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Was Norman Bel Geddes a brilliant visionary who shaped modern America, or just a master showman who sold us a dystopian future wrapped in chrome and streamlined curves?In this episode of History's Greatest Idiots, we delve into the fascinating and troubling life of the man who promised us flying cars, designed the Interstate Highway System, and convinced an entire generation that the future would resemble a 1950s toaster.What You'll Discover:How a high school dropout became "the 20th century's Leonardo da Vinci"The tragic family suicide that shaped Bel Geddes' obsession with perfect futuresWhy he changed his name from Norman Geddes to the exotic "Norman Bel Geddes"The revolutionary theater lighting techniques he invented that we still use today.How his GM Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair attracted 27,500 visitors dailyThe dark connection between his streamlined designs and eugenics beliefsWhy his beautiful concept cars were never built (but Mussolini offered $200k for them)How he helped create America's car-dependent urban nightmareThe sophisticated peep shows he designed alongside cities of tomorrow.From Broadway to Highways: Norman Bel Geddes revolutionized everything from Metropolitan Opera lighting to Chrysler Airflow automobiles. His 1932 book "Horizons" popularized streamlining as a design philosophy, while his "Magic Motorways" inspired the Interstate Highway System that transformed America.But behind the gleaming vision of progress lurked troubling ideas about human "improvement" and a corporate-sponsored future that prioritized cars over communities.https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiotshttps://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiotsArtist: Sarah Cheyhttps://www.fiverr.com/sarahcheyAnimation: Daniel Wilsonhttps://www.instagram.com/wilson_the_wilson/Music: Andrew Wilsonhttps://www.instagram.com/andrews_electric_sheepWant to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4675161203933184
Was Norman Bel Geddes a brilliant visionary who shaped modern America, or just a master showman who sold us a dystopian future wrapped in chrome and streamlined curves?In this episode of History's Greatest Idiots, we delve into the fascinating and troubling life of the man who promised us flying cars, designed the Interstate Highway System, and convinced an entire generation that the future would resemble a 1950s toaster.What You'll Discover:How a high school dropout became "the 20th century's Leonardo da Vinci"The tragic family suicide that shaped Bel Geddes' obsession with perfect futuresWhy he changed his name from Norman Geddes to the exotic "Norman Bel Geddes"The revolutionary theater lighting techniques he invented that we still use today.How his GM Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair attracted 27,500 visitors dailyThe dark connection between his streamlined designs and eugenics beliefsWhy his beautiful concept cars were never built (but Mussolini offered $200k for them)How he helped create America's car-dependent urban nightmareThe sophisticated peep shows he designed alongside cities of tomorrow.From Broadway to Highways: Norman Bel Geddes revolutionized everything from Metropolitan Opera lighting to Chrysler Airflow automobiles. His 1932 book "Horizons" popularized streamlining as a design philosophy, while his "Magic Motorways" inspired the Interstate Highway System that transformed America.But behind the gleaming vision of progress lurked troubling ideas about human "improvement" and a corporate-sponsored future that prioritized cars over communities.https://www.patreon.com/HistorysGreatestIdiotshttps://www.instagram.com/historysgreatestidiotsArtist: Sarah Cheyhttps://www.fiverr.com/sarahcheyAnimation: Daniel Wilsonhttps://www.instagram.com/wilson_the_wilson/Music: Andrew Wilsonhttps://www.instagram.com/andrews_electric_sheepWant to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4675161203933184
In this episode, Alex speaks with transportation policy expert Robert Poole about his book Rethinking America's Highways. Poole makes the case for replacing the current tax-funded, politically managed highway system with a customer-focused, market-based model. He outlines how tolling, public-private partnerships, and long-term concessions can improve infrastructure, reduce congestion, and provide sustainable funding. The discussion examines lessons from international examples, the political and technical barriers to reform, and why a shift in mindset is essential for meeting America's future mobility needs. References Rethinking America's Highways — Robert Poole https://a.co/d/1gu8lWE Robert Poole — Reason Foundation Profile https://reason.org/author/robert-poole/ Modernizing the Interstate Highway System via Toll Finance — Robert Poole (Reason Foundation) https://reason.org/policy-study/modernizing-the-interstate-highway/ Funding & Finance — Eno Center for Transportation https://enotrans.org/topics/funding-finance/ The Big Roads — Earl Swift https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-big-roads Infrastructure Economics and Policy: International Perspectives — José A. Gómez-Ibáñez & Zhi Liu (eds.) https://www.booktopia.com.au/infrastructure-economics-and-policy-jose-a-gomez-ibanez/book/9781558444188.html Thanks to Our Patrons Including Kris Rondolo, Amy Willis, and Christopher McDonald. To support The Curious Task, visit: https://patreon.com/curioustask
Data-center veteran Kervin Pillay walks us through the coming AI infrastructure boom. Pillay argues the U.S. is about to sink 10x the capital it took to create the Interstate Highway System into new data center capacity, racing toward “hundreds of gigawatts” of compute—each gigawatt-scale campus drawing more power than a major city. — For a deeper dive into these insights and more, be sure to listen to the full episode of the Onward podcast. Have questions or feedback about this episode? Drop us a note at Onward@Fundrise.com. Onward is hosted by Ben Miller, co-founder and CEO of Fundrise. Podcast production by The Podcast Consultant. Music by Seaplane Armada. About Fundrise With over 2 million users, Fundrise is America's largest direct-to-investor alternative asset investment platform. Since 2012, our mission has been to build a better financial system by empowering the individual. We make it easier and more efficient than ever for anyone to invest in institutional-quality private alternative assets — all at the touch of a button. Please see fundrise.com/oc for more information on all of the Fundrise-sponsored investment funds and products, including each fund's offering document(s). Want to see the specific assets that make up and power Fundrise portfolios? Check out our active and past projects at www.fundrise.com/assets.
It's one of the most common questions I get. How long until I see results? In this episode I lay out what to expect at Weeks 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 8-12. Then we get into how President Dwight Eisenhower and the U.S. Interstate Highway System can help you get results. Please support my sponsors! I know them all personally and can vouch for their integrity and quality.-For website design, graphic design, internet marketing, and more, check out McWilliams Marketing at http://www.McWilliamsmarketing.com -Use Patnaik Realty for ANY real estate needs you have. I mean anything! Residential, commercial, property management, investments, acquisitions. He does it all. Call Teek at 256-694-0117 or e-mail him at Teek@PatnaikCo.com-And if you need some positive and encouraging support on your health and fitness journey, please join me at Relentless Positivity Fitness http://www.fitandpositive.com
Buckle up for a crash course on the history of transportation and trucking! This (basically) Masters-Level class covers the invention of the wheel in the 4000s BC, the Silk Road, origins of the combustion engine, World War I, and the first semi-trailer in 1910! (Also—apparently Prohibition helped develop the trucking industry??). Next, we'll cover the development of the Interstate Highway System and how the federal government started to regulate transportation. Last but not least, we're covering 1945 to 2025—Nussbaum's 80 years in business! From our humble beginnings with one truck in Fairbury, to the start of our truckload division in 1968, to becoming an ESOP in 2018, we'll hit all the highlights! Our expert tour guide for this adventure is Shawn Reischauer. With a bachelor's degree in Geography and a master's of Divinity, he's a uniquely qualified historian (just trust us on this one). At any rate, today's episode is an entertaining sprint through the history of transportation—aka, the most important technological advancement the world has ever seen. Press play and enjoy! FROM TODAY'S PODCAST• Guest: Shawn Reischauer, Customer Account Coordinator at Nussbaum • For further reading, check out our sources. LET'S CONNECT• Visit us online at terminalexchange.org• Follow The Terminal Exchange on social media! o Facebooko Instagramo X/TwitterABOUT NUSSBAUM Employee-Owned, Purpose Driven | Nussbaum is an industry-leader in over-the-road freight transportation. For more information on our award-winning services and top-paying driver careers, visit nussbaum.com or nussbaumjobs.com.
Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. You guys can sit down, too. (Laughter.) Let me begin by saying thank you to a few people -- first of all, your outstanding Governor, Bill Ritter. Please give Bill a big round of applause. (Applause.) Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien. (Applause.) Secretary of State Bernie Buescher. (Applause.) Your outstanding Mayor, John Hickenlooper. (Applause.) Your new Senator, Michael Bennett. (Applause.) Your old senator, now my Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar. (Applause.) Mark Udall is not here, but give him a round of applause anyway. (Applause.) One of the outstanding leaders who helped shepherd this process through in record time -- please give Max Baucus of Montana a big round of applause. Thank you, Max. (Applause.) To Secretary Federico Pena, one of my national co-chairs -- I would not be here if it were not for Federico. Thank you. (Applause.) To Representative Diana DeGette, who is a -- we are in her district. So, thank you so much. (Applause.) Representative Betsy Markey. (Applause.) Representative Jared Polis. (Applause.) Representative Ed Perlmutter. (Applause.) To all the other elected officials and outstanding leaders who are here. And to the whole Namaste family and Mr. Jones for outstanding work, congratulations. Give them a big round of applause. (Applause.) And to the best Vice President that we've had in a long time -- Joe Biden. (Applause.)It is great to be back in Denver. (Applause.) I was here last summer -- we had a good time -- (laughter) -- to accept the nomination of my party and to make a promise to people of all parties that I would do all that I could to give every American the chance to make of their lives what they will; to see their children climb higher than they did. And I'm back today to say that we have begun the difficult work of keeping that promise. We have begun the essential work of keeping the American Dream alive in our time. And that's why we're here today. (Applause.)Now, I don't want to pretend that today marks the end of our economic problems. Nor does it constitute all of what we're going to have to do to turn our economy around. But today does mark the beginning of the end -- the beginning of what we need to do to create jobs for Americans scrambling in the wake of layoffs; the beginning of what we need to do to provide relief for families worried they won't be able to pay next month's bills; the beginning of the first steps to set our economy on a firmer foundation, paving the way to long-term growth and prosperity.The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that I will sign today -- a plan that meets the principles I laid out in January -- is the most sweeping economic recovery package in our history. It's the product of broad consultation and the recipient of broad support -- from business leaders, unions, public interest groups, from the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, as well as the AFL-CIO. (Applause.) From Democrats and Republicans, mayors as well as governors. It's a rare thing in Washington for people with such diverse and different viewpoints to come together and support the same bill. And on behalf of our nation, I want to thank all of them for it, including your two outstanding Senators, Michael Bennett and Mark Udall, as well as all the members of your congressional delegation. They did an outstanding job and they deserve a big round of applause. (Applause.) I also want to thank Joe Biden for working behind the scenes from the very start to make this recovery act possible. I want to thank Speaker Pelosi and Harry Reid for acting so quickly and for proving that Congress could step up to this challenge. I have special thanks to Max Baucus, who's the Chairman of the Finance Committee. Without Max, none of this would have happened. He had to work overtime, and push his committee to work overtime. And I want to thank all the committee chairs and members of Congress for coming up with a plan that is both bold and balanced enough to meet the demands of this moment. The American people were looking to them for leadership, and that's what they provided.Now, what makes this recovery plan so important is not just that it will create or save 3.5 million jobs over the next two years, including 60,000-plus here in Colorado. It's that we're putting Americans to work doing the work that America needs done –- (applause) -- in critical areas that have been neglected for too long; work that will bring real and lasting change for generations to come.Because we know we can't build our economic future on the transportation and information networks of the past, we are remaking the American landscape with the largest new investment in our nation's infrastructure since Eisenhower built an Interstate Highway System in the 1950s. (Applause.) Because of this investment, nearly 400,000 men and women will go to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, repairing our faulty dams and levees, bringing critical broadband connections to businesses and homes in nearly every community in America, upgrading mass transit, building high-speed rail lines that will improve travel and commerce throughout our nation.Because we know America can't out-compete the world tomorrow if our children are being out-educated today, we're making the largest investment in education in our nation's history. (Applause.) It's an investment that will create jobs building 21st century classrooms and libraries and labs for millions of children across America. It will provide funds to train a new generation of math and science teachers, while giving aid to states and school districts to stop teachers from being laid off and education programs from being cut. In a place like New York City, 14,000 teachers who were set to be let go may now be able to continue pursuing their critical mission. It's an investment that will create a new $2,500 annual tax credit to put the dream of a college degree within reach for middle-class families and make college affordable for 7 million students -- (applause) -- helping more of our sons and daughters aim higher, reach further, fulfill their God-given potential. (Applause.)Because we know that spiraling health care costs are crushing families and businesses alike, we're taking the most meaningful steps in years towards modernizing our health care system. It's an investment that will take the long overdue step of computerizing America's medical records to reduce the duplication and waste that costs billions of health care dollars, and medical errors that cost thousands of lives each year.Further, thanks to the actions we've taken, 7 million Americans who lost their health care along the way will continue to get the coverage they need, and roughly 20 million more Americans can breathe a little easier knowing that their health care won't be cut due to a state budget shortfall. And a historic commitment to wellness initiatives will keep millions of Americans from setting foot in the doctor's office in the first place -- because these are preventable diseases and we're going to invest in prevention. (Applause.)So taken together with the enactment earlier this month of a long-delayed law to extend health care to millions more children of working families -- (applause) -- we have done more in 30 days to advance the cause of health care reform than this country has done in an entire decade. And that's something we should be proud of. (Applause.)Because we know we can't power America's future on energy that's controlled by foreign dictators, we are taking big steps down the road to energy independence, laying the groundwork for new green energy economies that can create countless well-paying jobs. It's an investment that will double the amount of renewable energy produced over the next three years. Think about that -- double the amount of renewable energy in three years. (Applause.) Provide tax credits and loan guarantees to companies like Namaste, a company that will be expanding, instead of laying people off, as a result of the plan that I'm about to sign.And in the process, we will transform the way we use energy. Today, the electricity we use is carried along a grid of lines and wires that date back to Thomas Edison -- a grid that can't support the demands of this economy. This means we're using 19th and 20th century technologies to battle 21st century problems like climate change and energy security. It also means that places like North Dakota can -- that can produce a lot of wind energy can't deliver it to communities that want it, leading to a gap between how much clean energy we are using and how much we could be using.The investment we're making today will create a newer, smarter electric grid that will allow for broader use of alternative energy. We will build on the work that's being done in places like Boulder -- a community that's on its -- that's on pace to be the world's first Smart Grid city. (Applause.) This investment will place Smart Meters in homes to make our energy bills lower, make outages less likely, and make it easier to use clean energy. It's an investment that will save taxpayers over $1 billion by slashing energy costs in our federal buildings by 25 percent; save working families hundreds of dollars a year on their energy bills by weatherizing over 1 million homes. And it's an investment that takes the important first step towards a national transmission superhighway that will connect our cities to the windy plains of the Dakotas and the sunny deserts of the Southwest.Even beyond energy, from the National Institutes of Health to the National Science Foundation, this recovery act represents the biggest increase in basic research funding in the long history of America's noble endeavor to b
Dive into the incredible life and achievements of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the legendary general who led the Allied forces to victory on D-Day and became one of America's most influential presidents. In this episode of History Ignited, we explore Ike's role in:Leading the largest invasion in history during World War IIBuilding the Interstate Highway SystemAddressing the Cold War and creating NASASupporting the Civil Rights Movement and the Little Rock NineWarning against the "military-industrial complex"Join Caroline, Andrew, Amy, and Dave as they break down Eisenhower's fascinating journey from wartime hero to a peacetime leader. Stay tuned for a fun joke at the end!Send us a text
John Quirk is a fourth-generation tire dealer with a storied history. His grandfather started in the tire industry opening Quirk Tire in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1926. Back then, the business grew with the advent of the Interstate Highway System and serviced mainly commercial and off-the-road tires.But as transportation evolved, so did the business. By 1985, John's father, Edward S. Quirk, retired, and in June of that year, John left the computer sales industry, returned home to Boston from Manhattan and took over the business as President & CEO. Two weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, Quirk Tire purchased VIP Discount Auto Center and the two firms were merged. John decided to keep the VIP name thanks to its tremendous brand recognition throughout New England, changing the name in 2004 to VIP Parts, Tires & Service, and again in 2012 to VIP Tires & Service when the parts division of VIP was sold to O'Reilly Auto Parts. Today, VIP Tires & Service operates 70 locations, with 50 of those co-occupied by both VIP Tires & Service and O'Reilly Auto Parts, and on March 1, 2024, VIP opened its first store in Connecticut with the acquisition of Joe's Tire Shop in Waterbury, CT. Tire Review: www.tirereview.com
This bonus episode is President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation on January 17, 1961 - three days before JFK's inauguration. When the United States entered WWII, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Chief of Staff for the Third Army. Less than four years later, he was a 5-star general who commanded millions of soldiers, sailors, and airmen from a broad Allied coalition becoming one of the most influential generals in American history. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in North Africa and the invasion of Normandy in 1944. Following the German unconditional surrender, Eisenhower was appointed military governor of the American-occupied zone of Germany. Upon discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, he ordered camera crews to document evidence for use in the Nuremberg Trials. In 1948 he became President of Columbia University in New York City. In 1951 President Truman sensed a broad-based desire for an Eisenhower candidacy for president, and pressed him to run for the office as a Democrat in 1951. But Eisenhower voiced his disagreements with Democrats and declared himself to be a Republican. In 1952, Eisenhower won the election with an electoral margin of 442 to 89, marking the first Republican return to the White House in 20 years and won re-election in 1956. Under his watch, the Interstate Highway System was established, the Space Race kicked-off, we fought the Korean War which was a manifestation of the Cold War stance in the bi-polar world that served as a backdrop for the foreign policies of his administration. Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas and raised in Abilene, Kansas. He graduated from West Point in 1915. During WWI he was denied a request to serve in Europe and instead commanded a unit that trained tank crews. GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS Source: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
Guest Host David Horton of Radford University in Virginia asks Clay for a progress report on his adventure retracing John Steinbeck's “Travels with Charley” journey. Clay was in Middlebury, Vermont, at the time of the interview, still aglow from his interview with Steinbeck biographer Jay Parini of Middlebury College. Topics include the clunky joys of rural AM radio; whether it matters that not everything in Travels with Charley happened precisely as Steinbeck reports; and what Clay is learning along the way. They discuss the changes in America's highways between 1960 and today, including the Blue Highways far away from the Interstate Highway System. Clay talks about some of the other pilgrimages he has made so far in the journey: Jack Kerouac's grave in Lowell, Massachusetts; Thoreau's Walden Pond; and Montauk Point at the end of Long Island where Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders quarantined after their heroics in Cuba.
