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Blueprint America - The Crises

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Road to the Future
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 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1127425638/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false "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. /episodes/get/1093 /episode/1093 Blueprint America: Road to the Future /episode-player/1093
Zombie Highways: Birmingham and the Northern Beltline
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 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1365165724/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false 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. /episodes/get/1109 /episode/1109 Blueprint America: Zombie Highways: Birmingham and the Northern Beltline /episode-player/1109
America in Gridlock: Louisiana & the Stimulus
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 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1365158160/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false 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... /episodes/get/1077 /episode/1077 Blueprint America: America in Gridlock: Louisiana & the Stimulus /episode-player/1077
Road to the Future: The Public Toll
Road to the Future: The Public Toll
Short on cash and desperate to find ways to finance transportation, states and municipalities are now considering public-private partnerships to fill the void. In these deals, a private company will pay large up-front fees and will shoulder the costs of managing and sometimes even building a toll...
Air date: 05/20/2009 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1365243766/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Short on cash and desperate to find ways to finance transportation, states and municipalities are now considering public-private partnerships to fill the void. In these deals, a private company will pay large up-front fees and will shoulder the costs of managing and sometimes even building a toll... /episodes/get/1094 /episode/1094 Blueprint America: Road to the Future: The Public Toll /episode-player/1094
Zombie Highways: What about the environment?
Zombie Highways: What about the environment?
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr in a web report from Alabama on the environmental impact of building highways, and the growth they can create.
Air date: 08/10/2009 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1358848127/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr in a web report from Alabama on the environmental impact of building highways, and the growth they can create. /episodes/get/1110 /episode/1110 Blueprint America: Zombie Highways: What about the environment? /episode-player/1110