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 newsletter: https://www.transportist.net
Transportist: June 2025 - Welcome to the latest issue of The Transportist, especially to our new readers. As always you can follow on Mastodon, or RSS....
A Real Foundation - The US National Science Foundation (NSF) was never really a foundation. Nor are the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) or the National Endowment for...
The "Future" is the Enemy of the Present - Planning for the “future” has become an excuse not to act for the here and now. Across cities, infrastructure, and government, long-term visions are...
The City Fix
From Work to Transportation, Extreme Heat Is Reshaping Urban Life - By midday in Mathare, a densely populated informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, the sun beats down on the tight rows of wooden stalls and corrugated...
Teenage Mothers in Mathare 4B Lead Climate Action Through Urban Farming - In the heart of Nairobi’s Mathare slums, a quiet but powerful revolution is growing – one plant at a time. Teenage mothers, often marginalized and...
The Compelling Business Case for Climate Adaptation - Extreme weather events like floods and droughts are becoming more frequent and intense around the globe, disrupting communities and the infrastructure they rely on. In...
Streetsblog USA
Podcast Topic Information: (in order of related podcast date)
The following links contain information related to the podcast interviews on this website.
A.C. O’Conner, M.P. Gallaher, et al., “Economic Benefits of the Global Positioning System (GPS),” Final Report, June 2019.
NREL Storage Futures Study
https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/storage-futures.html
Building More Cost-effective Rail Transit
https://projectdelivery.enotrans.org/
Integrated Delivery Schedule - A South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program
VDOT SGR Bridge webpage
https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/state-of-good-repair/bridges.asp
Virginia State of the Structures and Bridges Reports
https://www.virginiadot.org/info/bridges/state-of-structures-and-bridges.asp
Virginia DOT Prioritization formula
The Golden Spike Tower
Federal Highway Administration Center for Innovative Finance Support
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/project_profiles/ny_goethals.aspx
How to find out if you have lead pipes
https://apps.npr.org/find-lead-pipes-in-your-home/en/#intro
2021 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card
https://infrastructurereportcard.org/
Iowa Interstate Railroad
Iowa Interstate Railroad Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b2xrpbifCU
American Shortline and Regional Railroad Association
SubCom Undersea Fiber Optic Cable
https://www.subcom.com/#services
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.