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Infrastructure in the News: August 3, 2010
Newsweek reported that the number of "structurally defficient" bridges in Minnesota rose to 1,206 last year and Detroit Free Press wrote about light rail, commuter trains and high-speed buses envisioned for Detroit. More in this Infrastructure in the News.
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Infrastructurist: New Documentary to Explore Who/What Shapes Our Cities
Remember the ultra-charming and engaging documentary Helvetica (trailer above)? Well, the filmmaker behind that 2007 gem, Gary Hustwit, is back and this time he’s taking on urban development
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8.2 Infrastructure in the News
Bloomberg: New Silk Road Built by China Connects Asia to Latin America http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-01/new-silk-road-built-by-china-bi...
The high-speed rail link China Railway Construction Corp. is building in Saudi Arabia doesn't just connect the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. It shows how Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America are holding the world economy together.
Infrastructure in the News: August 2, 2010
According to ARTBA director the highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for transporation construction industry and Associated Press reported that Los Angeles plans to borrow billions from the federal government and invest it in commuter rail.
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Bloomberg: New Silk Road Built by China Connects Asia to Latin America
The high-speed rail link China Railway Construction Corp. is building in Saudi Arabia doesn’t just connect the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. It shows how Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America are holding the world economy together.
ARTBA Director: Stimulus Transportation Investments a Bright Spot
The highway investments in the stimulus law have been a bright spot for a transportation construction industry hard hit by recession-induced cutbacks in state programs and decline in private sector work. But continued uncertainty about passage of a multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill is hindering chances for a sustained economic recovery.
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Streetsblog: Why IsnÕt Traffic Reduction a Top Public Health Concern?
http://streetsblog.net/2010/07/29/traffic-reduction-saves-lives-so-why-i...
Infrastructure in the News: July 30, 2010
Hartford Courant reported that Connecticut roads and bridges are in need of repair and according to The Hill rail and ports are key to the exports, and exports are the key to the economy. More in this Infrastructure in the News.
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Streetsblog: Why Isn’t Traffic Reduction a Top Public Health Concern?
Earlier this week, Ken Archer at Greater Greater Washington posted this revealing graphic showing the relationship between the amount of driving we do in the United States and the death toll on our roads. Even as conventional traffic safety techniques have made driving less deadly, the rise in miles driven knocked back those improvements. It wasn't until our collective mileage flattened out that safety gains could be fully realized. Thousands of lives were saved when the growth in driving came to a halt.
Transport Politic: Putting the American Commitment to High-Speed Rail in Context
...Under the supervision of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the Obama Administration has been making a big deal of its efforts to promote livable communities where people don’t have to drive to get everywhere. At the Netroots Nation conference last week in Las Vegas, Mr. LaHood was especially vocal about his goals. “Americans like their automobiles,” he said. “One of the reasons they like ‘em is because it is in some places in the country the only form of transportation, particularly in rural America.”
Infrastructurist: The Morning Dig: A Very Funny Stephen Colbert Segment on Trains
Video.
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7.27 Infrastructure in the News
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Politico: Microgrids: More efficient power
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=F7D757B0-18FE-70B2-A83322679...
As the Senate negotiates a climate and energy bill, modernizing the electric grid should be part of this historic conversation. New energy legislation needs to address what could be the best method for transforming the U.S. electricity system: smart, green microgrids.
Infrastructure in the News: July 27, 2010
Bulletin reported Gov. Ed Rendell's plan for transit funding and according to Journal of Commerce bridges in Oregon are deficient, but not yet broken. More in this Infrastructure in the News.
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Politico: Microgrids: More efficient power
As the Senate negotiates a climate and energy bill, modernizing the electric grid should be part of this historic conversation. New energy legislation needs to address what could be the best method for transforming the U.S. electricity system: smart, green microgrids.
Bloomberg: Union Pacific's CEO Young Says U.S. Congress Discouraging Rail Investment
Union Pacific Corp.’s chief executive officer said U.S. lawmakers are discouraging needed investment even as federal transit authorities call for $77.7 billion in rail- and bus-system improvements.
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7.26 Infrastructure in the News
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New York Times: We're Gonna Be Sorry
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/opinion/25friedman.html
Infrastructure in the News: July 26, 2010
According to Philly Inquirer it's a serious mistake to believe that the stimulus failed and Fire Dog Lake wrote that the White House should be advised to focus as much as possible on jobs. More in this Infrastructure in the News.
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New York Times: We’re Gonna Be Sorry
When I first heard on Thursday that Senate Democrats were abandoning the effort to pass an energy/climate bill that would begin to cap greenhouse gases that cause global warming and promote renewable energy that could diminish our addiction to oil, I remembered something that Joe Romm, the climateprogress.org blogger, once said: The best thing about improvements in health care is that all the climate-change deniers are now going to live long enough to see how wrong they were.
Fire Dog Lake: Past Time To Get Serious
...the White House would be better advised to focus as much as possible on jobs, even at the risk of aggravating liberals and constituency groups. The president needs to speak directly and repeatedly on where we are, explaining the reality that while the recovery act did stop the freefall and generated millions of jobs, the crisis was far worse than predicted. He should be calling for more action to create jobs. Raise the ante with a bold package of measures — including direct public hiring, aid to states and localities, use the money paid back by the banks to give small business access to lower interest loans, call for an infrastructure bank to mobilize private capital to rebuild America.
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Press Release: Voters See Infrastructure as Key to Job Creation, Growing Economy http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/voters-see-infrastructure-as-key...
The results of a new national Clarus Poll show that large majorities of voters nationwide believe building infrastructure is necessary to a healthy, growing economy and would "create a significant number of new jobs."