Courtesy of Hitachi Zosen Corp., this animation shows how the world’s largest tunneling machine works. – wsdot on YouTube
View this complete post...
Archive for the ‘Public Transportation’ Category
Seattle, WA: SR 99 Tunneling Machine Animation
Friday, May 17th, 2013Could Snow Defeat Self Driving-Autonomous-Google Cars?
Friday, May 17th, 2013Transportation Issues Daily
Why would snow cause serious problems for self-driving cars? The answer is actually pretty obvious once you think about it. You might think the challenge is traction control, but there’s a more basic challenge.
View this complete post...
Analyzing the Effects of Transit Network Change: A Case Study of Tallahassee, Florida
Thursday, May 16th, 2013MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
On July 11, 2011, StarMetro, the local public transit agency in Tallahassee, Florida, restructured its entire bus network from a downtown-focused radial system to a decentralized, grid-like system that local officials and agency leaders believed would better serve the dispersed local pattern of population and employment.
View this complete post...
Guest on The Infra Blog: Mike Jacobs, The Union of Concerned Scientists
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013Mike Jacobs is leading the Union of Concerned Scientists’ work on electricity markets and regulatory reform. Topics include:
The Union of Concerned Scientists on Renewable Energy
Energy Independence
Making Electricity “Visible”
Consumer Choice: Greater than Ever
View this complete post...
Green Electricity and Transportation (GET) Smart
Friday, May 10th, 2013POLICY MATTERS OHIO
Ohioans spend a large amount of money on energy. In 2010, we spent $45 billion, nearly 10 percent of our state’s gross domestic product. Nearly half of those energy dollars (or more than $20 billion) was spent to fuel cars, trucks, and buses, and nearly all of which left the state or country in order to import oil. Ohio can reduce its dependence on imported oil by promoting electric vehicles (EVs) and buses, as well as passenger and freight rail.
View this complete post...
Growing Impact of Social Media in Transportation Public Engagement
Thursday, May 9th, 2013Transportation Issues Daily
Social media (or, as we prefer it, mobile media*) is changing the landscape of how organizations engage the public. Yet public agencies lag behind the private sector when it comes to using mobile media to gather information from and distribute information to customers and the public.
View this complete post...
Federal Funding: Don’t Read This, It Is Too Depressing
Friday, May 3rd, 2013Transportation Issues Daily
We know federal transportation funding is in bad shape. But the updated numbers from CBO are just downright depressing. The numbers were provided by the Congressional Budget Office during last week’s House Budget Committee.
View this complete post...
Knoxville, TN: Henley Bridge Construction
Friday, May 3rd, 2013Minnesota DOT: How Potholes are Formed
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013    |
Follow InfrastructureUSA
CATEGORIES
- Accountability (177)
- Aging Infrastructure (493)
- Aviation (53)
- Biking (130)
- Bipartisan (201)
- Bridges (283)
- Broadband (24)
- Buses (91)
- Carbon Tax (14)
- Clean Air (96)
- Climate Change (54)
- Competitiveness (137)
- Congestion (251)
- Dams (48)
- Democrat (98)
- Drinking Water (68)
- Economic Stimulus (250)
- Employment (127)
- Energy (227)
- Environment (231)
- Equity (79)
- Funding (411)
- Global (52)
- Great American Infrastructure (27)
- Green (179)
- Hazardous Waste (17)
- High Speed Rail (176)
- Highway (471)
- Inland Waterways (140)
- Jobs (166)
- Land Use (64)
- LEED (19)
- Levees (34)
- Local (833)
- National (797)
- Policy (494)
- Pollution (108)
- Private Investment (69)
- Public Opinion (105)
- Public Parks & Recreation (86)
- Public Transportation (619)
- Racism (6)
- Rail (344)
- Recession (63)
- Recovery (204)
- Republican (80)
- Roads (621)
- Schools (43)
- Seaports (29)
- Smart Grid (72)
- Smart Growth (260)
- Solid Waste (16)
- Sustainability (304)
- Tax (72)
- Technology (111)
- Telecommunications (20)
- Transit (796)
- Urban Planning (400)
- Wastewater (75)
- Water Treatment (70)
Show us your infra!
Show us your infra!
Video, stills and tales. Share images of the Infra in your community that demands attention. Post your ideas about national Infra issues. Go ahead. Show Us Your Infra! Upload and instantly share your message.
Polls
Polls
Is the administration moving fast enough on Infra issues? Are Americans prepared to pay more taxes for repairs? Should job creation be the guiding determination? Vote now!
Views
What do the experts think? This is where the nation's public policy organizations, trade associations and think tanks weigh in with analysis on Infra issues. Tell them what you think. Ask questions. Share a different view.
Blog
The Infra Blog offers cutting edge perspective on a broad spectrum of Infra topics. Frequent updates and provocative posts highlight hot button topics -- essential ingredients of a national Infra dialogue.
Home |
Show Us Your Infra! |
Infra Views |
The Infra Blog |
Infra Polls |
About |
Resources |
Contact |
RSS Feed
RSS Feed
© InfrastructureUSA | Terms of Use | Site developed by Andigo New Media
InfrastructureUSA is a project of the nonprofit Open Space Institute, Inc. as part of its Citizen Action Program.