USGS Migration Route Data. Notice Interstate Locations and Migration Barriers. We hear all the time about urban sprawl affecting mule deer populations. I think the average hunter, (me included) usually only thinks about habitat destruction directly related to communities, homes, and businesses. We don't even consider the road system that link all of these communities together and the impact roadways have on wildlife, especially mule deer. Of course when we do think about roads and wildlife, the first thing that comes to mind is wildlife-auto collisions, but it is much more complex than that. In fact those collisions we see are a drop in the bucket when we compare it to the loss of historic migration routes, and loss of access to habitat that comes with migration. Change has been everywhere you look nearly over the past half a century. It wasn't until 1956, that the Interstate Highway System was dreamed up under the Eisenhower administration. The speed limit on the highway during the 70's, 80's, and early 90's was 55 MPH, of course now, we would all lose our minds if we had to drive that slow. The big question- How has this complex system of multi-lane highways, changes in speed limits, and road noise affected the wildlife in the State of Utah, and around the west, particularly the mule deer herds? Here to address some of those questions, and many more is Matt Howard, the Utah Department of Transportations Natural Resource Manager. Matt is a biologist by definition, and a guy that studies "Road Ecology", which is a fairly new science. He explains what the State of Utah is doing to help reduce wildlife fatalities, improve migration corridors, and mitigate wildlife and automobile collisions. Constructing "Main Street of America" Route 66 To learn more on Utah Migrations- www.wildlifemigration.utah.gov The rest of the United States (besides Montana for some reason) www.westernmigrations.net If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more about different episodes, you can check here for detailed show notes and overviews. Rokcast Podcast Another great Rokcast on Migration Routes. ROKCAST MIGRATION
Stretching from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, Route 66, also known as the “Mother Road” and the “Main Street of America,” was one of the country's major thoroughfares for nearly half a century. Route 66 became one of the most famous roads in America, having been popularized in American culture through books, songs, music, magazines, movies, and television shows… The construction of the Interstate Highway System resulted in the eventual decline of Route 66, and correspondingly, many of the roadside attractions. Portions of the road have now been designated as National Scenic Byways or as “Historic Route 66” in several states including Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, and Missouri. (Text credit: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration) Joey Madia, an avid researcher, joins us to reveal a time of profound national transition and its continuing impact on American society.
Welcome back! This episode I spoke with Kris Sooklal. I lost a bet this Fall at the NYRR 5th Avenue Mile - you'll hear about it if you listen. The result was this roughly thirty-minute conversation that covered *a large range* of topics - a bit different than the last few episodes, an equally good listen.We touch on how Kris began running in high school - track was a sport with low barrier to entry, so he went for it. We talk about how he works with the US Postal Service, and the organization's plans to electrify its fleet of delivery vehicles. We speak about Kris's venturing into the DC running community - he has become a staple in the DC running community.We discuss public transit, cars, etc. Kris drives twice as much as the average American (according to his calculations) and lives in one of the most transit accessible and walkable regions of the US. I still haven't figured out how this makes any sense whatsoever. But you can listen to hear him talk about it... and the roots of April Fools!A few links for additional reading:Thailand's First Car Rebate Scheme 2011Mass Rapid Transit Master Plan in Bangkok Metropolitan RegionBeijing Subway HistoryNY Times on need for MTA Subway UpgradesHistory of the Interstate Highway System"How to End Americans' Obsession with Driving"Electrifying the US Postal Service Fleet
In this episode, host Cali Van Zant talks to Chris Timmins about the latest assay results from their Energy Sands project (Full company press release here) and some of the permit and drilling programs coming up this summer. Chris talks about his role since becoming CEO in 2023, new board additions to the team, the Pine Channel Project and what he is looking forward to most in the uranium sector.When speaking about their latest results and the Energy Sands project, Chris states, "We did a program in January on our Energy Sands project in Utah. We had some really good preliminary results. We sent the guys out, and they went around and collected a bunch of samples and we had some really extraordinary results. We were expecting something around 2% but we actually came back with an 18.87% result; very encouraging.""We're going to take the next step, and that's going to be to apply for the permitting, and get the ball rolling on this project into drill ready status, and hopefully drill it this summer....Our big neighbor is Western Uranium Vanadium, just up the road by a mile or two from us. That's why we staked this land in the first place; it's that it was open, and it is a long trend. Western Uranium's has 4 to 5 million lbs. of uranium sitting up on their property just to the northeast of us. We saw the potential here to follow along trend."When asked about surviving the challenges of 2023 as a junior exploration company and what Chris is looking forward to in 2024, he said, "As far as what we're looking forward to; I am looking forward to drilling Energy Sands. I think there's a resource here and if you can take a company with an under a $4 million market cap and start drilling a resource for uranium, I think that'll be a real eye opener for people.""For 2025 we'll be in Pine Channel and we think there's something there too. So we've got a few things on the go. Thankfully, we can work the Energy Sands project through the summer and our Pine Channel one in the winter. That spreads out our attention a little and gives us a little more bandwidth here to deal with each thing when it comes up.""As far as uranium in general, I think it only gets better from here. The demand just keeps going up and the supply just keeps lagging. So I think it's an exciting place to be. And I think we see uranium prices continue to go up through the next few years, and I don't think we see this demand supply problem fixed till at least into the 2030's."Full company press release https://www.pegasusresourcesinc.com/latestAbout Pegasus Resources IncPegasus Resources Inc. is a diversified Junior Canadian Mineral Exploration Company with a focus on uranium, gold, and base metal properties in North America. The Company is also actively pursuing the right opportunity in other resources to enhance shareholder value. For additional information, please visit the Company at www.pegasusresourcesinc.comAbout the Energy Sands ProjectThe Energy Sands project consists of 100% owned 78 lode claims covering 1,560 acres in the San Rafael Uranium District of Utah approximately 4 kilometres from the San Rafael Uranium Project of Western Uranium and Vanadium.Utah is ranked among the top 5 most favorable jurisdictions in the United States and is home to two built uranium mills and a third soon to be built by Western Uranium and Vanadium, which gives the companies operating in the area an exceptional advantage for future ore processing for conventional mining projects.Historical small-scale production, between 1953 and 1956, totaling 103,600 Pounds at a grade of 0.373% U3O8 and 1.10% V2O5.4 Corners Mines road runs through the property and connects to Interstate 70 (less 2km away), a mainline route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States connecting Utah and Maryland.https://www.pegasusresourcesinc.com/energysandsCheck out Pegasus Resources profile page on InvestorIdeashttps://www.investorideas.com/CO/PEGA/The Investorideas.com podcasts are also available on Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, Tunein, Stitcher, Spreaker.com, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts and most audio platforms available.Visit the Podcast page at Investorideas.com:https://www.investorideas.com/Audio/Research mining stocks at Investorideas.com with our mining stocks directory at Investorideas.com https://www.investorideas.com/Gold_Stocks/Stocks_List.aspAbout Investorideas.com - Big Investing IdeasInvestorideas.com is the go-to platform for big investing ideas. 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In this episode, host Cali Van Zant talks to Chris Timmins about the latest assay results from their Energy Sands project (Full company press release here) and some of the permit and drilling programs coming up this summer. Chris talks about his role since becoming CEO in 2023, new board additions to the team, the Pine Channel Project and what he is looking forward to most in the uranium sector.When speaking about their latest results and the Energy Sands project, Chris states, "We did a program in January on our Energy Sands project in Utah. We had some really good preliminary results. We sent the guys out, and they went around and collected a bunch of samples and we had some really extraordinary results. We were expecting something around 2% but we actually came back with an 18.87% result; very encouraging.""We're going to take the next step, and that's going to be to apply for the permitting, and get the ball rolling on this project into drill ready status, and hopefully drill it this summer....Our big neighbor is Western Uranium Vanadium, just up the road by a mile or two from us. That's why we staked this land in the first place; it's that it was open, and it is a long trend. Western Uranium's has 4 to 5 million lbs. of uranium sitting up on their property just to the northeast of us. We saw the potential here to follow along trend."When asked about surviving the challenges of 2023 as a junior exploration company and what Chris is looking forward to in 2024, he said, "As far as what we're looking forward to; I am looking forward to drilling Energy Sands. I think there's a resource here and if you can take a company with an under a $4 million market cap and start drilling a resource for uranium, I think that'll be a real eye opener for people.""For 2025 we'll be in Pine Channel and we think there's something there too. So we've got a few things on the go. Thankfully, we can work the Energy Sands project through the summer and our Pine Channel one in the winter. That spreads out our attention a little and gives us a little more bandwidth here to deal with each thing when it comes up.""As far as uranium in general, I think it only gets better from here. The demand just keeps going up and the supply just keeps lagging. So I think it's an exciting place to be. And I think we see uranium prices continue to go up through the next few years, and I don't think we see this demand supply problem fixed till at least into the 2030's."Full company press release https://www.pegasusresourcesinc.com/latestAbout Pegasus Resources IncPegasus Resources Inc. is a diversified Junior Canadian Mineral Exploration Company with a focus on uranium, gold, and base metal properties in North America. The Company is also actively pursuing the right opportunity in other resources to enhance shareholder value. For additional information, please visit the Company at www.pegasusresourcesinc.comAbout the Energy Sands ProjectThe Energy Sands project consists of 100% owned 78 lode claims covering 1,560 acres in the San Rafael Uranium District of Utah approximately 4 kilometres from the San Rafael Uranium Project of Western Uranium and Vanadium.Utah is ranked among the top 5 most favorable jurisdictions in the United States and is home to two built uranium mills and a third soon to be built by Western Uranium and Vanadium, which gives the companies operating in the area an exceptional advantage for future ore processing for conventional mining projects.Historical small-scale production, between 1953 and 1956, totaling 103,600 Pounds at a grade of 0.373% U3O8 and 1.10% V2O5.4 Corners Mines road runs through the property and connects to Interstate 70 (less 2km away), a mainline route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States connecting Utah and Maryland.https://www.pegasusresourcesinc.com/energysandsCheck out Pegasus Resources profile page on InvestorIdeashttps://www.investorideas.com/CO/PEGA/The Investorideas.com podcasts are also available on Apple Podcasts, Audible, Spotify, Tunein, Stitcher, Spreaker.com, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts and most audio platforms available.Visit the Podcast page at Investorideas.com:https://www.investorideas.com/Audio/Research mining stocks at Investorideas.com with our mining stocks directory at Investorideas.com https://www.investorideas.com/Gold_Stocks/Stocks_List.aspAbout Investorideas.com - Big Investing IdeasInvestorideas.com is the go-to platform for big investing ideas. 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Episode: 1116 Revisiting a 1970 attack on the Interstate Highway System. Today, let's look at an old attack on the Interstate Highway System.
