Blueprint America - Driven to Despair
Driven to Despair
With gas prices spiking and home values crumbling, the American working class dream of a cheap commute to work from ever-appreciating houses on the fringes of suburbia has become more like an American nightmare. NOW on PBS, with Blueprint America, examines this crisis through the example of...
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Choke Point
Chicago has been a freight rail hub for the past 150 years, but an outdated layout often makes it a bottleneck for the country's shipping network. Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr reports on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
Air date: 04/22/2009
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Spain: The Next American System?
Norman Anderson, President and CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure (a Washington, D.C. based consulting group) explains how Spain has been able to finance its infrastructure build out, and what America has to learn.
Air date: 01/15/2010
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Choke Point: The Third Rail
Rick Karr interviews Edward Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), about the state of freight rail in America today, as well as its future.
Air date: 04/22/2009
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Stimulus Roadblock?
NOW on PBS and Blueprint America travel to North Carolina to see what the future holds for the country's mass transit systems in these troubling financial times.
Air date: 02/13/2009
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City Creek Center
Blueprint America -- with Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on PBS -- report on the rebuilding of Salt Lake City, a private project changing the public landscape.
Air date: 11/06/2009
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