCam and Prestige Building Companies to document the implosion of Montgomery Gardens on Saturday, August 29, 2015. Don’t miss a second of the demolition – EarthCam’s HD footage, captured by its StreamCam 4K, first shows the demolition in real time and then an instant replay in slow motion.
View this complete post...Promoting Electric Vehicles in U.S. Cities
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION (ICCT)
Cities could represent an important focal point in the transition toward a robust electric vehicle market due to urban driving patterns and cities’ concentration of vehicle ownership and charging networks. Although it is early in what is likely a decades-long transition toward an electric-drive vehicle fleet, the current diversity of electric-drive promotion actions provides a rich laboratory for what is working.
From Lot to Spot: A Lot to Imagine
Tuesday, September 8th, 2015
We’re a non-profit organization dedicated to improving blighted, urban neighborhoods in the greater Los Angeles area. Featuring music from Moby, Crystal Castles, Foxes in Fiction and Canyon Records. Produced and Directed by SLAQR.
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