Blueprint America - Nowhere to Grow
Zombie Highways
What do you call a highway program that just keeps going long after its original goals were achieved? A zombie highway. Blueprint America and the PBS NewsHour go to Birmingham, Alabama, to look into the Northern Beltline, a road which will be paid for by taxpayers nationwide.
Air date: 08/11/2009
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Airing 02/08/10: Beyond the Motor City
"Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City," a new documentary directed by critically-acclaimed filmmaker Aaron Woolf, examines how Detroit, a grim symbol of America's diminished status in the world, may come to represent the future of transportation and progress in America. The film debuts...
Air date: 12/14/2009
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Road to the Future
"Blueprint America: Road to the Future," an original documentary part of a PBS multi-platform series on the country's aging and changing infrastructure, examines the choices we can make as the country invests in its infrastructure, and how they can affect the way we live.
Air date: 05/20/2009
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Zombie Highways: Birmingham and the Northern Beltline
Should taxpayers in California or Illinois pay for the 52-mile road through the hills north of Birmingham, Alabama? Rick Karr speaks to the head of the Coalition for Regional Transportation, Phillip Wiedmeyer.
Air date: 08/10/2009
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America in Gridlock: Louisiana & the Stimulus
While some states are looking everywhere for funding as revenues fall, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is thinking twice about taking stimulus money from the federal government. Even as the state's infrastructure is reeling, he tells Blueprint America that there are consequences to unchecked...
Air date: 10/14/2008
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