“The second of three installments of a documentary film done for a Political Science course at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, that examines the issue of transportation and energy usage, and promotes the diversification of the US transportation system through greater investment in rail and transit.” Video by Malcolm Kenton Check out Part 1 [kaltura-upload-widget [...]
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Top researchers, highway officials, producers and others who are working to advance the specification and performance of petroleum asphalts. For more than 40 years, research presented and discussed at the Petersen Asphalt Research Conference has led to safer, longer-lasting and more cost-effective highways throughout the world. The Pavement Performance Prediction Symposium (noon July 15 through [...]
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[kaltura-upload-widget wid='apl8x1u190' width='410' height='364' addpermission='0' editpermission='0' /] Video by Colin McCullough “We made this video for the US PIRG video contest, which asks ‘What is your vision of sustainable transportation of the future?’ Public transportation will play a major role, but no realistic vision of transportation should leave out electric cars and trucks.”
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I think this one gets filed under, “Asking for forgiveness is easier than asking for permission.” http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-583-19643-1,00.html A group of cyclists in LA painted their own bike lane on a dangerous bridge crossing. The lane lasted all of 100 hours before the DOT removed it and, comically, created another bike lane unintentionally The article also [...]
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Completed 1917, passes below east new york, Brooklyn and is no longer in service. photo: Jeremy Blakeslee
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Built by the Philadelphia and Reading Terminal Railroad 1893, it now sits quiet. photo: Jeremy Blakeslee
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Finally a site that has some real coverage of our urban sprawling as it happens, past, present, and future. We need more awareness of the issues and how to deal with them, one road at a time!
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