John Hennessy III,
P.E.
When it comes to the fight against climate change, there’s reason to be hopeful. America’s cities, companies, universities and individuals are leading the clean energy revolution—and momentum is on our side. When governments do less, we need to do more. Together we can make a difference and change climate change.
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The current infrastructure permitting process is insane – even crazier than you can imagine. And only Congress can fix it. Congress needs to do it’s job and streamline the approval process and get America building. Our nation’s economic competitiveness depends on it.
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Some tips on how to minimize traffic! Created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).
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We calculated the land area needed to supply the entire United States with solar power.
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Illustrator Chris Sickels talks about “The Blowing Bowler”, a stop-motion animation video, now screening at the Fulton Center. The animation depicts a brief history of New York City’s subway car designs as a man pursues his wind-tossed bowler hat in a subway station. –mtainfo on YouTube
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This animation from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development explains what survey crews do, and why their work is vital to the preliminary aspects of highway development.
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A collaboration between city planner, urban designer, and author Jeff Speck (jeffspeck.com), and 3D artist Spencer Boomhower (cupolamedia.com), this series of videos describes some of the most common and most effective road-diet redesigns.
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Learn the least you should know about the water you not only love, but need to survive! Find out about the water service a typical residential water bill covers, and the costs of delivering a consistent, reliable flow of safe and affordable drinking water to your faucet.
View this complete post...Ever since the first hominids left Africa, human beings have been on the move. The canoe was invented in 8,000 B.C. and the first form of public transportation was a stagecoach operated in Paris in 1662. Fast forward to today’s self-driving car prototype, and it’s clear just how far we’ve come.
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Learn how a single delayed train can cause delays throughout an entire subway line — and one strategy that train dispatchers use to get service back to normal.
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