Bridges

Investing in Infrastructure

Private investors are increasingly putting their money into infrastructure assets like bridges and windmills.

20 November 2009 - 7:00am

The Globe and Mail

Solar-lit Footbridge Opens in Brisbane

Last month saw the debut of one of the world's longest footbridges, which also happens to be 100% solar-powered. 36,500 people are projected to walk across the bridge each week.

6 November 2009 - 8:00am

Inhabitat

Dedicated Non-Motorist Lane on Vancouver Bridge Finds Public Support

Residents in Vancouver are reportedly in favor of keeping a dedicated lane for pedestrians and cyclists on a local bridge. Even some motorists are in support.

3 November 2009 - 6:00am

The Vancouver Sun

Finding Public Space Wherever They Can in Cairo

Dense Cairo has few sanctioned public spaces. So residents make do wherever they can.

21 June 2009 - 5:00am

The New York Times

London Mayor Calls for 'Living Bridge'

London Mayor Boris Johnson has revived old plans to build a new bridge across the Thames River, complete with habitable structures and shops.

6 May 2009 - 7:00am

Evening Standard

The Planetizen News Brief - 4/30/09

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The missing Office of Urban Policy, the unlikely success of a park under a bridge, and a plan to map the nation's playgrounds, all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

30 April 2009 - 5:00am

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Russia Plans Bridge to Nowhere

The Russian government is building a 2-mile bridge from Vladivostok to a tiny island in preparation for the 2012 Asia Pacific Economic Summit. Many in the country say the $1 billion plan is a waste of money and a bridge to nowhere.

27 April 2009 - 1:00pm

The New York Times

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Under the Bridge: A New Park Surprises in Providence

The park under a new bridge in Providence succeeds in creating an interesting space in the city, and shows that concrete doesn't have to be dull.

26 April 2009 - 11:00am

The Providence Journal

Redirecting Bridge Funding Could Create Citywide Light Rail for Vancouver

A public-private partnership that would have built a new 10-lane bridge in British Columbia has fallen apart, leaving the $3.1 billion tab on the BC government. Researchers say that much money could build a 200-km light rail system instead.

27 March 2009 - 8:00am

The Tyee

Art to Bring New York Plaza Back to the Public

In an effort to reclaim a public plaza at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge that was demolished in the 1960s by Robert Moses, artist Brian Tolle is reconstructing the statues that once adorned the plaza.

14 March 2009 - 7:00am

Bloomberg

How States are Divvying Up the Transportation Money

This article provides a general breakdown of how state governments plan to use the first installment of transportation spending money from the stimulus. The leeway states have in how to spend has sparked debates among legislators.

5 March 2009 - 7:00am

The New York Times

Congestion Control Demanded for New 12-Lane Bridge

The mayors of Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington have come to an agreement about the size of a new bridge that will connect the two cities -- but on the condition that a bistate commission be set up to control congestion through tolling.

4 March 2009 - 11:00am

The Oregonian

Going After Graffiti

The city of San Marcos, Texas, near Austin, plans harsher measures to crack down on graffiti, including holding a minor's parents responsible and banning certain graffiti-making tools.

10 February 2009 - 7:00am

Austin American-Statesman

Concerns Over Tolls and Sprawl May Determine Bridge Width

Plans for a new bridge over the Columbia River in Oregon have local officials in a debate over lanes, tolls and sprawl.

29 January 2009 - 5:00am

The Oregonian

Portrait of a Cloverleaf

Granville Bridge was built in 1954 for a growing Vancouver, with giant cloverleaf offramps on each end. Today, the city has taken a different direction.

23 January 2009 - 12:00pm

Price Tags

Wind Turbine Bridge Stirs Imaginations

A proposed bridge going over the Columbia River in the Portland-Vancouver area may be able to power itself with wind turbines integrated right onto the design.

15 January 2009 - 10:00am

OregonLive

'Ready' Road Projects Could Create 1.8 Million Jobs

More than 5,000 road and bridge projects are "ready to go". They still need funding, but could provide nearly 2 million jobs if Congress approves infrastructure spending.

12 December 2008 - 1:00pm

CNN

Residents Say Bridge Design Doesn't Fit

New bridge plans for the New York community of City Island has residents up in arms over what they see as an incompatible design.

20 November 2008 - 7:00am

The New York Times

Bridge Planners Face Hurdles in Portland

As new design requirements come in at a late stage, bridge planners in Portland are trying to nail down a design for the new light rail bridge that is affordable, appropriate and beautiful. But the beauty aspect may fall to economics.

11 October 2008 - 5:00am

The Oregonian