Blueprint America - Off the Rails
Off the Rails
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr, in a segment on New York Voices on Channel Thirteen - New York, goes 14 stories below 63rd Street and 2nd Avenue in New York City, in a subway tunnel that the MTA (New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority) is building to bring Long Island railroad...
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Paul Krugman's Big Fix
Blueprint America -- with host David Brancaccio (NOW on PBS) -- interviews economist Paul Krugman on the effect a stimulus in infrastructure spending will have on the American economy.
Air date: 12/31/2008
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Transit in Trouble, Part Two
Amid the country's economic crisis, some public transit agencies have found themselves linked to complex financial deals that have since soured. In the final segment of a two part report for Blueprint America, correspondent Rick Karr looks at the fallout of these arrangements.
Air date: 03/11/2009
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Public Transit Faces New Pressures
As the economy has slumped, Americans have increasingly turned to mass transit, putting new pressure on transit agencies. Correspondent Rick Karr examines the budgetary issues facing public transit.
Air date: 03/11/2009
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Web Video: The Streetblogger
Aaron Naparstek, Editor-in-Chief of the online transportation news source Streetsblog, in an interview with Blueprint America about the way transportation is looked at in New York City and the rest of the country.
Air date: 11/24/2009
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Return to Sender
America's ports are its economic lifeline to the rest of the world, and are in danger of becoming a hindrance to our nation's success. NewsHour's Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez visits one of the nation's busiest: New Orleans.
Air date: 10/17/2008
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