fWotD Episode 2386: Interstate 40 in Tennessee.Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Thursday, 16 November 2023 is Interstate 40 in Tennessee.Interstate 40 (I-40) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km) from Barstow, California, to Wilmington, North Carolina. The highway crosses Tennessee from west to east, from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas border to the Blue Ridge Mountains at the North Carolina border. At 455.28 miles (732.70 km), the Tennessee segment of I-40 is the longest of the eight states through which it passes and the state's longest Interstate Highway. I-40 passes through Tennessee's three largest cities—Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville—and serves the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most-visited national park in the United States. It crosses all of Tennessee's physiographic regions and Grand Divisions—the Mississippi embayment and Gulf Coastal Plain in West Tennessee, the Highland Rim and Nashville Basin in Middle Tennessee, and the Cumberland Plateau, Cumberland Mountains, Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, and Blue Ridge Mountains in East Tennessee. Landscapes on the route vary from flat, level plains and swamplands in the west to irregular rolling hills, cavernous limestone bluffs, and deep river gorges in the central part of the state, to plateau tablelands, broad river valleys, narrow mountain passes, and mountain peaks in the east. The Interstate parallels the older U. S. Route 70 (US 70) corridor for its entire length in the state. It has interchanges and concurrencies with four other mainline Interstate Highways, and has five auxiliary routes: I-140, I-240, I-440, I-640, and I-840. I-40 in Tennessee was mostly complete by the late 1960s, having been constructed in segments. The stretch between Memphis and Nashville, completed in 1966, was the state's first major Interstate segment to be finished. The last planned section was completed in 1975, and much of the route has been widened and reconstructed since then.The I-40 corridor between Memphis and Nashville is known as Music Highway because it passes through a region which was instrumental in the development of American popular music. In Memphis, the highway is also nationally significant due to a 1971 US Supreme Court case which established the modern process of judicial review of infrastructure projects. Community opposition to the highway's proposed routing through Overton Park led to a nearly-25-year activist campaign which culminated in the case. This resulted in the state abandoning the highway's original alignment and relocating it onto what was originally a section of I-240.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:27 UTC on Thursday, 16 November 2023.For the full current version of the article, see Interstate 40 in Tennessee on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Salli Neural.
The leaves are changing colors, there's a crisp energy in the air, and the SUVs are streaming in from Staten Island bringing ladies in brown thigh high boots and gentlemen in brand new flannel shirts. That's right, it's Tourist Farm season and what better way to celebrate a weekend hay ride to pick some apples that cost $9 a pound than with a steaming bag of fresh-fried apple cider donuts! Though they seem to be a Fall tradition as old as time itself, apple cider donuts have a lot more to do with the Interstate Highway System than you might think. How much more? Find out next on Junk Feud! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junkfeudpod/support
Did you know that you could build wealth with franchise investing? The idea of franchising started way back in the Middle Ages, but it really started to pick up steam in the 1960s with the creation of turnpikes and President Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System. That's when franchising really had its heyday, but in the last couple of decades, franchising has been looked down on and passed over as an opportunity to build wealth. But the tide is changing. Our guest, Kenny Rose, CEO and founder of FranShares, created a platform that democratizes franchise investing so it could become accessible to everyone. The beauty is that you no longer need to own a franchise, which could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Instead, you can invest in franchises and generate passive income for much less. It's an interesting concept for sure, and I'm personally happy that franchising is having a renaissance because it's a business model that has worked for so many people it would be silly to overlook it. In this episode, you'll learn: What is franchise investing? What makes a franchise profitable? Why should you invest in a franchise right now? And so much more, you'll want to take notes on this episode. Links FranShares Kenny on LinkedIn SPONSORS Thanks to EarnIn for sponsoring the show. Just download the EarnIn app in Google Play of the Apple App Store and use code Talkin Money under Podcast. Thanks to Factor for sponsoring the show. Head to www.factormeals.com/etm50 and use code ETM50 to get 50% off. Thanks to Noom for sponsoring the show. Start taking control of your weight management and join the millions who have lost weight with Noom. Sign up for your TRIAL today at www.noom.com. Thanks to NetSuite for sponsoring the show. Download NetSuite's popular KPI Checklist for free at www.netsuite.com/etm. Thanks to ButcherBox for sponsoring the show. Sign up today at www.butcherbox.com/etm and use code ETM to get $20 off your first order. Thanks to AirDoctor for sponsoring the show. Head to www.airdoctorpro.com and use promo code ETM and depending on the model, you'll receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off. How To Connect with Shannah: Download 10 Money Questions to Ask Yourself Free Money Guide https://bit.ly/10moneyq Join the Everyone's Talkin' Money Newsletter, where you get insider tips, exclusive content, and takeaways from each episode https://tinyurl.com/etmnewsletter Ask Shannah a question on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shannahgame/ Submit a money question for Shannah to answer in an upcoming episode https://tinyurl.com/askshannahq Leave a 5-star Review here https://ratethispodcast.com/etm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In another riveting episode Joe and Isaac talk about the birth of the Interstate Highway System why the US Patent Office might be so backed up all the time. Remember to respond to this week's poetry puzzle at platonicallyintimate@gmail.com or by responding to the Spotify Q&A.
Today, we bring an unconventional podcast to the Team Never Quit table. We are in San Diego and joining Marcus, Melanie, and Hunter is our favorite Texan, former Governor Rick Perry. Governor Perry brings an incredible knowledge of Texas history, which ties right in to Marcus' idea of adding a few minutes in each week's podcast to Texas Tidbits, where we talk about historical info, fun facts, Texas recommendations, food suggestions, Texas etiquette, etc. And who better to kick off Texas Tidbits than the longest serving governor in Texas history. We talk Texas Tidbits, and take a deep dive of the first time Marcus and the Governor met, exactly 17 years ago in San Diego. In this episode you will hear: • [Marcus] Longest serving governor in Texas history, then Secretary of Energy. (4:30) • Agriculture has an inordinate impact on me, as it does on the state of Texas. (12:08) • The greatest governor in Texas history. Nobody even comes in a close second, in my opinion – Sam Houston. (14:02) • [Sam Houston] could probably have been elected President of the United States, had he stayed in the race in 1860. And had he won, I don't think we would've had a civil war. (14:24) • [Sam Houston] brought Texas into the nation. (15:33) • When he left his house, [Sam Houston's mother said to him: “And remember, my son, the door of the cottage will be forever open to a courageous man of honor, but it will be closed forever to a coward.” (16:22) • The second greatest governor, in my opinion – Dolph Briscoe. (18:41) • He [Dolph Briscoe] helped put into play the Farm to Market Road system, and helped put into place the Screwworm Eradication Program. (19:19) • Eisenhower put into place the Interstate Highway System. For every 5 miles, you have to have a straight 1mile piece of road. (22:42) • Governing's not hard: Don't overtax, don't over regulate, don't over litigate, and have a skilled workforce. (24:52)
The NATSO Foundation has formed a strategic partnership with HAAS Alert, the leading innovator behind the digital alerting service and connected vehicle platform, Safety Cloud®. Together, the organizations aim to significantly enhance the safety of roadside service technicians who support and repair commercial vehicles when they need to be serviced along the Interstate Highway System. Tom Parbs, the Senior Director of Sales for HaasAlert, joined the podcast to share about HAAS Alert. Listen to learn: How Safety Cloud® works; What equipment is needed; and Why HAAS Alert partnered with the NATSO Foundation and NATSO. Truckstops and travel centers can learn more about the partnership at www.natso.com/HAASalert. With special guest: Tom Parbs, Senior Director, HAAS Alert Hosted by: Amy Toner, Executive Director, NATSO Foundation
In this week's episode of Let's Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden explore an American engineering wonder, the Interstate Highway System! Join them as they look at what life was like before the development of the IHS, what the main concerns were in building it, and how a 62 day caravan led Dwight D. Eisenhower made this his personal mission! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SCRIPTURE: Luke 3-4 REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:Don't forget your “homework” for this week! Read Luke 1-5, and consider journaling as you go. You can consider: what does this passage say? Who is it for? What does it teach me about who God is? What does it teach me about who I am? What is Jesus showing me about how I can live? This week, we're talking about way-making: what “way” is Jesus on Earth to make for people? All “ways” connect two points: in this case, what are they? There are four parts to this message, and the first has to do with repentance. Kenny said that John's hard words to the people who came out to see him are all about challenging them to do “excavation work” in their own hearts. What do you think this means? The second part is about generosity: how does living generously towards others line up with the “fruit of repentance” in these verses? What can make this hard for us? The third part is about what Jesus does: he paves the road and gives us an example of righteous living to follow. But why do you think Jesus is really necessary? What are the limits or problems with just doing the first two things here: repenting and living generously? The fourth part is about what we do: we walk the road God has built. How do you understand this step? What does it look like for you? What makes it easier or harder for you to do?
