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Infrastructure
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Land Use Prof Blog
Choo Choo Trains Meet the Space Age
In contrast to the spiderweb of interstate highway and railway connections typical of the eastern United States, much of the west - particularly the southwest - has far less transportation…
Land Use Prof Blog
The risks of relying on rail …
This is another “hometown week” post about my old hometown of Silver Spring, Md. I don’t usually write about transportation policy in this blog, in part because the topic…
Ahead of Schedule
A sign of hope: rental car garage at Sea-Tac to proceed
By Adam Walters
Puget Sound Business Journal reported this week that the Port of Seattle has announced that it will re-commence work on its 23-acre, $419 million dollar rental car facility at Seattle-Tacoma…
Lancaster Law Blog
Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge Receives Stimulus Money
May 4, 2009 Considering the historical background of the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge, officially the Veterans Memorial Bridge, it is no surprise that it has been chosen to receive stimulus money. Although…
Land Use Prof Blog
Public transportation, in the heart of the Sunbelt …
I went to Ft. Worth, Texas, this week and decided, as I often do on travel, to check out the public transportation, both for the adventure of it and…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
Trucker’s Ask Congress to Lift Federal Truck Weight Limits
By Morgan Adams
The proposal was made to increase the Federal truck weight limits (currently 80,000 pounds [by contrast a car typically weighs 3-4,000 pounds]) by the "Coalition for Transportation Productivity." I have discussed this…
Land Use Prof Blog
Time for leadership, not honoring …
President Obama has promised as his one of his first major actions to approve the funneling of federal money to local infrastructure projects and other economically stimulating land use…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Energy and Environment Investments in Obama’s Recovery and Reinvestment Plan
Here are the items in Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that directly affect energy and environment: renewable energy; smart electricity grid; weatherizing homes; clean energy private sector finance; highway…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Time to Revisit Maintenence in AK Oil Fields
A AK Department of Environmental Conservation report yesterday on a slightly less than 2000 barrel leak of produced water from a corroded pipeline in an ConocoPhillips Alaskan oil field reminds…
Eminent Domain and Real Estate Valuation
PennDOT Hoping for Funds from Stimulus Package
By David Snyder
One of the new buzzwords these days is “infrastructure.” It is likely that Congress will enact an ambitious economic stimulus package soon after President-elect Obama is inaugurated. One important component…