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/

Substack - Most of my new writing will be over on Substack … So, if you don’t already, follow me over there, as this blog becomes...

#NearerInTime - A collection from my #NearerInTime hashtag on #TwitterRIP. The ideas behind #NearerInTime are several: You are old if you remember these things. These things, which...

A bifurcation of the peak: New patterns of traffic peaking during the COVID-19 era - Recently published: Gao, Yang and Levinson, D. (2022) A bifurcation of the peak: New patterns of traffic peaking during the COVID-19 era. Transportation. [doi] This...

The City Fix

https://thecityfix.com/

Transforming Transportation 2023: Accelerating Toward Green and Inclusive Mobility - After two years of unprecedented disruption to transport globally and two years of virtual conferences, Transforming Transportation returned to Washington, DC, March 14-15. More than...

5 Shifts Needed to Transform Transportation Systems and Meet Climate Goals - Transportation connects us to one another. It’s how we get to school and work, how we visit our families, and how we access our food...

5 Key Transport Challenges Facing Developing Countries and What to Do About Them - Transportation is a crucial enabler of economic development, providing people access to markets, employment, education, and health services. In addition to these development benefits, improving...

Streetsblog USA

https://usa.streetsblog.org/

Podcast Topic Information: (in order of related podcast date)

The following links contain information related to the podcast interviews on this website.

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

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjP546g4v_gAhXEx4MKHSebAdQQFjAAegQIChAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonesanfrancisco.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Finline-files%2FATC-119-1_SF_TallBuildingsStudy_FINAL.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2oa3bSNXUkjx3892fbgxYs

Delaware Strategic Highway Safety Plan

https://www.deldot.gov/Programs/DSHSP/index.shtml

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=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

http://www.createprogram.org/

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

http://www.gaports.com/shep/

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

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
(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

http://www.transstudio.com

Inland waterways – I

http://www.ittsresearch.org/adobe/ITTS-presentation-WCI-inland-navigation.pdf

Inland waterways – II

http://www.ittsresearch.org/adobe/ITTS-TRB-preformance-measures-conference-challanges-of-applying-freight-preformance-measures.pdf

Recycled Plastic Bridges

http://theinfrastructureshow.com/audio/downloads/Worlds-First-Thermoplastic-Bridge.pdf

Power Infrastructure

http://mydocs.epri.com/docs/CorporateDocuments/SectorPages/PDU/1017894TransmissionEfficiencyWorkshop11-09.pdf

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.
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