{"id":350,"date":"2009-01-23T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T22:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=350"},"modified":"2009-07-07T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T15:19:11","slug":"the-dig-this-week-in-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/blogs\/the-dig-this-week-in-infrastructure\/350\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Rick Karr, Blueprint America correspondent<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of infrastructure-related things that caught my attention over the past week:<\/p>\n<p>Americans <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/archives\/individual\/2009_01\/016581.php\">are fond of infrastructure<\/a>. Even politicians <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/la-oe-luntz23-2009jan23,0,2761866.story\">get it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Yglesias kept up an ongoing thread on urban planning and parking with a post on a proposal to change regulations in <a href=\"http:\/\/yglesias.thinkprogress.org\/archives\/2009\/01\/parking_minimums_and_income_distribution.php\">Ithaca, NY<\/a>. Atrios <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eschatonblog.com\/2009_01_18_archive.html#8468280842307906441\">looks at related issues in Philly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Matt also had good links to analysis of <a href=\"http:\/\/gristmill.grist.org\/story\/2009\/1\/22\/9416\/56130?source=rss\">Ray LaHood&#8217;s confirmation hearing<\/a> as Transportation Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Streetsblog was chockablock with great posts, as usual: An analysis of how the scaled-back transit provisions in the stimulus package could actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetsblog.org\/2009\/01\/23\/hire-a-construction-worker-fire-a-bus-driver\/#more-5310\">increase unemployment<\/a>; how the package won&#8217;t do anything to change the way that <a href=\"&lt;a href=\">state Departments of Transportation plan<\/a>; and a link to a cool, nerdy-in-a-good-way piece on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designnewhaven.com\/2009\/01\/eliminating-gaps-connected-street.html\">urban design&#8217;s<\/a> relationship to transit, infrastructure, stimulus, and quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, railcar manufacturer Bombardier has announced a trolley car that <a href=\"http:\/\/thetransportpolitic.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/22\/bombardier-presents-new-catenary-free-streetcar\/\">doesn&#8217;t need overhead wires<\/a>. 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