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Detroit Department of Transportation Bus Timelines Report

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

TRANSPORTATION RIDERS UNITED
To supplement media reports, the personal experience of TRU members, and anecdotes from other bus riders, we conducted analysis of our own. During the week of October 17- 21, 2011, TRU volunteers compared the published schedule for eight major DDOT bus routes with the actual time each bus departed from pre-selected checkpoints including Rosa Parks Transit Center, State Fair Transit Center, Fairlane Center, Northland Center and bus stops located in downtown Detroit. In all, we monitored the actual performance of nearly 4,000 scheduled bus runs.

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Tags: Buses, Detroit, Punctuality, TRU
Posted in Buses, Infra Views, Public Transportation

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2011 Urban Mobility Report

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
Congestion is a significant problem in America’s 439 urban areas. And, although readers and policy makers may have been distracted by the economy-based congestion reductions in the last few years, the 2010 data indicate the problem will not go away by itself – action is needed.

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Tags: Texas A&M University, Texas Transoprtation Institute
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Buses, Congestion, Highway, Infra Views, Local, National, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, Transit

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September 27th: NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate: The London / New York Dialogue

Monday, September 19th, 2011

From the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies: “Keeping the Global City Competitive: The Future of the Financial Industries and the Vital Transportation Systems of London and New York” Co-Chairs: Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, Board Chairperson, London & Partners; Chairman, New West End Company Ltd Carl Weisbrod, Professor and Chair of Global Real Estate [...]

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Tags: Kimmel Center for University Life, New York, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, September 27th, The London / New York Dialogue
Posted in Buses, Global, Policy, Pollution, Public Transportation, Smart Growth, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

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October 11th-13th: 3rd Annual North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum

Friday, September 9th, 2011

From CG/LA Infrastructure On October 11-13, 2011, over 500 executives from the public and private sector will gather in Washington, DC for the 3rd Annual North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum. The Forum is a dynamic 2.5 day conference, focused on infrastructure development in North America, designed to facilitate business and promote projects across the [...]

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Tags: 3rd Annual North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum, CG/LA Infrastructure, Visiualizing Infrastructure Competitiveness: What's Real? What's Not?"
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Aviation, Bridges, Buses, Clean Air, Congestion, Environment, Green, High Speed Rail, Highway, Local, National, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, Smart Grid, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Telecommunications, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning

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Transportation Performance Index 2011 Update

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

High performing infrastructure is the foundation for U.S. economic competitiveness in a global age. After all, America’s infrastructure—transportation, telecommunications, energy, and water systems—forms the physical platform of our $14 trillion free enterprise economy.

By all accounts, the nation’s transportation networks continue to languish. Numerous recent reports have called attention to the dire condition of transportation infrastructure in the United States. These reports have all called for additional investment citing potentially disastrous effects on the economy, from manufacturing to real estate and ultimately, to the nation’s global competitiveness. None of these reports focused on the performance of transportation infrastructure and the relationship between performance and economic growth.

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Tags: Transportation Performance Index, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Posted in Aviation, Buses, Congestion, Infra Views, National, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, Transit

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Transit Access and Zero-Vehicle Households

Friday, August 19th, 2011

BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

Americans possess a well-documented dependency on the automobile—and nowhere is that clearer than in how Americans travel to work. Over three-quarters of commuters drive alone to work, with another 10 percent carpooling. Considering that Americans registered over 133 million private and commercial vehicles in 2009, it makes sense that so many people would drive. However, there remain over 10 million American households who do not own a private vehicle.

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Tags: Brookings Institution, Transit Access and Zero-Vehicle Households
Posted in Buses, Employment, Infra Views, Jobs, National, Public Transportation, Transit, Urban Planning

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Public Perceptions on Transportation Characteristics of Livable Communities: The 2009 Omnibus Household Survey

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
Responses to the 2009 OHS suggest that a majority of the public considered it important to have a wide range of transportation alternatives. The majority also strongly supported the provision of facilities that permit continued reliance on the personal automobile in the community in which they live.

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Tags: BTS, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Jenny Guarino, OHS, Pheny Weidman, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, RITA, Survey. Omnibus Household Survey
Posted in Biking, Buses, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Rail, Roads, Transit, Urban Planning

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The Maturing of America: Communities Moving Forward for an Aging Population

Friday, July 15th, 2011

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING
Two powerful phenomena have come face-to-face this year, demanding urgent attention. One is demographic: the rapid and dramatic aging of the U.S. population. In 2011, in communities across the country, the leading edge of the Baby Boom generation reached age 65. By 2030, more than 70 million Americans—twice the number in 2000—will be 65 and older. At that time, older adults will comprise nearly one in five Americans.

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Tags: N4A, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Buses, Infra Views, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Smart Growth, Urban Planning

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Hollywood Infrastructure: Gone in 60 Seconds

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Many say that infrastructure is not sexy, but the film industry has been proving the opposite for decades. InfrastructureUSA’s video series, HOLLYWOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, pays homage to one of our greatest silver-screen stars.

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Tags: Angelina Jolie, California, Gone in 60 Seconds, Hollywood Infrastructure, Los Angeles, Nicholas Cage
Posted in Bridges, Buses, Congestion, Highway, Local, Public Transportation, Roads, Show Us Your Infra

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