The Infrastructure Show's Links of Interest
Links
The following are links to on-line sources of information and news on infrastructure topics.
Blogs/News:
The Transportist
Professor David Levinson’s blog: https://transportist.org/
A Review of Game Theory Models of Lane Changing - Recently published: Ji, Ang and Levinson, D. (2020) A Review of Game Theory Models of Lane Changing. Transportmetrica A. (online version) [doi] Driver lane-changing behaviours have...
Virus loading as a queue - Science could use more interdisciplinarity. Models from disparate disciplines can be transferred and may give insights, at least by analogy, if not direct mathematical application. Queueing...
Beautiful Access - What is beauty? A dictionary tells us: n. The quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is associated with such properties...
The City Fix
3 Steps to Scaling Up Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation - In Indonesia, climate change is already a pernicious threat. More than 30 million people across northern Java suffer from coastal flooding and erosion related to more severe...
Colombia’s New National Urban Mobility Policy Is Mostly a Good Thing - In the midst of COVID-19 precautions that have curtailed movement around the world, Colombia has released a new national road map for urban and regional...
6 Ways to Make City Streets Safer for Pedestrians - For many city leaders, more cars and more highways mean better transportation. And during the current pandemic, fear of COVID-19’s spread is pushing some to...
Podcast Topic Information: (in order of related podcast date)
The following links contain information related to the podcast interviews on this website.
Washington, DC Bridge Park
https://bbardc.org/project/11th-street-bridge-park/
New Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
MWRD’s Tunnel and Reservoir Plan
https://mwrd.org/tunnel-and-reservoir-plan
Public Safety Hazards
https://damsafety.org/public-safety-hazards
Calpine - The Geysers
Modeling Residual Flood Risk Behind Levees
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146290111630003X
N. Pinter, F. Huthoff, Jennifer Dierauer, Jonahan Remo, and Amanda Damptz, “Modeling residual flood risk behind levees, Upper Mississippi River, USA,” Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 58, Spring 2016, pp. 131-140.
Los Angeles Metro Project Tracker
https://www.metro.net/interactives/datatables/project/
Earthquake Resilience for San Francisco’s Tall Buildings
Delaware Strategic Highway Safety Plan
https://www.deldot.gov/Programs/DSHSP/index.shtml
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Federal Highway Administration video on bridge inspection standards
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/federal-aidessentials/catmod.cfm?id=87
Bus Rapid Transit Works: Countering the Myths, by S.L. Zimmerman and H.S. Levinson
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trnews/trnews303.pdf
pages 23-27
Regional Plan Association, "How Sea Level Rise Threatens the Tri State Region."
http://library.rpa.org/pdf/RPA-Under-Water-How-Sea-Level-Rise-Threatens-the-Tri-State-Region.pdf
High Rise Fires and the Choice of Building Materials
http://www.nfpa.org/exteriorwalls
DC Water’s Environmental Impact Bonds
https://www.dcwater.com/sites/default/files/project/documents/2017%20Fall%20PR-A%20Factsheet.pdf
Elevators and building design
http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/45fqq6ze9780252037542.html
New York City Water Supply System
http://www.bonelevine.net/water-works/
CREATE
Pennsylvania transportation funding
http://www.penndot.gov/about-us/Pages/Act-89-Funding-Plan.aspx
ASCE Report Card
https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/
Nuisance Flooding
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/NOAA_Technical_Report_NOS_COOPS_073.pdf
Savannah Harbor Expansion Project
Sea level rise
http://www.georgetownclimate.org/adaptation-tool-kit-sea-level-rise-and-coastal-land-use
St. Croix Crossing Project
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/stcroixcrossing/
Second Avenue Subway
http://www.mta.info/capconstr/sas/
The Eagle P3 East Rail Line
http://www.rtd-fastracks.com/main_189
Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary
http://www.goldengatebridge75.org/
Alternative Fuels
http://cta.ornl.gov/data/index.shtml
Challenging Inspections
Transportation Data
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/03/20/no-data-big-problem/
Panama Canal (I)
http://theinfrastructureshow.com/images/57.jpg
(Photo)
Panama Canal (II)
http://theinfrastructureshow.com/images/58.jpg
(Photo)
The Dulles Airport Metrorail Project
http://theinfrastructureshow.com/images/53.jpg
Structural Failures
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Engineer-Science-Global-Problems/dp/0307272451/ref=pd_rhf_shvl_2
New Materials
Inland waterways – I
http://www.ittsresearch.org/adobe/ITTS-presentation-WCI-inland-navigation.pdf
Inland waterways – II
Recycled Plastic Bridges
http://theinfrastructureshow.com/audio/downloads/Worlds-First-Thermoplastic-Bridge.pdf
Power Infrastructure
91 Express Lanes
http://www.octa.net/uploadedfiles/Files/pdf/cmp05.pdf
I-580 Ramp
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/mazedamage/
(scroll down to "Project Data")
New I-35W Bridge
http://www.figgbridge.com/new_I-35W_bridge_book.html
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Descriptions of photos at top of page, from left to right:
bicycle riders in a bike lane in the Chelsea District of New York, NY;
Nellis Solar Power Plant, Clark County, NV;
towboat and barge on the Chicago River in Chicago, IL;
VIA Metropolitan Transport bus in San Antonio, TX.
All photos courtesy of Wikipedia.