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Solar Waste Recycling: Can the industry stay green?

Monday, August 16th, 2010
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CROSSCURRENTS
Solar energy is the most widely available resource we have. Every hour, enough solar energy strikes Earth to meet human energy needs for more than a year, according to NASA. Now the solar industry is poised for huge growth in the United States, thanks to policy changes, incentives, technological improvements and economies of scale. Solar photovoltaics have recently become less expensive than nuclear energy on a per-kilowatt-hour basis, according to a new report from Duke University. Also, solar is widely expected to reach cost parity with fossil fuels in most markets by 2013.

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Traffic Jams from Sea to Shining Sea

Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Dallas, TX

How can we put an end to this?

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Posted in Highway, Local, National, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Urban Planning

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Bridges 2010 Conference: San Fran, November 17-19

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

“With more bridges being declared structurally deficient or obsolete, there is a need for immediate and novel engineering solutions in order to be well prepared for potential disasters and minimize future maintenance costs.”

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An Alternative Development Scenario for San Diego County

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION
GREENINFO NETWORK

In order to protect natural systems and rural landscapes, as well as to ensure urban growth occurs primarily in incorporated areas, it is reasonable for the County of San Diego to consider a growth alternative in its General Plan process that reduces by approximately two-thirds the number of housing units current proposed for unincorporated areas and to re-allocate these units to cities within the County. Such a scenario would, by 2030, still leave substantial residential capacity in cities for future growth needs…The San Diego County proposed General Plan Update has been used, in consultation with CNFF, to determine what growth might be redirected. Data from the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), has been used to assess the feasibility of allocating that increment of growth to existing cities.

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Next Stop: California – The Benefits of High-Speed Rail Around the World and What’s in Store for California

Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Energy Consumption

CALPIRG
As California moves toward construction of a new high-speed rail network, the state has much to learn from experiences abroad. High-speed rail lines have operated for more than 45 years in Japan and for three decades in Europe, providing a wealth of information about what California can expect from highspeed rail … and how the state can receive the greatest possible benefits from its investment.

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Bill links land use decisions to transportation funding decisions in a way that is unprecedented in California

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Fundamentally, SB 375 is intended to guide more sustainable land use and development decisions through coordination at the state, regional, and local levels. The Urban Land Institute (ULI), an international nonprofit research and education organization, is appropriately positioned to analyze the potential impacts of and evaluate implementation options for this legislation.

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The Economic Impacts of High-Speed Rail on Cities and their Metropolitan Areas

Monday, June 14th, 2010
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UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS
Existing modes of transportation currently consume more than two-thirds of our nation’s oil supply and are responsible for nearly a third of our carbon dioxide emissions. As a result, we need to make tomorrow’s transportation infrastructure more energy efficient, more environmentally sustainable, and less reliant on foreign oil. Future federal transportation investments should address energy, economic, and climate concerns through reforms and programs that emphasize sustainable transportation environments.

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Photos: Infra Past and Present

Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Orange County, CA: Bus transit

Photos courtesy of American Society of Civil Engineers

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Smart Green Infrastructure: How To Grow Sustainable Cities

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople, describes how this organization has pioneered an integrated approach to managing urban ecosystems as watersheds in the Los Angeles region.

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High-Speed Rail: Track to the Future?

Monday, March 29th, 2010

BLUEPRINT AMERICA
With the one-year mark of President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan approaching last month, the White House selected 13 passenger rail corridors in 31 states to receive funding. High-speed rail projects in Florida, Illinois and California were the big winners.

Here’s the dream: A sleek, state-of-the-art train that whisks you from LA to San Francisco in less than three hours, and helps save the planet while doing so.

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