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Posts Tagged ‘NY’

New York: Why Privatizing Long Island Bus Could Cost Taxpayers More

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Graph 1: Contribution to LI Bus over time

TRI-STATE TRANSPORTATION CAMPAIGN
The failure of Nassau County to fund LI Bus has led to an annulment of the operating agree-ment between the County and the MTA and the County’s pursuit of a private operator to run the bus system. Throughout this process, the County has refused to participate in an open process, rejecting requests for details of the private bidder’s plans to run the bus system. These details would allow a thoughtful analysis of the pro’s and con’s of particular operators and how those operators would compare to the current system operated by MTA. Without this detailed information, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign took it upon itself to research the three known private operators seeking to run Nassau County’s bus system.

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3-Way Street: Pedestrians, Cyclists and Motorists Clash in NYC

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

By summer 2010, the expansion of bike lanes in NYC exposed a clash of long-standing bad habits — such as pedestrians jaywalking, cyclists running red lights, and motorists plowing through crosswalks.

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A Glimpse into the Past: Archival Infra Films

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

These archival infra films show us how things used to be built, and how systems used to run.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Jay Walder, Chairman & CEO, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
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Jay H. Walder joined the MTA as chairman and chief executive officer on October 5, 2009. In his first year in charge of the country’s largest public transportation system, Walder has overseen an agenda of change that included the most aggressive cost-cutting initiative in the history of the MTA and numerous customer improvements.

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East Side Access Soft Ground Tunnel Boring Machine Launch

Monday, April 18th, 2011

On March 18, 2011, MTA Capital Construction launched two soft ground tunnel boring machines that will dig tunnels beneath Sunnyside Rail Yard in Queens. A part of the East Side Access project, these new tunnels will connect Long Island Rail Road with tracks that will lead to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.
-mtainfo on YouTube

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Reminder: Friday, April 15th – RPA Regional Assembly 2011 in NYC

Friday, April 8th, 2011
2011 Regional Assembly: Innovation & the Global City

RPA’s 2011 Regional Assembly, “Innovation and the Global City,” will explore what global cities, from Singapore to London, and from Stockholm to New York, are doing to remain competitive on the world stage.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Hon. Steve Israel, U.S. Congressman, Long Island

Monday, April 4th, 2011
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Steven C.F. Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA, spoke with Hon. Steve Israel at Banking on the Future, a conference presented by Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, in cooperation with Bernard L. Schwartz, Congressman Steve Israel and the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute. The event took place on March 14th, at the William and Anita […]

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
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Steven C.F. Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA, spoke with Hon. Scott M. Stringer at Banking on the Future, a conference presented by the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, in cooperation with Bernard L. Schwartz, Congressman Steve Israel and the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute. The event took place on March 14th, at the William and Anita Newman Conference Center, Baruch College, City University of New York.

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NYC, April 15th: Regional Plan Association’s Regional Assembly 2011: “Innovation and the Global City”

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
2011 Regional Assembly: Innovation & the Global City

This year’s Regional Assembly, “Innovation and the Global City,” will explore what global cities, from Singapore to London, and from Stockholm to New York, are doing to remain competitive on the world stage.

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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.”
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