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
A modest solution to the housing problem - Everyone (all the cool kids, anyway) says more housing is the solution to high rents and the urban housing shortage. To be sure, it...
Dr. Mengying Cui: Full cost accessibility
Access Across America: Auto 2016 - My peeps back in Minnesota released Access Across America: Auto 2016. They write: This study estimates the accessibility to jobs by auto for each of the...
The City Fix
Making India’s Streets Safer Means Confronting Political Economy Barriers - On average, two people die on Mumbai’s roads owing to traffic crashes every day. The city ranks seventh in the country in terms of absolute numbers...
Financing Sustainable Cities: New Tools Help Leaders Get from Aspiration to Action - By the year 2050, more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Cities are primary drivers of economic, cultural and political advancements...
A First Step Down the Road to Zero-Carbon Buildings in India - In 2013, the world’s cities accounted for 64 percent of primary energy use and 70 percent of CO2 emissions. Energy use in buildings is the...
Podcast Topic Information: (in order of related podcast date)
The following links contain information related to the podcast interviews on this website.
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.
All photos courtesy of Wikipedia.