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America in Gridlock: Video: The Big Dig

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer :: October 15th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Video: The Big Dig

In the last segment of a five part series on infrastructure in the U.S., NewsHour Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reports with Blueprint America on the critical lessons learned from Boston's Big Dig.

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America in Gridlock: Video: A Two-way Street

THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: October 14th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Video: A Two-way Street

The NewsHour’s Ray Suarez talks with Chris Edwards, the director of fiscal policy at the CATO Institute, and Michael Gallis, an urban development consultant, on the future of America’s infrastructure.

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America in Gridlock: Web Video: The Big Builder

THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: October 14th, 2008
America in Gridlock: Web Video: The Big Builder

Ray Suarez of the NewsHour interviews Fred Salvucci, commonly referred to as "The father of the Big Dig," about his thoughts on the largest, most expensive U.S. infrastructure project to date.

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Driven to Despair: Overview

NOW on PBS :: October 10th, 2008
Driven to Despair: Overview

With gas prices spiking and home values crumbling, the American working class dream of a cheap commute to work from ever-appreciating houses on the fringes of suburbia has become more like an American nightmare.

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Driven to Despair: Video: Full Report

NOW ON PBS :: October 10th, 2008
Driven to Despair: Video: Full Report

Blueprint America -- with NOW on PBS -- examines this crisis through the example of southern California.

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Driven to Despair: Timeline: Los Angeles Transit

NOW ON PBS :: October 10th, 2008
Driven to Despair: Timeline: Los Angeles Transit

A history of transit in the Los Angeles area as the city modernized at the turn of the 20th Century through today.

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Driven to Despair: Web Video: The Long Commute

NOW on PBS :: October 10th, 2008
Driven to Despair: Web Video: The Long Commute

Audel Vilda is struggling to reconcile high gas prices, a crushing drop in the value of his home and his desire to spend more time with his family.

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Driven to Despair: Analysis: Exurbia, New Urbanism, TODs

NOW ON PBS :: October 10th, 2008
Driven to Despair: Analysis: Exurbia, New Urbanism, TODs

Terms defined from Driven to Despair.

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