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Guest on The Infra Blog: Petra Todorovich, Director, America 2050

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Petra Todorovich is Director of America 2050, a national urban planning initiative to develop an infrastructure and growth strategy for the United States. She has written articles on transportation and infrastructure policy and is a frequent speaker on the topics of transportation policy, megaregions, and national planning. Prior to the launch of America 2050, Ms. Todorovich directed Regional Plan Association’s Region’s Core program and coordinated the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York, a network of organizations that came together shortly after 9/11 to promote the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and Lower Manhattan.

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Nuclear Power Plants. Is this the Right Infra-Direction?

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

U.S. Department of Energy: President Obama Announces Loan Guarantees to Construct New Nuclear Power Reactors in Georgia
USA Today: Vermont bucks Obama’s nuclear call by voting to shut plant
What do you think?

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Bob Herbert’s Infra Columns

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

We call your attention to two recent columns by Bob Herbert in the New York Times:

Falling Further Behind

What’s Wrong with Us?

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Will Friedman, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Public Agenda

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Will Friedman joined Public Agenda in 1994, founded the public engagement department in 1996 and has overseen a steady and expanding stream of work aimed at helping communities build capacity to tackle tough issues in more inclusive, deliberative and collaborative ways. In 2006, he established Public Agenda’s Center for Advances in Public Engagement, which conducts action research to assess impacts and improve practice.

Public Agenda, an innovative public opinion research and public engagement organization, works to strengthen our democracy’s capacity to tackle tough public policy issues.

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Fast forward on Infra? High-Speed Rail Announcement

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Here is what the White House announced on January 28th:

“… the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is awarding $8 billion to states across the country to develop America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), these dollars represent an historic investment in the country’s transportation infrastructure, which will help create jobs and transform travel in America.”

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Andrés Duany, Architect, Author of “The Smart Growth Manual”

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Andrés Duany, F.A.I.A., is a founding principal at the architecture and planning firm, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ). DPZ is widely recognized as a leader of the New Urbanism, which seeks to end suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. Duany has authored several books, including “The Smart Growth Manual” (most recently) and “Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream.”

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Patrick J. Natale, Executive Director of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Patrick J. Natale is the Executive Director, and Chief Staff Officer and Secretary, for the American Society of Civil Engineers

Patrick J. Natale on: infrastructure grades, lack of ongoing public concern about infrastructure, infrastructure and leadership, paying for infrastructure improvements, and the importance of government advocacy

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Excerpts from The Brian Lehrer Show, with Gov. Rendell and Steve Anderson

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Wednesday, Jan. 13th

Steve Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA.org, & Governor Edward G. Rendell, Building America’s Future, discussed infrastructure with WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer. Excerpts are available below, and you can listen to the entire program under “Infrastructure Matters” on WNYC.org.

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INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE SUBJECT ON WNYC RADIO’S BRIAN LEHRER SHOW - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 10:30AM

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Tune in to the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC at 10:30AM on Wednesday, January 13th, to hear InfrastructureUSA’s own Managing Director, Steve Anderson, and Governor Edward G. Rendell (D-PA), co-founder of the infrastructure coalition Building America’s Future. Join them for a discussion of America’s infrastructure and the need for public engagement.

The Brian Lehrer show airs weekdays at 10AM on 93.9 FM and AM 820; rebroadcast Tuesdays through Saturdays at midnight on AM 820. You can also listen to it live on the WNYC web site.

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