North Carolina is among the fastest growing states in America. How the state designs its cities for 21st Century living and the efficient transport of goods and services will determine continued growth in the future.
UNC-TV -- as a part of Blueprint America -- looks at North Carolina's most pressing concerns around transportation infrastructure and creative solutions for the future.
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PARTNER STATIONS :: October 29th, 2009
Partner Stations: Blueprint North Carolina
Partner Stations :: October 29th, 2009
Partner Stations: Blueprint Pennsylvania
A dialogue is under way that could lead to a "Blueprint for Prosperity" for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The concept, which has been put to use in other cities across the country, involves engaging so-called "anchor institutions" in economic revitalization efforts.
WITF public television in Pennsylvania -- as a part of Blueprint America -- plays host to the first conversation on revitalizing the center region of the state.
BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: July 17th, 2009
Road to the Future: Interview: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
In May, the Secretary of Transportation talked with Blueprint America for the Road to the Future documentary on PBS. Sec. LaHood's comments illustrate that the Administration wants transportation reform, but just not now -- especially if it means raising the gas tax in these economic times.
BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: July 16th, 2009
Partner Stations: Blueprint Colorado
An update to the Blueprint Colorado project: A series of short videos produced by Rocky Mountain PBS on Denver's Living Streets initiative.
Then, Colorado State of Mind on Rocky Mountain PBS talks with Colorado's state planners to see how the state is managing its infrastructure.
BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: June 19th, 2009
Partner Stations: Blueprint California
No longer is the argument for investment in renewable energy just about climate change. As America's economy is in rescission, renewable energy could create a boom in good paying jobs -- 'green jobs'. KCET in Southern California reports how some untypical students at an East Los Angeles school and an economically hard hit community are hoping to make it in a green economy.
BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: June 5th, 2009
Road to the Future: Overview
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.
BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: June 5th, 2009
Building the National Infrastructure Bank: Overview
President Barack Obama has called for the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank. The intention: To create a structure so public works projects could be, according to the President while campaigning last year, “determined not by politics, but by what will maximize our safety and homeland security; what will keep our environment clean and our economy strong.” Still, it is unclear how a National Infrastructure Bank would function -- or even be established.
Blueprint America looks at the possibility of the Bank -- both the design and implementation of -- in interviews with Felix Rohatyn, author of Bold Endeavors: How our government built America, and why it must rebuild now, and Stan Hazelroth, Executive Director of the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank. Additionally, a breakdown of the progress of the National Infrastructure Bank so far.
Blueprint America :: June 5th, 2009
Partner Stations: Overview
In partnership with Blueprint America, ten public television stations across the country concentrate on the state of their local infrastructure. PBS stations are producing radio and television segments, hosting discussions between policy makers and their communities, and offering further content online, all as a part of Blueprint America.
BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: June 3rd, 2009
Partner Stations: Blueprint New York
New York Now on WMHT public television in New York - as a part of Blueprint America - looks at the politics New York State spending on infrastructure.







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