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/
One Big Chinese Lesson for America’s Infrastructure Plan | Bloomberg - David Fickling at Bloomberg writes: One Big Chinese Lesson for America’s Infrastructure Plan It’s not just about laying down tracks for superfast trains. It’s...
Recent Research on Video: Lane Changing, Injury Severity, and Measuring Traffic from Moving Probes - Ang Ji, a PhD student at TransportLab, published 5 papers last year. He has created videos of presentations of those papers for those who prefer...
Auto buybacks: Cash for ICE — Accelerating the Transition to EVs (and AVs while we are at it) - One of the undiscussed features of transport electrification is the large number of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that will remain on the road in...
The City Fix
U.S. Cities Bought More Renewable Energy Than Ever in 2020. Here’s How - As the world reels from the financial blow of COVID-19, local governments in the United States are under huge pressure as cities and counties face...
Lessons from Delhi on Making Mobility Data Work Better for Women - The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted public transportation as an essential service for the functioning of all cities. But especially for many women, the closures and...
A Green Recovery Starts with Cities - National governments face an enormous triple challenge right now: recovering from COVID-19, creating sustainable and inclusive development, and addressing the climate crisis. New research shows that focusing on cities...
Streetsblog USA
Podcast Topic Information: (in order of related podcast date)
The following links contain information related to the podcast interviews on this website.
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.