Archive for the ‘Congestion’ Category

Washington, DC: Pennsylvania Avenue Great Streets Project

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

District Mayor Vince Gray led a community celebration to mark the completion of the $35M Pennsylvania Avenue Great Streets Project. More than half of the funding was provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009 and this project put people to work and made this busy corridor safer for the residents who [...]

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Citystates: How Cities are Vital to the Future of Sustainability

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

SUSTAINABILITY
In the 21st century, cities will increasingly be the frame through which we understand and shape our shared economic, political and cultural circumstances. They will also be ground zero for the collision of economic, environmental and social imperatives that define sustainability.

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Boston, MA: The Silver Line BRT System

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

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Public Transportation Rider Report: Fourth Quarter 2011

Monday, March 12th, 2012

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION

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GOOD Attacks: A Traffic Infographic

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Video infographic about how we can reduce traffic in Los Angeles. Created by Mono: Mono-1.com www.good.is/ – GOODMagazine on YouTube

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New York, NY: East Side Access Project Update 2

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

The latest in a series of videos about the progress being made in the MTA/LIRR East Side Access (ESA) project. When completed, ESA will reduce commuting times by as much as 40 minutes a day for about 160,000 customers who currently travel to Penn Station and then must take a subway, bus or walk to [...]

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A Lost Opportunity to Influence the Debate

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 7 The President’s FY 2013 budget submission offered the Administration a rare opportunity to rise above partisanship and influence the ongoing  transportation reauthorization debate in a positive way.  It  provided a chance for the White House and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to assume a constructive role in mediating what could turn [...]

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Jarrett Walker, Author, “Human Transit – How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives”

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy.  He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America, Australia, and New Zealand.  He currently serves as a Principal Consultant with MRCagney based in Australia.  He provides expert advice to clients worldwide Born [...]

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Congestion in America A Growing Challenge to U.S. Energy Security

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

SECURING AMERICA’S FUTURE ENERGY
In February 2011, the Energy Security Leadership Council released a report entitled Transportation Policies for America’s Future. The report examined the challenges facing the U.S. transportation system in the 21st century and provided a vision and accompanying recommendations for a more efficient, analytically thorough, and market-driven approach to national transportation policy. Most importantly, it emphasized the crucial interaction between transportation policy decisions and the energy security challenge posed by U.S. oil dependence.

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2012 Pocket Guide to Transportation

Monday, January 30th, 2012

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration produces the Pocket Guide to Transportation as a compact resource that provides snapshots of the U.S. transportation system and highlights major transportation trends.

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