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CGI Live Blogging: Brad Pitt and Bill Clinton “Make It Right”
September 24, 2009 – 6:44 pm | 8 Comments
CGI Live Blogging: Brad Pitt and Bill Clinton “Make It Right”

Let’s be honest. Brad Pitt was a big draw for tonight’s special session on infrastructure, called “Building a Better Future – A Progress Report on Making It Right in New Orleans.”
But once you realize what …

CGI Live Blogging: The Infrastructure of Place: Sustainability and the Built Environment
September 24, 2009 – 3:03 pm | One Comment
CGI Live Blogging: The Infrastructure of Place: Sustainability and the Built Environment

On the third day of the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, experts came together to discuss “The Infrastructure of Place: Sustainability and the Built Environment,” as moderated by Vijay Vaitheeswaran, global correspondent for The Economist …

New York City’s Underappreciated Waterways
September 24, 2009 – 2:09 pm | 3 Comments
New York City’s Underappreciated Waterways

“NYC: Inside Out,” subtitled quite simply, “Transportation”, aired on the Discovery Channel last Thursday, September 17th. The short, hour long documentary explores the complexity of the transportation systems that sustain the city I visited for …

Looking for a Few Good Bloggers
September 22, 2009 – 8:40 am | No Comment
Looking for a Few Good Bloggers

EMBARQ is looking for a few part-time, volunteer bloggers to contribute to TheCityFix.com. Since launching in 2007, the global blogging network has expanded to include three city-based blogs in Washington, D.C., Mumbai and Mexico City. …

Solar Roadways: The Path to the Future?
September 18, 2009 – 2:13 pm | One Comment
Solar Roadways: The Path to the Future?

The Department of Transportation is funding a pilot project that will make roads out of LED lights and solar panels, as recently seen on grist.org. Husband and wife Scott and Julie Brusaw teamed up to …