Meet N0neGiv3N; a native New York Musician who stops by to break down the history of the Interstate Highway System and its effects on minority neighborhoods. These are the same highways that bear the United States flag colors on shield-shaped road markers. He compares and contrasts the interstate layout between other regions and New York City while also discussing how communities can incite change. Come discover how a system designed to erase vehicular travel also added a racial component to Urban Development. BIO As a musician, N0neGiv3N has been working on his currently unreleased debut project. The first teaser single “Face Gone” was released on Soundcloud on the Artist's birthday in 2021. The next single “Boss Fight” was released worldwide the following year in 2022. The official music video landed on Youtube on September 30, 2022. “There is space in the current Hip-Hop/Rap climate for more than the current commercial sound AND the classic sound that has become more underground as time goes on. I plan on filling that mold, my entire life has been against the grain so it is only natural for any product I create to do the same.” N0neGiv3N --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/omar-dejesus/message
When the 1968 Federal-Aid Highway Bill was passed, 1500 new miles were added to the Interstate Highway System. The Chair of the House Subcommittee on Roads, John Kluczynski, asked each state's highway department to send him their list of desired additions to the system. The states' responses of course varied, but they do paint a picture into how the Interstate Highway System got to where it is today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gribblenation/support
BP Products North America has reached an agreement to purchase TravelCenters of America. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory and TravelCenters of America shareholder approval, is for $1.3 billion in cash. TravelCenters of America (TA) is an operator of truck stops and travel centers in the United States, with approximately 270 full-service locations along the Interstate Highway System in 44 U.S. states. Franchise brands BP Owns: https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/who-we-are/our-brands.html Tired of your job? Thinking of starting or buying a business? Take our Biz Quiz to filter through over 10,000 business opportunities today! https://www.vettedbiz.com/quiz-test/ Need help finding the right franchise? Click here: https://www.vettedbiz.com/franchise-search/ 00:00 Introduction 01:38 About The Deal 02:11 About TA Restaurant Group 03:34 Franchise Opportunities For Travel America's Brand 04:15 TravelCenters of America Franchise Metrics 05:00 Conclusion #TravelCentersOfAmericaFranchise #FranchiseFindings If you are looking for more information, you can connect with us through our networks: https://www.vettedbiz.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/vettedbiz/ https://www.facebook.com/vettedbiz https://www.tiktok.com/@businessandfranchiseinus
High-speed trains were rendered obsolete in 1958– and there comes the Interstate Highway System. Instead of investing in bullet trains, America promotes auto-dependent development that essentially outsources a major cost to fuel. As America's population kept on growing so does the infrastructures needed to house all the vehicles produced by the auto industry. As the auto industry's capitalism grew the possibility of investing in bullet trains kept on receding. And now as America struggles with oil dependency and environmental problems, plus the fact that they have traffic problems (causing them to be dependent on airways). It's now a heated discussion as to why America does not have bullet trains and if it will ever have one in the future. Due to this America's misconception of High-speed railways had been a heated discussion. In this video, we will discuss how the auto industry's capitalism could be the reason why America will never be able to invest in High-speed railways. And whether America would be better with bullet trains.The Auto Industry's Capitalism: Why America Has No Bullet Trains________________________________________If you liked the video, subscribe to my channel!https://www.youtube.com/c/DerrickKirk?sub_confirmation=1 You can also follow me on:FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/WHEREISDKIRK/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dkirkforus/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mythoughts_with_derrickSNAPCHAT: https://bit.ly/3LvANda Visit my website: http://derrickkirk.com/ Show Your Support: https://bit.ly/3S2mr6m Support the show
Sam and Nat are beginning a mini-series to discuss all things freeway! Today they begin the series by diving into the history of the interstate highway system and provide some information regarding eminent domain and the role it played in freeway development across the country. Sam also provides some insights on a related case study in Santa Monica that she has been reviewing across this semester. This episode is anything but boring! Sources: A Brief History Of How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways Beneath The Santa Monica Freeway Lies The Erasure Of Sugar Hill Below Market Housing Pilot Santa Monica tries to repay historically displaced families Santa Monica’s message to people evicted long ago for the 10 Freeway: Come home
The United States spent billions of dollars in the middle part of the 20th century building out a network of Interstate highways. This left an indelible mark on the United States as a whole, especially within cities. But building out such a network was not always a guarantee. So what if the U.S. never built the Interstate Highway System in the first place?
We began building the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s, and we completed the majority of it by the end of the 1960s. The goal of creating this massive transportation system was to connect far away places— and it's met that purpose. Yet, even though the job is done, we continue to build and invest in the interstate highway system, despite that highway investments are a waste of resources and damage the fiscal growth of our cities. In this Strong Towns Podcast, Strong Towns Founder and President Chuck Marohn chats with Tony Dutzik, associate director and senior policy analyst with Frontier Group, about their recent ”Highway Boondoggles” report. (And, in case you're wondering, a highway boondoggle is a wasteful or pointless highway project that gives the appearance of having value but which drains scarce resources, making it harder to respond to current and future transportation needs.) ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES “Highway Boondoggles,” Frontier Group (September 2022). Learn more about wasteful highway expansion projects. Charles Marohn (Twitter). Cover image source: Flickr.
The US Department of Transportation has launched a pilot program to address cities and neighborhoods that have been racially segregated or divided by road projects, predominately urban interstate highways. The Reconnecting Cities program seeks to rectify harm caused by roadways that were built primarily through lower-income Black communities after the 1950s creation of the Interstate Highway System.
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedians/podcasters Katie Hannigan (‘Lady Journey' podcast, new special 'Feeling of Emptiness') and Conor Lastowka (‘372 Pages We'll Never Get Back' podcast, writer/producer for Rifftrax) for a look at why the Interstate Highway System is secretly incredibly fascinating. Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week's bonus episode.
Hello Interactors,This has been a wild week in our neighborhood. It was a car enthusiasts dream. Too bad our family’s biggest car enthusiast, my son, was busy working his summer job. It was guys like him that got America hooked on cars. And now our planet is cooked. Is it a lost cause? As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…GET A HORSEFlying down the freeway I see a woman climb out of the sunroof of her car. She’s alone. A semi-truck pulls alongside as she leaps from the car onto the bed of the trailer. Pulling alongside the car in front of her, I see the driver put on a black blindfold. He crosses his arms across his chest like he’s preparing for a collision. Just then, the truck in front of him slams on their brakes. His car comes to a screeching halt as does the woman’s empty car behind him. The man lifts his blindfold, stares into a camera mounted on his dashboard, and gruffly states, “I guess it works.”This isn’t a stunt I watched on Tik Tok, but a Hyundai Genesis ad from 2015. It starts with a voiceover from the sacrificial stuntman in the lead car, “The challenge is to show the driver assist features in an exciting way. But you guys, it seems, are a little hard to excite. Maybe the only way is to put our own lives on the line. Proof, through jeopardy.”Our neighborhood was blocked off this week to film a Genesis car commercial. Nothing this dramatic, they just drove their luxury cars around the block. They descended a hill that features an unobstructed distant view of the Seattle skyline beyond a glistening blue Lake Washington. Fancy cars in a fancy suburb. A suburb whose name features prominently on the Costco toilet paper most of you wipe your fanny biscuits with – Kirkland. Maybe we’re not so fancy after all, but our neighborhood does have nice views.We didn’t see stunt doubles hurling themselves from the sunroofs of luxury cars that day. In fact, we barely saw a single human being. The windows were tinted black, and the streets were empty, except for the police and production assistants. I stepped on the sidewalk to walk down the street and got yelled at by a Kirkland cop. “SIR! PLEASE BACK OFF THE SIDEWALK!” They, like the drivers, were being instructed by the commercial’s director on a walkie-talkie from inside a customized SUV. It had a massive camera boom stretching from the roof over the front end – like a carrot dangling in front of a mule.The truth is, it’s not just car commercials that wish there were no pedestrians on the street. Anytime any of us get behind the wheel of a car we wish the streets were free of people. And bikes. And, yes, other cars and busses too. It’s no wonder most every car commercial features a single driver on a smooth open road…void of people and cars. What bliss. No worries, no conflicts, no delays, just me on my street going between my house and my Costco to hoard my toilet paper.But believe it or not, people needed to be convinced automobiles were useful – let alone desirable. It wasn’t a car commercial that convinced them of this. It was their neighborhood car enthusiasts. People needed to be convinced of the promise of new machines. Innovation doesn’t just sell itself. Sociologists who study social movements say innovations that shape society are framed by “ideological activists who exploit political opportunities to mobilize resources.” They participate in what sociologists call ‘meaning-work’ which demonstrates their ideology as being meaningful, valid, and appropriate.New industries become broadly legitimized only after these industry activists are successful in converting radical concepts into something useful. Elements of a larger belief system must be framed in the context of daily life. So, automobile clubs organized events that demonstrated the benefits of the automobile. This idea was taken from