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Monthly archive for July, 2010
Is China on the Brink of a Full-Fledged Property Collapse?
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Kenneth Rogoff, the Harvard University professor and former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is not optimistic about China. He predicts that the country’s property market is teetering on the edge of a “collapse” that inevitably will hit the Read more ›
The Morning Dig: How to Improve Suburbia
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
• Georgia Tech’s Ellen Dunham-Jones gave a TED talk on how to create a greener and better suburbia. The 19-minute clip is above. • Joel Kotkin has penned a piece criticizing pro-city advocates; he argues that most Americans want to Read more ›
The Unstoppable Value of the Small-Town Movie Theater
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
We spend a lot of time here at Infrastructurist discussing big urban centers. We do that for several reasons, high among them that the majority of people (and readers) live in them, and all trends indicate that in the future Read more ›
Will New York’s Bus Rapid Transit System Cause a Bus Revolution?
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Vive la bus! The biggest non-rail form of mass transit has long suffered from an image problem, but now buses are beginning to see a comeback. The resurgence stems, at least in part, from current economic realities — more people Read more ›
The Morning Dig: Obama Gives Solar Power a Serious Boost
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
• President Obama has announced major new government investments in solar power. The video is above, and this article summarizes the news. (AP) • Two pieces look at India’s grand and newly-opened airport terminal. (AP) (AFP) • Experts are worried Read more ›
The Morning Dig: The Russian Spies in American Suburbia
Monday, July 5th, 2010
• Several of the alleged Russian spies were living in suburbs in the U.S. — now always known for its blissful lifestyle. (NYT) • Britain is limiting airport growth to curb carbon emissions. (NYT) • President Obama announced $800 million Read more ›
The Week in High Speed Rail: Keeping the Holocaust Out of California
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
• A new piece of legislation was advanced by the California State Senate that requires companies interested in bidding on California HSR to admit whether they transported people to concentration camps during World War II. (LATimes) • Meanwhile, a UC Read more ›
The Latest Employment Report: Construction Jobs Get Hammered
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
The latest jobs report was released at 8:30 AM today by the U.S. Labor Department, and while very little in it was positive — nonfarm payrolls shed 125,000 jobs in June compared with a gain of 433,000 jobs in May, Read more ›
The Morning Dig: Which Are the Most Dangerous Roads in America?
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Watch CBS News Videos Online • Travel expert and reporter Peter Greenberg examines the state of America’s roads and finds many of them are dangerous. The video is above. • Oklahoma City is one city which has started using the Read more ›
The World’s Best Modern Architecture
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
It’s Architecture Day here at Infrastructurist. Vanity Fair asked 52 experts to choose the five most important buildings created since 1980, they named a staggering 132 different structures. You can find the top 21, in order of popularity, here. And Read more ›
What Do South African Architects Really Think of the World Cup Stadia?
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
The U.K. blog Building Design asked a couple South African architects what they thought of the slew of stadia constructed for the event. Here’s a roundup of what they had to say: Andre Rademeyer, ST&AR Architects: I’ve yet to experience Read more ›
The Morning Dig: The First Flying Car?
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
• A cool video shows what the flying “Terrafugia Transition” car-plane looks like and how it works. It has been given a license by the FAA and a video is above. (Telegraph) • The FAA has been slow to fix Read more ›
