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Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’

Griffin, GA: Sixth Street Bridge Opening

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Video of the Ceremonial parade across the Griffin Georgia Sixth Street Bridge, to celebrate the opening of the new bridge. Fire Truck, Police Cars, Griffin High Color Guard, Griffin High Drum Line, along with city officials, and many residents walked across the bridge, in the official opening of the bridge that replaced the old bridge, […]

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Jenkinsburg, GA: Track Machines in Action

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Part 1: The track gang takes out railroad ties Part 2: Getting the new railroad ties in place   Part 3: Get up close & personal with railroad tie replacement  Part 4: Keeping everything in its place Part 5: The finishing touches Watch more train videos by pwalpar on YouTube.

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Atlanta, GA: State Road and Tollway Authority I-85 Express Lane Project Documentary

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

State Road and Tollway Authority: I-85 Express Lane Project Documentary from ECG Productions on Vimeo.

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Georgia: Bike Networks

Friday, August 3rd, 2012

A short video by Georgia Bikes describing the elements of quality bicycle networks. –babuice on YouTube.

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Taking a Critical Look at the Senate Highway Bill

Monday, June 4th, 2012

Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 18Over the last several weeks, members of the House conference committee and their staffs have been poring over  the 1,600-page Senate bill (MAP-21), trying to fathom its complex and sometimes obscure finance and revenue provisions. Lately, a detailed analysis by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation  has made the […]

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Atlanta, GA: The New Ralph McGill Bridge

Friday, March 16th, 2012

Raw footage of a crane lifting the first 35,000 lbs steel beam into place alongside the old Ralph McGill Bridge. This new bridge is being constructed for the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail. – beltlineatl on YouTube

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Atlanta Freeways At Night

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

This video is a co-production between Freewayjim (youtube.com/freewayjim) and myself and features the Atlanta skyline from three different angles along some of the widest, busiest freeways in the world. Along the way, you’ll see a panoramic view of the Downtown and Midtown skylines, the Downtown Connector,and the new I-285 runway tunnel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International […]

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Nuclear Power Plants and Earthquake Risks

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
New maps of nuclear power plants and seismic hazards in the United States

“This map shows areas of equal seismic hazard and indicates the minimum peak horizontal ground acceleration value, a measure of the how hard the ground shakes in a given area. The map also shows locations of the 63 US nuclear power plants. The data comes from the US Geological Survey Geological Hazards Team and the US Energy Information Administration.”
-Greenpeace.org

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Relationships Between Streetcars and the Built Environment

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Streetcar Cover

TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM
In the past 20 years, numerous cities have planned and implemented new rail transit systems. This movement has coincided with other urban regeneration trends, bringing new life to urban centers and advancing strategies to manage growth that promote more efficient patterns of development. Various forms of heavy rail, light rail, and streetcar systems have been built, many with robust ridership and popularity, owing to a rediscovery of this form of transportation, as well as concerns about growing traffic congestion, volatile fuel prices, and climate change.

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TRANSPORTATION REBOOT: Connecting Rural and Urban America, Part 3 of a Series

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Fastest Growing Metropolitan Areas

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
This report, the third in a series on the nation’s transportation capacity needs, focuses on the need to tap the economic might of rural America, be it through access to energy resources, tourism or agriculture. It also identifies underserved cities whose future growth depends on Interstate access. Finally, it underscores the capacity improvements needed to ensure the nation’s security.

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