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June 28th, 2011
Shrinking Cities: [VIDEO] Rebirth of the Rustbelt: an architect’s perspective
Can cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio, make a comeback? Reed Kroloff, director of Michigan's Cranbrook Academy of Art, thinks so.
September 28th, 2010
Profiles from the Recession: [VIDEO] HUD Secretary Donovan: In recession, housing + transportation costs add up
The average family in America today spends 52 percent of its income on housing and transportation. In this Blueprint America interview, John Larson talks with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan about how transportation adds to the true cost of housing.
September 13th, 2010
Blueprint Denver: Not just for Europeans anymore
You can “Take the ‘A’ train” in New York City, but in Denver, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., Des Moines and a handful of other communities, you can hop on the ‘B’… for bicycle.
July 20th, 2010
Profiles from the Recession: [VIDEO] Redfields to Greenfields
Many commercial real estate loans across the country will mature soon, and community banks will feel the strain if property owners can’t pay. Georgia Tech Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones, author of
Retrofitting Suburbia
, explains the benefits of turning properties in the red, green.
June 17th, 2010
Profiles from the Recession: [VIDEO] Dubuque Smart City: The green gamble
The residents of Dubuque, Iowa, have signed onto a unique experiment to revitalize their city though a focus on sustainability. Local historian and museum director Jerry Enzler shares a little bit of the background -- where Dubuque came from -- and how and why this focus on sustainability is important for his city’s future.
March 19th, 2010
Public Works: Video: Blueprint California
KCET public television in Southern California -- as a part of
Blueprint America
-- in a two part report following the one-year mark of President Obama's stimulus plan on the question of high-speed rail and the potential of green jobs as the California state budget verges on bankruptcy.
March 1st, 2010
America in Gridlock: [REPORT] The Ride: How the Transportation Bill Becomes a Law
The transportation bill -- the massive legislation authorizing and funding the country’s roads and mass-transit infrastructure (from highways to bus lanes to railways to bike lanes) -- expires every six years. That, however, does not mean a new bill is passed every six-years. It’s Washington, D.C., after all. Come along with
Blueprint America
correspondent Miles O'Brien as he talks to people on Capitol Hill about how the transportation bill becomes a law.
February 23rd, 2010
[Web Video] Lost Landscapes of Detroit
Compilation of historical images of Detroit, Michigan (1917-1970), edited by Rick Prelinger (Prelinger Archives) for presentation at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) on February 10, 2010.
February 8th, 2010
The Next American System: [VIDEO] The Stop at Visalia
High-speed rail in California, in addition to connecting the state's major cities, will link some 20 smaller cities to the industries and economies of those larger centers. And as train stops were determined, no one wanted to be passed by.
Blueprint America
followed Mayor Jesus Gamboa as he lobbied the California High-Speed Rail Authority for a train stop for the city of Visalia.
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Great publish, very informative. I'm wondering why the opposite specialists of this sector do not understand this. You should continue ...
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Whatever you want to call them, we need a user fee system to pay for the capital and operating costs ...
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I am persuaded that we will only create the right climate for transportation and other public infrastructure systems when we ...
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