To Drive Post-COVID Economic Recovery, Mayors Prioritize Infrastructure and Technology Investments, Study Finds
Study Shows Plans for Recovery Must Overcome Near Universal Budget Shortfalls Resulting from Pandemic WASHINGTON, September 16, 2020 – While a majority of U.S. mayors (94%) agree that their city’s economic recovery depends on containing and preventing community spread of the COVID-19 virus, investing in infrastructure to generate jobs and economic growth is the top immediate (69%) and long-term (71%) priority for mayors, according to “Infrastructure, Technology and Mayors’ Priorities for...
COVID-19 permanently alters global energy outlook but buys little time to reach Paris climate goals
Oslo, Norway, 08 September 2020 – The behavioural and economic ramifications of COVID-19 will permanently reduce global energy demand, according to DNV GL’s newly published Energy Transition Outlook. Compared to the pre-pandemic forecast, energy demand will be lowered 6-8% each year to the middle of the century. COVID-19 has prompted major behavioural shifts important to energy consumption, as demonstrated by reduction in long distance travel and the increase in home office, both of which are...
University partners with cities to study COVID-19 virus prevalence in wastewater
The Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility serves the majority of the population in the region, making it an ideal location to conduct the environmental surveillance of wastewater. College of Engineering leads wastewater environmental surveillance in the Truckee Meadows RENO/SPARKS, Nev. – The Nevada Water Innovation Institute based at the University of Nevada, Reno, along with regional agency partners, is monitoring Truckee Meadows wastewater to determine the level of COVID-19 in...
UC Davis: COVID-19 Having Major Impact on Transportation
New research by the University of California-Davis Institute for Transportation Studies indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic has had and will continue to have a “profound impact” on how much people move around, their means of transportation, and on who gets to stay at home; trends that will create “long-term shifts” in transportation usage across the country. [Above photo by WSDOT.] The researchers conducted surveys targeting 15 regions of the United States and two in Canada – polling more...
Transportation Officials Report Increased Traffic on Some Roadways, But Reshaping of Industry for Years to Come Due To Pandemic
Five Months into COVID-19 Pandemic, the Country’s Most Important and Iconic Transportation Systems Continue to Feel Historic Impact and Loss of Revenue WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the worldwide association for the owners and operators of toll facilities and the businesses that serve tolling, reports that many of America’s major roadways continue to experience significant impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Five months after...
COVID-19 trends impacting the future of transportation planning and research
TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen recently shared insights on how the transportation industry has been impacted by and will continue to be shaped by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic. He presented Thursday, August 13 at the closing plenary session of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) virtual annual meeting. Pedersen shared a number of statistics on how different modes are performing in comparison to last year and then honed in on some of the behavioral change...
New York State Partners with Arcadis to Pilot Early Detection of COVID-19 in Wastewater
Game-changing approach will help inform decision-making, protect public health in upstate communities Highlands Ranch, Colo. — The New York State Department of Health and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have partnered with Arcadis for a pilot project to identify and track SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in municipal wastewater collection systems in Onondaga County, Albany, Newburgh and Buffalo. Arcadis will identify and monitor the presence of SARS-C...
The Great Reopening: Architects and Engineers Help Schools Envision Safe Designs for COVID Era
K-12 schools now have a range of immediate, short-term, and future design options they can use to create safer buildings and still serve most of their regular student enrollment. New York – The most contentious debate of the COVID-19 era is unfolding this summer as elected officials, administrators, educators, parents, and students all grapple with how to safely open schools for the coming academic year. And schools are discovering that – alongside public health directives and revised cu...
Regional advantages will define future energy transitions, says Baker Institute expert
James A. Baker Institute of Public Policy(Image) HOUSTON – Different countries will respond in different ways to the challenges of economic growth and environmental sustainability based upon their regional advantages, according to a new paper by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The COVID-19 pandemic has added pressure to governments on both fronts, wrote Ken Medlock, a fellow in energy and resource economics at the Bake...
Report: An infrastructure stimulus plan for the COVID-19 recession
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the nation to its core, and the ensuing economic contraction shows no signs of letting up. As in past recessions, infrastructure is not insulated from these effects—household affordability concerns are rising, strained state and local budgets are delaying projects, and workforce impacts in construction and other industries are just beginning to take shape. Still, it is the underlying structural factors—how we design our communities, the technologies we deploy,...
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