Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- 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 :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Overview
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Video: Choke Point [part two]
Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- in a report from the Midwest on the direction and congestion of America's freight rail network.
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THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Analysis: Getting to the Other Side of the Tracks
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr on the impact of freight moving through communities.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Web Video: Edward Hamberger
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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American RadioWorks :: June 5th, 2009
The New New Deal: Audio: Bridge to Somewhere
A look back at the New Deal, and its projects that made America.
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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: Overview
Blueprint America -- with American RadioWorks on public radio — looks at the new New Deal: President Barack Obama wants to create jobs by building infrastructure, but so did another president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to put people to work by building roads, bridges, dams, sewers, schools, hospitals and even ski jumps. The structures that New Deal agencies built transformed America.
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