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.
View this complete post...Archive for the ‘Public Transportation’ Category
Guest on The Infra Blog: Petra Todorovich, Director, America 2050
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Subway Animation - Brooklyn to Manhattan / MIA - Paper Planes
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Subway Animation - Brooklyn to Manhattan. Background music: M.I.A - Paper Planes
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The Route to Reform: Blueprint for a 21st Century Federal Transportation Program
Thursday, February 18th, 2010…America stands in desperate need of a new vision for our national transportation system. Just as the Interstate highway bill answered some of the most pressing mobility needs of the rapidly growing nation in the mid-20th century, a new federal surface transportation bill must answer the vastly different needs of America in the 21st century. The next transportation program must set about the urgent task of repairing and maintaining our existing transportation assets, building a more well-rounded transportation network, and making our current system work more efficiently and safely to create complete and healthy communities…
View this complete post...Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010POLICYLINK
In St. Louis, MO, major cuts in bus service this spring left workers, students, disabled people, and elderly residents stranded and feeling bereft. Stuart and Dianne Falk, who are both in wheelchairs, told CNN they no longer would be able to get to the gym or the downtown theater company where they volunteer. “To be saddled, to be imprisoned, that is what it is going to feeling like,” Stuart Falk said…
FUTURE MOBILITY IN CALIFORNIA: The Condition, Use and Funding of California’s Roads, Bridges and Transit System
Thursday, January 21st, 2010California faces an estimated annual transportation funding shortfall of $10.9 billion to improve the state’s roads, bridges and public transportation systems. The state’s residents incur a significant cost as a result of roads and highways being congested, deteriorated or lacking some desirable safety features. A failure to eliminate or reduce the state’s transportation funding shortfall will likely increase these costs incurred by Californians…
View this complete post...Excerpts from The Brian Lehrer Show, with Gov. Rendell and Steve Anderson
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Wednesday, 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.
View this complete post...Transportation, Small Towns, and Rural Communities
Thursday, January 14th, 2010TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA
Access to jobs, schools, shopping, and critical community services is vital for Americans living in small cities and towns, and rural communities. But all too often there aren’t options for getting around, forcing families to drive long distances on poorly maintained roads to reach everyday destinations. By failing to preserve our existing transportation network and harness the power of new technologies, we are leaving millions of Americans isolated from economic opportunity…
Written Comments from Brian Lehrer’s Radio Show on WNYC, with PA Governor Rendell and Steve Anderson, Managing Director, InfrastructureUSA
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Steve from Brooklyn
“I travel back and forth to Baltimore and Boston for work, and I prefer trains to planes. What’s going on with the high speed trains in the Northeast? When can I take a high speed train to Maine?”
Lorraine from Westchester
“Lots of talk about money for schools, but not so much about the buildings themselves. My school had has heating problems since October. Teachers and students are wearing their coats indoors and we are told to “send memos” to various administrators! It’s been a very cold winter.”
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