Ports

Preserving Brooklyn's Industrial Heritage on its Waterfronts

While the rest of the city's waterfronts are to be developed as public promenades, much of Brooklyn wants to retain its previous industrial uses. Liana Grey reports.
5 November 2011 - 7:00am
Real Estate Weeky

Partisanship Stalls Infrastructure Investment, Says Blumenauer

Congressional support for transportation and infrastructure projects has traditionally been bipartisan. In an interview, Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon discusses how political tantrums in Congress may handicap the US in the long run.
10 October 2011 - 11:00am
The Planning Report

Florida Port Dredging Project Hinges on Federal Funding

Florida isn't getting high speed rail, but it will soon have a deeper port that's able to accept more shipments.
20 March 2011 - 11:00am
Transportation Nation

Rio Begins Work on Massive Port Renovation

Ahead of the 2016 Olympics, the host city of Rio de Janeiro is embarking on a massive redevelopment plan in its decaying port area.
21 February 2011 - 7:00am
Xinhua

The Not-So-Good Impact of Goods Movement

A group of researchers and activists met recently to discuss the role of goods movement and logistics in and around ports, and how the industry contributes to local pollution problems and skews highway spending.
30 October 2010 - 11:00am
Streetsblog

Infrastructure Investment Stimulating Job Creation in Southern California

Major hubs of transportation and logistics are planning major capital investments in Southern California over the next several years.
9 August 2010 - 8:00am
The Planning Report

L.A.'s High Line West

A new linear park project near L.A.'s port seeks to ride the success of New York City's High Line park.
2 July 2010 - 6:00am
The Architect's Newspaper

A Successful "Blue-Green Alliance" At Port Of LA

The single largest source of air pollution in Southern California are the Ports of LA and Long Beach. Environmentalists, environmental justice advocates, and Teamsters are working together to replace offending diesel drayage trucks.
1 March 2010 - 8:00am
The New York Times - Business

Cleveland Looks to Remake Waterfront

Planning commissioners in Cleveland are pushing forward a plan to revitalize the city's waterfront and port.
7 December 2009 - 2:00pm
The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Megaregions and Megaproblems

As America's metropolitan areas meld into "megaregions", officials and policymakers will need to figure out how to deal with their shared and growing infrastructure problems. Consider the ball rolling.
25 June 2009 - 5:00am

Ports and the Public-Private Partnership

Without their own dedicated federal funding, U.S. ports are often left to provide for themselves. More and more of them are turning to public-private partnerships.
27 April 2009 - 5:00am
Reason

Ports Weather Recession as Investments Pour In

The entire country is in recession, but the nation's ports are experiencing a flood of interest from investors, according to this article from Reason.
30 March 2009 - 5:00am
Reason Foundation

Teamsters And Enviros Unite

The Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports’ new Clean Trucks program is the object of a legal battle pitting Teamsters, environmental and public health groups, the NAACP, and community groups demanding clean air against trucking companies and shippers.
8 December 2008 - 12:00pm
Los Angeles Times

Gulfport Making No Small Plans Either

Gulfport, Mississippi lays plans to be the home of America's largest container port facility.
16 September 2008 - 10:00am
Sun Herald

New Port Plans Moving Forward in Mexico

Mexico is moving forward with plans to construct a large international shipping port in Baja California -- an attempt to rival the Los Angeles-Long Beach port powerhouse.
29 August 2008 - 6:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Port of L.A.'s Clean Trucks Plan Draws Private Sector Critique

Differences between the clean trucks programs at the ports of Long Beach and L.A. may bring months of litigation, derailing clean air efforts at the nation's largest port complex.
4 April 2008 - 5:00am
The Planning Report
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