MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
This study assesses the overall employment, education, and training needs associated with building the California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) network.
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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
This study assesses the overall employment, education, and training needs associated with building the California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) network.
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Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA was a participant at the 5th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Convention, held from March 7th to March 9th in Washington, DC.
Steve also spoke with John Horsley, Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officals (AASHTO), Bill Johnson, Director for the Port of Miami, and Mortimer Downey, former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, currently Senior Advisor, Parsons Brinckerhoff.
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(Best viewed in the HD setting and full screen) This time-lapse captures the construction work of The City of Oakland (California) Measure DD, 12th Street Reconstruction Project, between January 10, 2011 and March 9, 2012. (The final version of the time-lapse video will be complete in the Fall of 2012 when the work is scheduled [...]
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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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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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BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
The Great Recession reset the world economic map. Suddenly, with the bulk of the world’s economic growth transferred beyond the borders of a recession-mired West and into emerging markets, American metropolitan areas and the nation as a whole were left to cast about for new sources of growth.
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This is the first in a series of posts Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA was a participant at the US High Speed Rail Association’s 2012 summit, held from February 28th to March 1st in Washington, DC. After addressing those attending the conference, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood spoke with Steve about high speed rail [...]
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US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
A changing climate presents a challenge to the planners and designers of the built environment. Building professionals will need to incorporate strategies that consider future climate change within their region. This contrasts with the current practice of basing building and neighborhood design decisions on historic climate data.
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The documentary ‘Thinking Cities’ deals with one of the most dramatic societal trends happening today: urbanization. The world population is expected to soar to more than 9 billion people by 2050, with roughly 70 percent living in cities. At the same time, Information Communications Technology (ICT) is extending its reach.
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