bicycle clubs of the 1800s who used bicycle races to demonstrate the utility, reliability, and health benefits of cycling. Most automobile clubs were born out of bicycle clubs. Both were elite modes of transport using the latest industrial technology. The first automobiles were simply motorized quadricycles. Those motors were especially useful for getting up a hill.Biking up hills is hard. Biking for long distances requires endurance. And what happens if your bike breaks down? Reliability of both bikes and horse carriages was a big deal. These challenges of everyday life were just what automobile industry activists (i.e. automobile clubs) needed to demonstrate the benefits of an automobile. So, they organized demonstration events that included hill climbs and races pitting one car maker against another to see which was the fastest and most reliable.The first was on Thanksgiving of 1895 financed by the Times-Herald. Eleven cars were invited, five showed up and only two managed to finish the event. The winner was awarded $10,000 ($350,000 today) and it went to the Duryea Brothers –America’s first automaker. Their gasoline car topped out at 8MPH in below freezing temperatures…in the snow. Reminding people of the challenges of taking a horse and buggy through the snow, the Times-Herald reported that the car made it “through deep snow and along ruts that would have tried horses to the utmost.”But these events weren’t universally convincing. In 1896, an event organized by the Rhode Island State Fair Association featured an electric car. The Riker Electric won the race and $5,000 but the crowd was underwhelmed. They began chanting, “GET A HORSE. GET A HORSE. GET A HORSE.” That refrain became a popular expression used to make fun of automobile drivers. For years people would yell as they passed, “GET A HORSE!”By July of 1905, the publication Horseless Age, declared the beginning of the American dominant car culture. After a national reliability event by the American Automobile Association (AAA), The Glidden Tour, they reported that it “proved the automobile is now almost foolproof. It has proved that American cars are durable and efficient...it has strengthened our belief in the permanence of the motor car.’’A year later, in 1906, Munsey Magazine also declared the end of making fun of the automobile by writing, the “uncertain period of the automobile is now past. It is no longer a theme for jokers and rarely do we hear the derisive expression ‘Get a horse.’” And three years later, in 1909, Charles Duryea atoned that the “novelty of the automobile has largely worn off.” Soon Ford started pulling out of demonstration events and became the first mass produced reliable car in the world. The belief system of those early innovation activists had taken hold. Their meaning-work was done. They had demonstrated and convinced the public that their once radical inventions were more useful, usable, and desirable than horses, buggies…and bikes.THE GENIE GETS OUT OF THE BOTTLEWith the public convinced and nationwide reliability events tapering off, automobile activists turned their attention to roads. The Good Roads Movement had been around since the 1880s and was started by a bicycle club, the League of American Wheelman. But in 1910 that organizations efforts were overshadowed by the Automobile Association of America (AAA). By the 1920s, automobiles were competing for space with streetcars that were ubiquitous in cities big and small across the country. Streetcar systems were so vast you could almost traverse the country by streetcar city to city. But for the first time, funds and space for public rail infrastructure had competition. Should tax dollars be spent on developing and maintaining rail for trains and streetcars or roads for bikes and automobiles?Meanwhile, large motor coaches were also being produced. One of the first manufacturers and operators in America was John D. Hertz of Hertz rental car fame. He had been operating busses in Chicago since 1916, and in 1923 started the Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of another popular name, the Yellow Cab Company. He went on to start other companies with visions of bringing busses and busing to all of America.In 1925 General Motors (GM) bought a controlling stake in Yellow Coach and changed the name to Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company. Then, in 1926 Yellow Coach purchased the struggling New York Railways Corporation with the idea of converting it to a bus company. By 1930, the depression put added pressure on the competition for infrastructure funds. Financially struggling streetcars companies were often forced by local governments to lease street access and pay for rail maintenance and services (like snow removal). Companies were also sometimes forced to cap fare prices to protect lower income residents from getting priced out of public transportation by private firms. By the 1930s most streetcars were worn down and their companies bankrupt. It made them easy prey for companies like General Motors to buy them out.And so they did. GM started a subsidiary called United Cities Motor Transport (UCMT) with the sole purpose of buying out streetcar companies and converting them to bus lines in small cities. They succeeded in Saginaw, Michigan, and Springfield, Ohio and then tried Portland, Oregon. But the American Transit Association, a public transit advocacy group, stepped in and the UCMT was forced to dissolve in 1935. But it didn’t stop General Motors. That same year they converted a streetcar in New Jersey to a ‘trackless trolly’ – a bus attached to an electric wire that could detach to pick up passengers in lower populated areas. An idea that is alive to this day.The conversion from tracks to wheels was catching on. In 1936, two brothers in Minnesota who had been modestly busing school children and miners since 1920, either decided or were ‘encouraged’ to expand. They announced a reorganization of their company, National City Lines, "for the purpose of taking over the controlling interest in certain operating companies engaged in city bus transportation and overland bus transportation." That same year, 1936, this tiny outfit bought 13 streetcar companies in three states in the Midwest. They pushed westward and south to three more states in 1937. They also formed a subsidiary in Oakland, California called Pacific City Lines (PCL) with the intention of converting streetcar operations on the west coast to bus lines. In 1938 they approached GM’s Yellow Coach company to help finance further expansion. By 1939 they had secured funding from not only GM, but Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California, Phillips Petroleum, and Mack Trucks. By the end of 1939, just three years after owning and operating a couple rural busses in Minnesota, National City Lines took control of 29 local streetcar and public transportation companies in 27 cities across 10 states. By 1947 that grew to 46 systems, 45 cities, and 16 states.That also marked the end of the buying spree. In 1947 they were indicted on these two counts of conspiracy by the Federal District Court of Southern California: 'Conspiring to acquire control of a number of transit companies, forming a transportation monopoly' and 'Conspiring to monopolize sales of buses and supplies to companies owned by National City Lines.' In 1948 the case was appealed by the U.S. Supreme Court and they ordered the case be moved to the Midwest in the Federal District Court in Northern Illinois.A year later, in 1949, General Motors, Standard Oil of California, Firestone and others were convicted of conspiring to monopolize the sale of buses and related products to local transit companies controlled by National City Lines and other companies. But they were acquitted on charges of conspiracy to monopolize the ownership of streetcar and other public transportation companies. GM was fined a paltry $5000 ($62,000 today) dollars for their involvement. Their treasurer, also the director of Pacific City Lines was fined $1. That almost seems like a wink and nod more than a punishment. That one man single-handedly dismantled a $100 million electric public transportation system up and down the west coast of the United States.In Los Angeles alone, 280 million passengers a year were using the electric streetcar system. They were forced into buses or cars – if they could afford them. By 1953, just four years after the great General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy people were already complaining of traffic in LA. Within a decade, nearly four million cars were crawling around the Los Angeles Metropolitan area. The era of automobile dependency in the United States was in full swing. And there’s no getting that genie back in the bottle.SAFETY FOR WHOM?The CEO of GM, Alfred P. Sloan, wasn’t just pooling money with his cronies to buy out electric streetcar companies. Back in 1932, the same time he was conspiring to monopolize, he also created the ‘National Highway Users Conference’. He filled it with automobile, oil, and highway construction executives as a non-profit lobbying group intent on bringing an end to the government funding of mass transportation. This resulted in the creation of the U.S. Highway Trust Fund which was then used to fund the creation of the U.S. Interstate Highway System. Between 1952 and 1970 the U.S. government spent nearly two billion dollars on highways. Rail systems got just one quarter of a million.1970 also marked the year the ‘National Highway Users Conference’, ‘Automotive Safety Foundation’, and the ‘Auto Industries Highway Safety Committee’ were merged to form the ‘Highway Users Federation’. In 1995 the name was changed to the 'American Highway Users Alliance’ which to this day is “dedicated to more successful and aggressive issue advocacy on behalf of the highway community.” They went on to lead a “successful national lobbying, media and grassroots advocacy campaign to enact legislation officially designating and funding the National Highway System.” A year later, in 1996, Al Gore, the Nobel prize winner for climate change advocacy, keynoted their 40th anniversary conference. An inconvenient truth.This organization was also the member of the Global Climate Coalition from 1989 to 2001. This was the largest climate policy group in the world. It was an international coalition that opposed actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and challenged the science behind climate change. They also played a significant role in the United States denying ratification of the 1992 Kyoto Protocol.In 2004 a former U.S. Federal Highway Administration staffer, Greg Cohen, became the CEO of the organization. He was behind the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, better known as SAFETE-LU. This George W. Bush administration bill included funding for the purchase of land in Illinois for freeway expansion. Bush worked directly with the Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, on the bill. It turned out Hastert owned the very land slated for freeway expansion. The celebration of the passing of the bill was held at the headquarters of the road construction equipment maker, Caterpillar.Four months later Hastert enjoyed a 500% profit in the sale of his land and his net worth went from $300,000 to over $6 million. Hastert went on to be convicted on felony charges, but not for swindling taxpayers’ dollars. He was sent to prison for serial sexual molestation of