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A 2008 report by the Federal Transit Administration, “Transit State of Good Repair,” said one-quarter of the nation’s bus and rail assets are in marginal or poor condition. Still, any federal mass-transit inspections or findings are nothing but symbolic at-best. Unlike with the Food and Drug Administration, for example, the government cannot recall flawed equipment or issue citations for ignoring recommendations.
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An interview with the ranking minority member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee about the recent developments of the transportation bill.
(8 votes) Loading ...The Monday Metro accident in Washington, D.C., when a train car rear-ended another killing nine people, involved some of the oldest cars in the city’s young subway system. The cars had already been said to have vulnerabilities. Washington, however, is not the exception for using equipment that is outdated.
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KCET, Community Television in Southern California - Can an emphasis on renewable energy not only fight climate change, but also restart America's faltering economy and create a boom in good paying jobs? KCET in Southern California - as a part of Blueprint America - examines how an unusual group of students at an East L.A. school and an economically hard hit community in the Antelope Valley are hoping to find gold in a green economy.
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - with Blueprint America - in a two part report looks at the bottlenecks of America's freight rail network, and the communities the trains intersect.
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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - with Blueprint America - in a report from the Midwest on the direction and congestion of America's freight rail network.
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Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr on the impact of freight moving through communities.
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Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr interviews Edward Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), about the state of freight rail in America today, as well as its future. The AAR represents the interests of the major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and Amtrak.
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A look back at the New Deal, and its projects that made America.
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Blueprint America: Road to the Future, an original documentary part of a PBS multi-platform series on the country's aging and changing infrastructure, will examine the choices we can make as the country invests in its infrastructure, and how they can affect the way we live.
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