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Adapting Transportation to the Impacts of Climate Change

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
Report Dated June 2011
Regardless of what climate change mitigation strategies are adopted, the shorter-term effects of climate change mean that transportation policy makers, planners, and operators—across all modes—need to make changes to adapt to these effects. This E-Circular on adaptation, developed under the auspices of the TRB Special Task Force on Climate Change and Energy, is a companion to the TR News Special Edition issue of May–June 2010 on climate change mitigation.

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Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Environment, Infra Views, Recovery

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The Future of Our Transportation Infrastructure in a Car Crazed Culture

Monday, October 22nd, 2012

By Jack Payton William Faulkner once bemoaned our country’s automobile culture by dryly observing that “the American really loves nothing but his automobile: not his wife, his child, nor his country … but his motor-car.” It’s been over 60 years since he penned those lamenting words, but if anything, our collective reliance on the personal [...]

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Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Buses, Congestion, Highway, Public Transportation, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Transit

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Washington, D.C: M Street SE/SW Transportation Study Alternative 1

Monday, September 17th, 2012

A 3D visualization of proposed Alternative 1 from the the M Street SE/SW Transportation Study. More information is available at: http://www.anacostiawaterfront.org/awi-transportation-projects/m-street-se-sw-transportation-study/ See other alternatives here: Alternative 2 and Alternative 3 -DDOTVideos on YouTube.

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Posted in Local, Public Opinion, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Transit, Urban Planning

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Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 31

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: EERE INTRODUCTION In January 1976, the Transportation Energy Conservation (TEC) Division of the Energy Research and Development Administration contracted with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to prepare a Transportation Energy Conservation Data Book to be used by TEC staff in their evaluation of current and proposed conservation strategies. The major purposes [...]

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Posted in Energy, Infra Views, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Transit

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Advocates of Higher Spending Are Facing a Skeptical Audience

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 17

“It is our belief that once citizens become aware of the significant costs and risks associated with a compromised transportation system operating at less than optimal capacity, they will feel more compelled to demand calls for action that will, in turn, prompt policymakers to act.”

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Posted in Economic Stimulus, Funding, Guest Post, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Tax, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Transportation Investment as Part of a Deficit-Reduction Package

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION

Introduction

The need to cut our national debt and annual budget deficits is likely to be a force in policy considerations for many years to come. The Congressional Budget Office’s January 2012 Budget and Economic Outlook projects a $1.1 trillion federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2012, assuming current laws remain unchanged.

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Runaway Spending: Private Contractors Increase the Cost of School Student Transportation Services in Pennsylvania

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

KEYSTONE RESEARCH CENTER

Executive Summary

This study examines the cost of transportation services for Pennsylvania’s school districts, focusing especially on the impact on costs of contracting out. Using data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education from 1986 to 2008, the study statistically analyzes total costs, the costs to the state, and the costs to local school districts. On average 72% of transportation services were contracted out by Pennsylvania school districts in 2008, up from 62% in 1986.

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The Dynamic Population of Manhattan

Monday, March 5th, 2012

NYU RUDIN CENTER
We cannot understand Manhattan in the 21st century by relying on conventional measures of urban activity. Simply put, Manhattan consists of much more than its residential population and daily workforce. This island, measuring just 22.96 square miles, serves approximately 4 million people on a typical weekday, 2.9 million on a weekend day, and a weekday night population of 2.05 million. Manhattan, with a residential population of 1.6 million more than doubles its daytime population as a result of the complex network of tunnels, bridges, railroad lines, subways, commuter rail, ferry systems, bicycle lanes, and pedestrian walkways that link Manhattan to the surrounding counties, cities and towns.

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US DOT: Budget Highlights Fiscal Year 2013

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Investment in transportation is critical to the success of our Nation’s economy. The FY 2013 President’s Budget request will enable us to build America’s infrastructure for the future— while putting people back to work today.

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Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus, Funding, High Speed Rail, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, Telecommunications, Transit

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Can Public–Private Partnerships Fill the Transportation Funding Gap?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Given tight federal budget restraints and shrinking transportation trust fund revenues, states and the federal government need to find alternative financial resources to finance needed transportation infrastructure projects, especially maintaining and expanding the capacity of the Interstate Highway System. Increased use of public–private partnership contracts (P3s) promises to help finance some of the needed infrastructure projects, but the federal government needs to allow states more freedom to use P3s, and states need to adopt the policies and practices needed to use P3s effectively.

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