Blueprint America and Religion & Ethics Newsweekly team up for a special report on the rebuilding of downtown Salt Lake City -- without a dime of federal stimulus dollars.
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly :: November 6th, 2009
City Creek Center
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NOW on PBS :: August 26th, 2009
Keep on Trucking?: Overview
Blueprint America -- with NOW on PBS -- in a report with correspondent Miles O'Brien looks at the massive amount of freight moved throughout the country -- by trucks and by trains. But the aging infrastructure they run on needs more investment. Still, in these economic times money is hard to come by -- if the economy is to improve, though, the freight system that moves the country's goods needs to keep moving.
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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.
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THE DIG :: July 13th, 2009
Healthcare, not transportation: Ways and Means Committee puts Oberstar’s bill on hold
Rep. Jim Oberstar (D., MN), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has been at odds with the Obama Administration on when to take up his recently introduced transportation bill: THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2009.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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AMERICAN RADIOWORKS :: June 5th, 2009
The New New Deal: Civilian Conservation Corp
The Civilian Conservation Corps was the first and most popular New Deal program. Millions of young men who could not find work signed up to be part of Roosevelt's "forest army." They planted trees, fought forest fires, and built trails and buildings we still use today.
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AMERICAN RADIOWORKS :: June 5th, 2009
The New New Deal: Works Progress Administration
The WPA was one of Roosevelt's most controversial programs. It put millions of people to work doing things like painting murals, sewing clothes, running nursery schools and serving school lunches. But most WPA workers built things. Their legacy is all around us.
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