A short video of wind turbines taken Saturday, December 27, 2014 atop Locust Mountain off Route 924, just east of Shenandoah Heights, in Schuykill County, PA.
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Shenandoah, PA: Drone Video of Locust Mountain Wind Turbines
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015Streetfilms: Pittsburgh Mayor Boosts Cycling & Livability
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
Mayor Bill Peduto is putting the rest of the United States on notice. His city is on the rise and he fully intends on implementing bicycling, walking and complete streets policies that enhance and make his city more attractive to young talent and business. For the first time in over half a century, Pittsburgh is expecting an increase in residents as the trend in the number of people moving back to cities grows.
View this complete post...Pennsylvania: Replacing 558 Bridges in 4 Years
Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
With the P3 approach, we can replace hundreds of these bridges more quickly, save money and minimize the impact on the traveling public. SD bridges are not unsafe but pose a serious problem that jeopardizes our ability to grow economically and create jobs. This initiative, in conjunction with Pennsylvania’s new comprehensive transportation funding law that Corbett signed on Nov. 25, 2013, will bring much needed investment to the state’s bridges.
Pittsburgh, PA: Ode to an Incline
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
While at ProWalk ProBike ProPlace, I took a long walk and ended up on the Monongahela Incline. Realized I documented just enough footage to put together a little tribute, for those of you who have never boarded a funicular or an incline before.
View this complete post...Pennsylvania DOT: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About POTHOLES (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Friday, May 9th, 2014
This short video aims to educate motorists on how potholes form, how the department addresses them and most importantly, how to report their location to PennDOT.
View this complete post...Pennsylvania Turnpike: Culvert Jacking to Minimize Traffic Effects
Thursday, March 27th, 2014
This culvert jacking was part of Section B (Mainline Toll Plaza in Bensalem) for the Pennsylvania Turnpike / I-95 Interchange Project. The jacking occurred below I-276 as traffic flowed from the above highway, minimizing impacts to traffic. Urban Engineers (www.urbanengineers.com) is providing Construction Management for this project.
View this complete post...Business Performance in Walkable Shopping Areas
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
Walkable commercial districts are a key component of communities that promote active living. Walking has great health benefits, including helping people maintain a healthy weight. This report examines whether there are also economic benefits to businesses in walkable communities. The study consisted of a meta-analysis of 70 studies and articles. However, there have been few studies that address economic performance directly and the author conducted an exploratory study of 15 walkable shopping areas judged as successful to examine the sources of success.
Exaggerating the Employment Impacts of Shale Drilling: How and Why
Friday, November 29th, 2013
MULTI-STATE SHALE RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE
Over the last five years, firms with an economic interest in the expansion of drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations — and their allies, supporters, and trade associations — have used a variety of tools and techniques to exaggerate the employment impacts of shale drilling. These strategies have ranged from the use of inappropriate measures, such as data on new hires, to represent job growth to the misleading attribution of all jobs in “ancillary” industries to the shale industry.
Pennsylvania Governor Signs $2.3 Billion Transportation Bill
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
On November 25th, 2013, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed the $2.3 billion transportation bill.
-UrbanEngineersInc on YouTube
Fracking’s Water Footprint in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
DOWNSTREAM STRATEGIES
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
This report focuses on the extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. While conventional gas production has been conducted here for decades, unconventional wells that utilize advances in horizontal drilling have grown considerably more common in the past decade. Nearly nine thousand horizontal Marcellus Shale natural gas wells have been permitted in these two states from 2005 to 2012, and more than eleven thousand such wells will likely be permitted by the end of 2013.
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