young boys. He is the highest-ranking U.S. elected official to serve a prison sentence. Will Trump dethrone him? Just last April, the former Highway Alliance CEO, Greg Cohen, received an award by the ‘Road Gang’ (as those in the organization like to call themselves) for his “significant, exemplary contributions to the highway industry.”In 2009 the ‘Road Gang’ opposed the American Clean Energy and Security Act. This was the first U.S. bill passed by a branch of the U.S. Federal Government intent on curbing heat-trapping gases responsible for the climate crisis. The ‘Road Gang’ said the “bill will dramatically raise the price of highway fuel through a hidden tax” and that it may “raise the price of gasoline by 77 cents over the next decade.” Worse yet, they worried “none of the revenue raised will be spent on highways.”These caustic climate curmudgeons, car conspirators, tire tycoons, and oil and gas goons are the modern-day automobile enthusiast club. In sociological terms they are ideological activists who exploit financial and political opportunities to mobilize resources. For over a century their ideologically vacuous, homogenous, and one-sided promise of automobility is alive and well but it is also killing us – even as it perpetually promises to save us.Yet we still need demonstrations to convince us. Now safety and reliability are demonstrated by professional stunt drivers filmed on a smooth open road. Desirable luxury automobiles are filmed in a bucolic low-density suburban neighborhood void of cars and people. Ironically, our Kirkland neighborhood was planned and designed in the 1800s – complete with alleys designed to hide buggies, bikes, and carbon belching Buicks. Streets were public spaces where kids could play, and neighbors talked to one another. As car enthusiasts took over so did city planners and city councils hellbent on accommodating there promises. Now these enthusiasts are our elected officials, city planners, and civil engineers. In their mind, most of them anyway, the only meaningful, valid, and appropriate use of the street is for cars. A place where to be safe you need Hollywood production assistants on every corner and a cop in the intersection yelling, “SIR! PLEASE BACK OFF THE SIDEWALK!” It makes me want to yell back, “GET A HORSE!” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io
Photo: The Pan-American Highway from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Quellón, Chile, and Ushuaia, Argentina, with official and unofficial routes shown in Mexico and Central and South America. A few selected unofficial routes shown through the United States and Canada as they existed in the early 1960s. In 1966. the new U.S. Interstate Highway System brought official status to most previously unofficial routes in the lower 48 states. #NewWorldReport: Trans-Continental Highway. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org Ernesto Araujo @ernestofaraujo, former Foreign Minister of Brazil. https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/04/30/a-new-motorway-in-paraguay-could-eventually-rival-the-panama-canal
What is a Gantt Chart? On today's podcast - we're going to be answering the question "What is a Gantt Chart?". So stay tuned. You can find the show notes to each episode, links to the information mentioned on the podcast, the social media platforms we're on, and anything else related to the podcast at WarehouseSafetyTips.com. If you're a seasoned Podcast Listener - this podcast is going to be different from most you listen to. It's based around exactly what the name implies - Warehouse Safety Tips. And since the people in that industry are busy - we know time is money, so each episode will be as short and to the point as possible. And now that all that is out of the way - let's get to the Podcast! What is a Gantt Chart? Simply stated, it's a bar graph that allows project managers (As well as other staff members) to see a project from a specific start time to its projected finish. Those utilizing it can manage workflows and improve upon them for the future. Created by Henry L. Gantt - the Gantt Chart allows a visual representation of a project. Originally created to track the construction of ships - it's been used on everything from the Interstate Highway System to the construction of the Hoover Dam. Tools like the Gantt Chart allow us to constantly work towards improved efficiency. That's Lean Manufacturing. We'll discuss that more in upcoming episodes. Yes, we usually share SAFETY Tips - but, keep this in mind. One of the benefits of a safe facility is continued production. If you're following the 5S Methodology - then you're focused on improvement. In order to have improvement - you really need to seek out greater efficiency. And that's where the Gantt Chart brings everything full circle. You can monitor the progress of everything - including safety procedures within one or all projects - at a glance. Any tool that improves safety, productivity, and efficiency has our vote! We look forward to seeing you next week for another Warehouse Safety Tips. Until then, have a great week and STAY SAFE! Before moving on - here's a word from one of our sponsors. If you've ever been to or worked in a warehouse - you know just how important safety is to both management and staff. It's almost impossible to go 10 steps without seeing Safety Tape, Angles, Signs, and/or products. It's these items that show us how to be safe and avoid danger in the workplace. And if you're looking for the best products to make this happen - look no further than Mighty Line! Mighty Line Floor Signs / Floor Markings offer the best industrial products out there! Go to MightyLineTape.com/SafetyTips to request a Sample Pack of their incredible Safety Signs and Floor Markings. What makes Mighty Line the superior choice in keeping your facility safe and productive? Mighty Line Tape is the strongest floor tape on the market and has a beveled edge that increases durability for industrial brush scrubbers, forklifts, and heavy industrial wheel traffic. Easy installation and removal thanks to Mighty Line's peel and stick backing. You can apply and reapply it during installation - and it leaves no sticky residue should you need to remove it. This allows the ability to change workflow areas quickly and easily - and not have the downtime associated with painting or using floor markings that leave behind a mess when you remove them. Mighty Line Tape is 7 times thicker than the average Safety Floor Tape. Mighty Line's Signs and Marking come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. And if they don't have what you're looking for in stock - their Customize It Program allows you to create exactly what you're looking for. Mighty Line offers a Limited 3-Year Warranty on their Floor Signs and Markings. And last but certainly not least - Mighty Line Products are Patented and PROUDLY Made in the USA! We're proud to have Mighty Line as THE Official Floor Sign / Floor Marking Company for the Warehouse Safety Tips Podcast and Site. Again - Go to MightyLineTape.com/SafetyTips to request a Sample Pack of their incredible Safety Signs and Floor Markings. If you visit WarehouseSafetyTips.com - you'll find the Show Notes for this episode. Thank you for listening to Warehouse Safety Tips - and have a SAFE day!
Hey Dude, I riff about the relative indifference to Jack Kerouac's 100th birthday by the popular culture, and how my 17th anniversary in podcasting was politely ignored.QUOTE: "He loves the word sad, I love the word sad."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Jack Kerouac, Truman Capote, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Doors, Patti SmithPLACES: Altadena, Zane Grey Estate, Hollywood Burbank Airport, BroadwayTHINGS: #Kerouac100, Health-Ade Kombucha, spontaneous prose, Interstate Highways, Route 66, Academy Awards, manual typewriter, Talk Nerdy to Me, Let It GoSOUNDS: wind, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes jet, airplane, virgin cocktail, footstepsGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Here Comes the Sun" iPhone XSRECORDED: March 15, 2022 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwreckedand host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Mission Daily Report Mar 3,2022 1.อัปเดตตัวเลขผู้ที่ได้รับการฉีดวัคซีน Covid-19 ในประเทศไทย 2.ราคาดัชนีตลาดหลักทรัพย์ / ราคาหุ้นต่างประเทศ / ราคาน้ำมันดิบ / ราคาทองคำ / ราคา Cryptocurrency 3.ยูเครนระดมทุนกว่า 9000 ล้านบาท สู้สงครามรัสเซีย 4.“กลุ่มไทยพาณิชย์” เดินเครื่องนำยานแม่ “เอสซีบี เอกซ์” เข้าตลาดหลักทรัพย์ สร้างการเติบโตระยะยาว ประกาศทำเทนเดอร์แลกหุ้น “SCB” เป็น “SCBX” เริ่มวันที่ 2 มีนาคม 2565 5.“ไป่ ทาคน” นายแบบเมียนมาได้รับการปล่อยตัวแล้ว 6.เปิดรายได้รายการ “โหนกระแส” รายการเรียกเรทติ้งช่อง 3 7.“โรมัน อับราโมวิช” ยื้อไม่ไหว ตัดสินใจขายเชลซี 8.“รัสเซีย” เจ็บหนักหลังหลายบริษัทระงับการทำธุรกิจกับรัสเซีย 9.ALPHA X เดินเครื่องธุรกิจสินเช่ือยานพาหนะเจาะกลุ่มลูกค้ามั่งคั่ง พร้อมมอบประสบการณ์ใหม่ ในการครอบครองยานพาหนะลักชัวรี่ ตั้งเป้าปี2568ดันพอร์ตสินเชื่อกว่า20,000ล้านบาท 10.มอเตอร์เวย์สายใหม่ที่จะเกิดขึ้นในประเทศไทย 11.เจาะลึกระบบทางด่วน สหรัฐฯ “Interstate Highway System” 12.สถานการณ์ล่าสุด “รัสเซีย - ยูเครน” . #Missiondailyreport #ข่าวเช้ามิชชั่น #ข่าวสด
Another classic Bufnagle episode: Zach and Rafe set off on a discussion of a grand and glorious engineering project but manage to derail the conversation into all sorts of tangents along the way. The US Interstate Highway system is approximately one-tenth of one percent of the nation's roads but it carries 25 percent of the vehicle miles driven. A grand federal plan, the Interstate system is a testament to good engineering, a good plan, a lot of money, and a lot of hard work.Join the team as Zach makes his single favorite joke, the boys discuss idiosyncrasies of US roads, they develop more ideas for Bufnagle Fantasy Camp, and the hosts share stories from drivers ed training. Along the way, beet trucks make not one but TWO appearances.It's just another day on Bufnagle: the Podcast.
This week, as President Biden signs the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a conversation about the historic context of the legislation and what it can mean to Michigan. Andy Doctoroff, a Huntington Woods lawyer who teaches a class that he created at the University of Michigan Law School focusing on infrastructure, joins the conversation to offer his insights. Doctoroff explains why he believes the $550 billion in new money authorized in the legislation is historically significant. He talks about the challenge of reaching a compromise with such heightened partisanship and the need for strong leadership to ensure the success of the program. Comparing the approach to investing in building infrastructure in other countries, he offers insight on China's Belt and Road Initiative, a multi-trillion-dollar global infrastructure development strategy. He also talks about how the IIJA compares to other historic infrastructure investments, including the Transcontinental Railroad, the Rural Electrification Act, and the Interstate Highway System, as outlined in this VOA video. Emphasizing the enhanced human connectivity offered by the broadband investments, as well as the rebuilding of roads and bridges. Later, Doctoroff, who also has a contract with the State of Michigan to help oversee construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, offers a progress update.
Lucas and Matthew discuss the nuances of the Interstate Highway System in our twenty-ninth episode.
