John Hennessy III,
P.E.
Transportation Issues Daily In late November the Department of Energy awarded $11 million to twenty projects to speed adoption of alternative fuel vehicles. It’s part of DOE’s Clean Cities initiative, which is designed to support community-led efforts to develop the infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles and reduce dependence on oil. “These projects address a range […]
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Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA was a participant at the US High Speed Rail Association’s 2012 summit, held from February 28th to March 1st in Washington, DC.
During the event, Steven had the opportunity to speak with Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee John Mica, Congressman David Price, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.
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by Joseph Minizozzi
This article first appeared in Planetizen.
Are cities across the country acting negligently in ignoring the property tax implications of different development types? Joseph Minicozzi thinks so, and he’s done the math to prove it.
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Photos of the recently renovated North Carolina State Highway 54, The Triangle Expressway, including a new electronic toll. Photos via Flickr user Washuotaku Photo via Flickr user adamontheroad
View this complete post...After 1,500 man hours of backbreaking work and innovative engineering, the old familiar hum of traffic returned to N.C. 12 when the N.C. Department of Transportation reopened the road on Oct. 10. It was an important moment for residents and signaled a huge step forward in the recovery efforts made by NCDOT following Hurricane Irene.
View this complete post...When Hurricane Irene sliced through the Outer Banks; it did more than just destroy sections of N.C. 12, south of Nags Head. It severed a lifeline for the people that call North Carolina’s coast home. Now, the N.C. Department of Transportation has created a new lifeline — one that connects communities not by land, but […]
View this complete post...A weekly wrap up of the latest news and notes concerning North Carolina transportation. In this episode: No Need 2 Speed Campaign is successful and NCDOT Ferry crew members help out boaters in distress.
-NCDOTcommunications on YouTube
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