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 Transportationist
Road Rent – On the Opportunity Cost of Land Used for Roads - There are a number of ways to view the cost of automobile travel. For instance We can look at the congestion costs imposed [link]. We can...
Are Australian Vehicles Getting Bigger? - ABC Radio Sydney called me and asked essentially: `Are Australian Cars Getting Bigger?’ The short answer is ‘No.’
An empirical study of the deviation between actual and shortest travel time paths - Recently published Tang, W., and Levinson, D. (2018) An empirical study of the deviation between actual and shortest travel time paths. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering,...
The City Fix
Kate Logan on How Data Transparency and Social Media Are Cleaning Up China’s Air: Fighting for Blue Skies Part 2/3 - In 2010, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing began reporting data on local air quality from a monitoring station on its roof. Once the dismal numbers...
Raahgiri 2.0: Re-Engineering Car-Free Days for Smaller Cities in India - If you drive out of New Delhi west along National Highway 48, you will find yourself reaching a small district in Haryana state named Jhajjar....
There’s an Easy Way for National Governments to Help Cities Act on Climate Change—Give Them Data - Thousands of cities have committed to act on climate change, but few have yet turned their goals into tangible results. One of the important items that...
Podcast Topic Information: (in order of related podcast date)
The following links contain information related to the podcast interviews on this website.
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
https://www.sfcta.org/Federal Highway Administration video on bridge inspection standards
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/federal-aidessentials/catmod.cfm?id=87Bus Rapid Transit Works: Countering the Myths, by S.L. Zimmerman and H.S. Levinson
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trnews/trnews303.pdfpages 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.pdfHigh Rise Fires and the Choice of Building Materials
http://www.nfpa.org/exteriorwallsDC Water’s Environmental Impact Bonds
https://www.dcwater.com/sites/default/files/project/documents/2017%20Fall%20PR-A%20Factsheet.pdfElevators and building design
http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/45fqq6ze9780252037542.htmlNew York City Water Supply System
http://www.bonelevine.net/water-works/CREATE
http://www.createprogram.org/Pennsylvania transportation funding
http://www.penndot.gov/about-us/Pages/Act-89-Funding-Plan.aspxASCE Report Card
https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/Nuisance Flooding
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/NOAA_Technical_Report_NOS_COOPS_073.pdfSavannah Harbor Expansion Project
http://www.gaports.com/shep/Sea level rise
http://www.georgetownclimate.org/adaptation-tool-kit-sea-level-rise-and-coastal-land-useSt. 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_189Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary
http://www.goldengatebridge75.org/Alternative Fuels
http://cta.ornl.gov/data/index.shtmlChallenging Inspections
http://www.wje.com/Transportation Data
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/03/20/no-data-big-problem/Panama Canal (I)
http://theinfrastructureshow.com/images/57.jpg
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Panama Canal (II)
http://theinfrastructureshow.com/images/58.jpg
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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_2New Materials
http://www.transstudio.comInland waterways – I
http://www.ittsresearch.org/adobe/ITTS-presentation-WCI-inland-navigation.pdfInland waterways – II
http://www.ittsresearch.org/adobe/ITTS-TRB-preformance-measures-conference-challanges-of-applying-freight-preformance-measures.pdfRecycled Plastic Bridges
http://theinfrastructureshow.com/audio/downloads/Worlds-First-Thermoplastic-Bridge.pdfPower Infrastructure
http://mydocs.epri.com/docs/CorporateDocuments/SectorPages/PDU/1017894TransmissionEfficiencyWorkshop11-09.pdf91 Express Lanes
http://www.octa.net/uploadedfiles/Files/pdf/cmp05.pdfI-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.
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