Church and Main: At the Intersection of Religion and Public Life
Why does the Interstate Highway System matter? What made it so amazing? Why is it so unappreciated today? How is it learning from its past mistakes? In this Rewind Episode originally broadcast in April 2021, I talked to Rob Sanders who like me, is a transportation geek. Rob is the creator and host for Road Guy Rob, a video, web, and podcasting platform which connects the general public with today's cutting-edge developments in transportation engineering. A Utah native, 12-year veteran of public radio, where Rob was drawn to every transportation story he got his hands on. He was so interested in transportation that he went back to school to get a Master's in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 2018. In this episode, we talk about the Interstate Highway System and its impact on the United States. Show Notes:Road Guy Rob's website Road Guy Rob YouTube ChannelDennis Sanders-Thoughts from a Freeway Lover Freeways without Futures- Congress for New UrbanismCelebrating Fifty Years of the Interstate Highway System- US Department of Transportation Save Our Freeways! - Andrew Zimmerman How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways - NPR Racist Interstates?- Stephen Malanga Support this Podcast: https://ko-fi.com/dennislsanders Be sure to rate us and leave a review. Share the podcast with others! Questions? Send an email: denminn@gmail.com. website: enroutepodcast.org Twitter Facebook Page YouTube: https://bit.ly/enrouteyt
Breaking News! Following weeks of negotiations, and as a mind-boggling heat wave settled on the Pacific Northwest, President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of ten Senators stepped out of a closed-door meeting at the White House to announce they'd made a deal. There will be infrastructure! $579 billion worth of it, in fact. The biggest federal investment in infrastructure in more than a hundred years and, according to President Biden, the 21st century equivalent to our historic investments in the Interstate Highway System and the transcontinental railroad. But if you're a tad skeptical about what this deal might mean for The War on Cars, you have good reason. Federal transportation investments have not been kind to Americans who wish to live untethered from an automobile. And in U.S. political discourse, “infrastructure” has typically been shorthand for “car stuff.” But could this moment be different? Here to help us understand the big infrastructure package and the arcane world of federal transportation policy is Beth Osborne, executive director of Transportation for America. Warning: This episode includes a brief audio clip of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. ***This episode was sponsored in part by our friends at Cleverhood. For 20% off of stylish, functional rain gear designed specifically for walking and biking enter coupon code WARONCARS at checkout.*** Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get cool stickers, access to exclusive bonus content and more. SHOW NOTES: Episode 62: It's Finally Infrastructure Week, April 3, 2021. (The War on Cars) Learn more about Transportation for America here. Follow Beth Osborne on Twitter. President Biden Announces Support for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (WhiteHouse.gov) What's in the White House, Senate bipartisan infrastructure package (Washington Post) As Feds Debate Transportation Pay-Fors, Don't Forget What We're Buying (Streetsblog USA) Biden's infrastructure deal proves bipartisanship can't deliver (Vox) Get official War on Cars merch at our store. Check out The War on Cars library at Bookshop.org. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. This episode was edited by Ali Lemer and produced by Aaron Naparstek. Our music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo is by Dani Finkel of Crucial D. Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1. Questions, comments or suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com TheWarOnCars.org
Episode Source Material: The Ugliest Buildings in Every US StateImages: ApexAbout ApexApex Department StoreMy Turn: Catherine W. Zipf: Mass. gets Pawsox; R.I. keeps ApexThe Apex CompaniesThe Apex of Potential He Saw Start, Now End for ApexAt Apex, history of inaction leads to next step‘A false narrative': Apex owners file new lawsuit in eminent domain fight$400M Pawtucket soccer project unveils new look without plans for ApexPawtucket Moves to Enable Use of Eminent Domain for Apex SitePawtucket moves toward seizing Apex propertyReddit Comments: Here, Here, and HereAndrew Geller / Raymond Loewy Andrew GellerANDREW GELLER: Architect of Happiness, 1924-2011Raymond LoewyMeet the Product Designer Who Made Mid-Century America Look Clean and StylishDowntown PawtucketDowntown Pawtucket TourSlater Mill BookPDDP Volume 1 : Existing Conditions Report by Thurlow Small Architecture - issuuMaps Show How Tearing Down City Slums Displaced ThousandsHistory of the Interstate Highway System - 50th Anniversary - Interstate System - Highway History.
Church and Main: At the Intersection of Religion and Public Life
Why does the Interstate Highway System matter? What made it so amazing? Why is it so unappreciated today? How is it learning from its past mistakes? To answer those questions I talk to Rob Sanders who like me, is a transportation geek. Rob is the creator and host for Road Guy Rob, a video, web, and podcasting platform which connects the general public with today's cutting-edge developments in transportation engineering. A Utah native, 12-year veteran of public radio, where Rob was drawn to every transportation story he got his hands on. He was so interested in transportation that he went back to school to get a Master's in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 2018. In this episode, we talk about the Interstate Highway System and its impact on the United States. Show Notes:Road Guy Rob's websiteRoad Guy Rob YouTube ChannelDennis Sanders-Thoughts from a Freeway LoverFreeways without Futures- Congress for New UrbanismCelebrating Fifty Years of the Interstate Highway System- US Department of Transportation Biden's New Infrastructure Might Begin To Dismantle Racist Urban Planning- National Public Radio
On this week's Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, Doug Hecox, acting director of public affairs at the Federal Highway Administration, shares his insights on the origins of interstate highways and wrestles with unanswerable questions about the future. Hecox likes to remind people that the Interstate Highway System is "the largest human-built thing in the world."The discussion ranges from the debate about President Biden's proposed infrastructure plan to why it has always been difficult for policymakers to agree on how to fund transportation systems, to what the ongoing development of connected and automated vehicles will mean to highway capacity. This includes a discussion about the president and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's emphasis on racial, social and environmental justice. We cannot right the wrongs but the history needs to inform future decisions.Hecox explains why he's a champion of the decision to invest in the Interstate Highway System. He also underscores why it is important for future planning that the highways accommodate the people they are supposed to serve.The conversation also touches on the history of the Good Roads movement and how cyclists, not drivers, advocated to pave roads. Such was the case in Michigan and the work of Horatio S. Earle, Michigan's first state transportation director.Other references:— President Lincoln's patent (the only U.S. president to obtain one) and how it benefitted transportation.— Companies continue to experiment with driverless delivery vehicles, including Michigan-based Domino's Pizza.This year marks the 65th anniversary of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 and work to create the Interstate Highway System.
In this episode I will breakdown the reasons behind America's seemingly glacial pace at getting new and improved infrastructure built around our country. I'll breakdown the National Environmental Policy Act also known as NEPA and its effects on Federal and State transportation projects. I'll explain the systemic racism that has been at core America's transportation network since the 1950's. I'll discuss a few instances in which the Interstate Highway System was intentionally planned to go through low-income and Black communities as part of "Urban Renewal" and how the Lambert International Airport in Saint Louis took out a thriving Black Town for runway expansion. Have we learned from the past mistakes and are we better prepared to build a transportation and logistics network to meet 21st century demands? I have some answers to these questions. Tune in and find out!!
Happy Holidays, experts! Hopefully you are all finding some kind of peace and comfort in this crazy time. We have both finished finals (hooray!!) and are taking a holiday break to catch up on sleep and celebrate. But we didn't want to leave you hanging, especially if you were looking forward to the soothing sounds of our voices to keep you company. So we decided to do something fun! We had a couple episodes backlogged from before we officially launched the podcast - test episodes, if you will, that we have never released. So we are releasing them now! Here's the first of our trio of oldies to get you through to 2021. Are they terrible? Maybe! Should they have been left on the cutting room floor? You decide! Tell us what you think, and if we have improved at all over the past 8 weird months. In today's episode, Zack has 30 minutes to become an "expert" on... The Interstate Highway System! So here's the thing, as we mentioned, this was early on in 30 Minute Expert's existence, so Zack's research skills were not great. He started by researching the wrong topic... But, that means that we got to learn about the predecessor to the Interstate Highway System as well! If you are taking a road trip this holiday, you have Dwight D. Eisenhower to thank for the ease of travel you are (hopefully) experiencing. We often take the highway system for granted, but it is quite a feat of infrastructure. Lastly - want to know why the 405 sucks so bad? Because 380,000 cars PER DAY travel on it. Wow. Highlights include: - Contraflow: Opposite Day on the Highway - Highway H1? Hawaii's 27 miles of interstate highway - The shortest highway in America (you could walk it!) Donate to the ACLU: https://action.aclu.org/give/donate-to-aclu-multistep Donate to the NAACP: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/naacp-1 Follow on instagram @30minuteexpertpodcast and twitter @30minexpertpod Send us your expertise at 30minuteexpertpodcast@gmail.com And please rate and review! Podcast artwork by Rick Radvanksy Intro and Outro music by Jake Radvanksy
A coalition of downtown businesses, homeowners and organizations is advocating a two-level highway system for the north, east and south legs of interstates 65 and 70—the so-called inner loop in downtown Indianapolis. The proposal from Rethink 65/70 comes as state transportation officials move forward with a planned reconstruction of the north-split interchange — a project Rethink leaders hope can be done with their below-grade highway plan in mind. IBJ Podcast host Mason King talks with Rethink member Paul Knapp, the CEO of Young & Laramore, about the group's proposal. Then he talks with Indiana Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Manning and Kia Gillette, an environmental project manager at HNTB, about whether the state will consider Rethink's ideas. Learn more about the Rethink 65/70 proposal with this IBJ story by reporter Susan Orr.
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