31
Jan
2018
Accommodating Autonomous Vehicles in the Built Environment
Posted On January 31, 2018  By C. Kat Grimsley, Ph.D. cantab  And has No Comment

Alternative, autonomous and electric vehicles were hot topics on the agenda at the 97th meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which took place in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. This annual meeting brings together more than 8,000 transportation professionals from industry, academia and government to […]

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21
Jun
2017
Infrastructure Investment Can Pave the Way for Growth
Posted On June 21, 2017  By Rich Tucker  And has No Comment

America has earned a D+ for infrastructure conditions and needs after decades of underinvestment, according to the 2017 Infrastructure Report Card issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The condition of infrastructure, ASCE says, “has a cascading impact on our nation’s economy, impacting business […]

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08
Jun
2017
Bigger, Better, Faster: The Port of Long Beach
Posted On June 8, 2017  By Brielle Scott  And has No Comment

The second-busiest port in the nation is actively preparing for the future of cargo movement around the world. At the I.CON: Trends and Forecasts conference this week in Long Beach, California, an on-boat tour of the Port of Long Beach provided an inside look at the […]

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17
Mar
2017
Getting Goods Faster to Florida’s 21 Million Residents
Posted On March 17, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

Florida’s Gateway provides direct access to CSX’s Winter Haven Intermodal – and more importantly, connectivity to a staggering 18 million people within 200 miles. That’s right: with nearly 20.7 million residents, Florida ranks third in U.S. population (behind California and Texas), and 1,000 people per day […]

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08
Mar
2017
It’s a Small World with Big Economic Challenges
Posted On March 8, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

“A good economist should tell you what could go wrong,” started K.C. Conway, SunTrust Banks, to industrial commercial real estate’s leaders at I.CON: Impact Projects. On the top of his list? The Fed and monetary policy, security and terrorism, of course, but also millennials’ slow entry […]

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01
Mar
2017
Drone Delivery One Step Closer for UPS
Posted On March 1, 2017  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Having your online order literally dropped on your doorstep took another step toward reality as UPS shares the news of successful package delivery via a drone launched from atop a UPS vehicle. Call it multitasking at its best: the drone autonomously delivers a package and then […]

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14
Feb
2017
Longer Commutes Make for Unhappier Employees
Posted On February 14, 2017  By Rachel Karitis  And has No Comment

How important is employee happiness to their employers? Not surprisingly, very important – job satisfaction leads to higher productivity, increased profits and lower turnover. The bottom line: keeping employees happy is essential for a company’s overall success. There are a lot of factors that go into […]

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09
Nov
2016
Technology in the Fast Lane: Self-driving Cars and CRE
Posted On November 9, 2016  By Julie D. Stern  And has No Comment

How will the autonomous and driverless cars of tomorrow impact commercial real estate? NAIOP Distinguished Fellow David Dale-Johnson, Ph.D., addressed that question in the fall 2016 issue of Development magazine. But the tomorrow he envisions — one in which unneeded parking structures and parking lots could […]

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10
Aug
2016
Solar Roadways to Become Reality in Missouri along Route 66
Posted On August 10, 2016  By Julie D. Stern  And has 1 Comment

Is the road of the future about to become reality? Perhaps you remember reading about “Smart Solar Roadways” in the fall 2014 issue of Development magazine. Author Nicola Davies, Ph.D., described emerging innovations in technology and engineering that could integrate solar panels with road surfaces, creating […]

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25
Nov
2015
Are “Road Diets” Good for Business?
Posted On November 25, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Road diets – the practice of reconfiguring road lanes in an effort to improve safety for pedestrians, bikers and even drivers – are surging across the country as communities invest in transportation and look for ways to make infrastructure safer and more flexible for travelers of […]

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