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Archive for the ‘Transit’ Category

Maricopa County, AZ: State Route 24 (Gateway Freeway)

Monday, May 20th, 2013

Also known as the Gateway Freeway, SR 24 is designed to span one mile between Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) and Ellsworth Road. When construction is finished in fall 2013, this new east valley freeway will feature a freeway to freeway interchange, complete with elevated ramps connecting to and from Loop 202 near Hawes Road. -ArizonaDOT [...]

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Analysis of Railroad Energy Efficiency in the United States

Monday, May 20th, 2013

UPPER GREAT PLAINS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Introduction The fuel efficiency of freight transportation is a critical issue in the United States in light of the price volatility of fuels and America’s dependence upon foreign sources of petroleum. Moreover, fuel efficiency is important to environmental policy. The burning of fossil fuels for transportation purposes results in the [...]

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Seattle, WA: SR 99 Tunneling Machine Animation

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Courtesy of Hitachi Zosen Corp., this animation shows how the world’s largest tunneling machine works. – wsdot on YouTube

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Analyzing the Effects of Transit Network Change: A Case Study of Tallahassee, Florida

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

MINETA 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.

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Troy, MI: Greening the Automobile Industry

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

The members of Sheet Metal Workers 292 in Michigan talk about how their new paint shops are making auto industry cleaner and more environmentally responsible while also cutting costs and creating jobs. -bluegreenalliance on YouTube.

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Green Electricity and Transportation (GET) Smart

Friday, May 10th, 2013

POLICY 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.

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Atlanta, GA: Beltline Bridge Lift Time Lapse

Monday, May 6th, 2013

During the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail construction, crews had to hoist up the bridge over Ponce de Leon near Ponce City Market. Atlanta Beltline Bridge Lift Time Lapse at Ponce City Market from Gnoggin Studios on Vimeo.

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Minnesota DOT: How Potholes are Formed

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

- rfilipczak on YouTube

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California High Speed Rail: An Updated Due Diligence Report

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

REASON FOUNDATION
Reason Foundation’s 2008 report, The California High Speed Rail Proposal: A Due Diligence Report, warned that plans by the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA or Authority) issued prior to and during 2008 were inaccurate, misleading and not in compliance with California statutes.

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