Infrastructure

BART East bay

Where BART's New Extension to the Fringe Went Wrong

This story begins and ends with a freeway.

August 29, 2017 - The Bay City Beacon

Miami Brightline Construction

Trump Administration Kills Obama Era Local Hiring Program

The U.S. Department of Transportation quietly killed an Obama Administration program that would have been the only federal level local hiring initiative.

August 28, 2017 - The New York Times

Nation's First All-Electric Bus Route Launches in Stockton, California

A city once infamous for municipal bankruptcy is now setting a standard for public transit technology.

August 26, 2017 - Capital Public Radio

First Span of Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Opened Last Night

The westbound 3.1-mile span from Tarrytown across the Hudson River to South Nyack in Rockland County stands adjacent to the 62-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge that will be dismantled next year. The new $3.9 billion bridge was built on-time and on-budget.

August 26, 2017 - CBS This Morning

Wildfire

Climate Change Impacts at the County Level

A recent study lends new specificity of the human cost and economic damage wreaked by climate change in the coming decades.

August 26, 2017 - Governing

Raising the Alarms as Hurricane Harvey Heads for Houston and the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Harvey was expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday. If the damage in human and economic terms is terrible, a lack of infrastructure maintenance and development responsibility will be to blame.

August 26, 2017 - CityLab

Chicago, Illinois

Federal Approval, But No Funding for Chicago Toll Lanes

Though the federal government approved the plan for toll lanes, called managed lanes in Illinois, the state lacks the funding to implement the idea. Two toll lane proposals are currently in limbo.

August 25, 2017 - CBS Chicago

New Bay Area Commuter Rail Service Begins Today

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) train is set to start service Friday, running between Sonoma and Marin Counties in the Bay Area. Future extensions are planned that to take it to Larkspur for ferry service to San Francisco.

August 25, 2017 - SF Gate

Hawthorne, California

Elon Musk Cleared to Tunnel in Southern California

Elon Musk will get a first chance to prove predictions that the Boring Company can improve tunneling technology after the city of Hawthorne in Los Angeles County approved his plan to build a two-mile tunnel.

August 24, 2017 - Daily Breeze

Empty Parking Lot

AVs and Real Estate - A Guide to Potential Impacts

AVs are more than a transportation issue and will have significant impacts on real estate. Expect AVs to affect parking, sprawl, housing prices, and transit.

August 24, 2017 - Urbanism Next Blog - Sustainable Cities Initiative

Freeway Cap Park

Bellevue, Washington Could Put a 'Lid' on its Freeway

The idea is still very preliminary, but the city of Bellevue, Washington is circulating a plan that could create a freeway cap park spanning the I-405 freeway as a component of a new bike and pedestrian path.

August 24, 2017 - The Registry

Take a Tour of the New 111th Street Protected Bike Lane in Queens

Streetfilms was on hand to celebrate a hard-fought win for the community.

August 24, 2017 - StreetsBlog NYC

Sprawl

The Tax Code's Special Interest: Suburban Real Estate

Suburbia isn't an accident.

August 24, 2017 - Devon Marisa Zuegel

Parking

Underwater Parking Garages: Why Not, Boston?

Underwater parking garages have been constructed in Europe, and Boston seems like the perfect opportunity to bring the idea to the United States.

August 23, 2017 - The Boston Globe

Shasta

California to Consider 12 New Water Storage Facilities

A total of $2.7 billion will be awarded to a potential list of 12 water storage projects, thanks to funding from California's Proposition 1, approved by voters in 2014.

August 23, 2017 - The Mercury News

Purple Line Extension

U.S. DOT Brings Maryland Purple Line Back From the Dead

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the state of Maryland are expected to sign a funding agreement next week for the Purple Line between Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

August 23, 2017 - The Washington Post

Miami

Toward Better Public-Private Partnerships in Resilience Planning

The public sector and the private sector need a better system of incentives to deliver on the infrastructure and development investments necessary to prepare for climate change and other environmental threats.

August 22, 2017 - Smart Cities Dive

20's Plenty

Boston Neighborhoods Asking for Slower, Safer Streets

Rather than focusing only on which streets are most dangerous, Boston officials asked which neighborhoods wanted safety improvements to slow traffic, 45 different communities around the city said they did.

August 22, 2017 - Next City

Downtown Shreveport and Red River

Shreveport Planning Committee Approves New Highway Through Historically Black Neighborhood

A key committee of the Metropolitan Planning Organization for Shreveport, Louisiana approved a new highway through the neighborhood of Allendale, a historic but struggling neighborhood adjacent to downtown.

August 22, 2017 - Shreveport Times

Autonomous Vehicle

'Smart Road' Pilot Project Coming to Kansas City

The infrastructure to support a future of connected cars and automated vehicles is one step closer to reality.

August 21, 2017 - Government Technology

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Planning for Universal Design

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Home and Land Services Coordinator

Appalachian Highlands Housing Partners

Associate/Senior Planner

Gallatin County Department of Planning & Community Development

Senior Planner

Heyer Gruel & Associates PA

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