These archival infra films show us how things used to be built, and how systems used to run.
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Posts Tagged ‘CA’
A Glimpse into the Past: Archival Infra Films
Thursday, May 19th, 2011California: High-Speed Rail Is at a Critical Juncture
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE
California’s proposed high–speed rail project would link the state’s major population centers, including Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, Orange County, and San Diego…In this report, we describe a number of problems that pose threats to the high–speed rail project’s successful development as envisioned by Proposition 1A.
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New Bike Lanes in Southern California’s Most Bike-Friendly City
Friday, April 29th, 2011Go take a ride down 3rd Street and Broadway to see the brand new bike lanes and bike signals!
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Photo Collection: Connected by Rail
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Guest on The Infra Blog: Cecilia Estolano, Chief Strategist on State and Local Initiatives, Green For All
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011As Green For All’s Chief Strategist on State and Local Initiatives, Cecilia Estolano oversees the organization’s State and Local Initiatives Team and Capital Access Program. She is charged with spearheading Green For All’s effort to scale public-private partnerships to grow family-supporting green jobs in cities across the United States, and advocates for broad access and opportunity in all sectors of the clean-energy economy.
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LA County: Analysis of the Economic Conditions Facing Low-Income MTA Riders, 2006-2010
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011BUS RIDERS UNION
Part one provides a profile of workers who use public transportation as their commute mode, and finds that a disproportionate share live in low-income households, are less likely to have access to a car, rent rather than own their homes, and belong to a minority group.
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Pathways Out of Poverty for Vulnerable Californians: Policies that Prepare the Workforce for Middle-Skill Infrastructure Jobs
Thursday, February 24th, 2011POLICYLINK
Infrastructure, so long relegated to the background in the worlds of economic policy, urban revitalization, and workforce development, has recently become the center of much more attention. Due to the federal economic stimulus, the growing interest in the green economy, and crises caused by underinvestment in public works, infrastructure has enjoyed a much higher profile of late.
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