Leading transportation engineer and former New York traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz analyzes President-elect Obama's plans to boost spending on America's infrastructure.
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December 19th, 2008
Building a Smarter Country
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NEW YORK VOICES :: December 16th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Overview
Blueprint America -- with New York Voices -- looks at the costs of maintaining New York City's transportation system and the difficulties involved when making improvements.
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NEW YORK VOICES :: December 16th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Video: The wrong track
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr -- with New York Voices -- looks at a New York City infrastructure project representative of the pitfalls and delays of all projects across America.
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NEW YORK VOICES :: December 15th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Timeline: The Greatest Subway New York Never Built
Since the 1920s in New York City, the Second Avenue Subway line has been in the works. Follow the delays, cost overruns, political ineffectiveness, and several ground breakings over the years as the line has still yet to be completed.
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NEW YORK VOICES :: December 15th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: Building the Second Avenue Subway
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr speaks with Joe Trainer, Chief Engineer of MTA Capital Construction in New York City, about the day to day process of building the Second Avenue line from above ground in Manhattan.
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NEW YORK VOICES :: December 15th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: 14 Stories Underground
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr speaks with Edward Kennedy, Chief Tunnel Engineer of the East Side Access Tunnel in New York City, about the construction of the Long Island Railroad access tunnel that will run from Queens to Grand Central Station in Manhattan -- 140 feet underground.
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NEW YORK VOICES :: December 12th, 2008
51st State Infrastructure: Web Video: Saga of the 2nd Avenue Subway (1975)
This 51st State report, which originally aired in 1975 on Channel Thirteen in New York, looks at New York City's repeated attempts to complete a second subway line on the East Side of Manhattan. The project is still not finished after over a half-century of delays.
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THE DIG :: December 10th, 2008
Despite decreasing gas prices, Americans continue to turn to mass transit
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced people rode subways, buses and commuter railroads in record numbers in the third quarter of this year. At the same time, the plunge in oil prices may have created an opportunity for states and the federal government to readdress the gas tax to better fund infrastructure projects.
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THE DIG :: December 9th, 2008
What happens after the stimulus package?
U.S. mayors on December 9, 2008, called on President-elect Obama to channel infrastructure spending directly to cities rather than state governments. Consequently, there could be a problem with how infrastructure projects receive funding once the next stimulus bill is passed. However, there may be some lessons to be learned from how the New Deal was managed.
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