Posts Tagged ‘America 2050’

Guest on The Infra Blog: Petra Todorovich, Director, America 2050

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

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.

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Fast forward on Infra? High-Speed Rail Announcement

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Here is what the White House announced on January 28th:

“… the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is awarding $8 billion to states across the country to develop America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), these dollars represent an historic investment in the country’s transportation infrastructure, which will help create jobs and transform travel in America.”

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Busiest Rail Corridor in the Country Excluded from Largest Grants of Rail Stimulus Money

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
Competition is heating up over the federal government’s $8 billion high-speed rail program, with grants due to be announced in early 2010. Leading contenders for the largest category of funding - “Track 2-Programs” for rail corridors, as opposed to site-specific projects - include corridors in California, Florida, North Carolina and the Midwest, among other smaller routes in the Northeast like the Philadelphia-Harrisburg, New York-Albany, and New Haven-Springfield.

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A Systems Approach to Water Resources

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

AMERICA 2050/ REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
“Climate change, underfunded infrastructure, outdated management approaches, and the pressures of urbanization are creating a looming crisis for America’s water…”

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Let’s Give Americans a Chance to Own America

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

AMERICA 2050/ REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
“Rather than adding hundreds of billions of dollars to the national debt to pay for our long-overdue infrastructure revival, perhaps the President and Congress should consider an alternative path…”

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Energy and Climate Change

Friday, June 5th, 2009

AMERICA 2050/ REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION
“America’s response to the dual challenge of meeting its growing energy needs and responding to the threat of global climate change will define its ability to compete globally in the 21st century…”

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