Blueprint America RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgTue, 21 May 2013 00:57:13 -0400Tue, 21 May 2013 00:57:13 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/2247668683/Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien in a web report on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where at some point a new transportation bill will be debated and voted on.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247668683/06/19/2012Report on the House Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteenrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675587/Georgia Tech Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones, author of Retrofitting Suburbia, explains the benefits of turning properties in the red, green.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675587/06/19/2012Ellen Dunham-Jones explains the benefits of turning properties in the red, green.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675588/The residents of Dubuque, Iowa, have signed onto a unique experiment to revitalize their city though a focus on sustainability. Local historian and museum director Jerry Enzler shares a little bit of the background - where Dubuque came from and why this focus on sustainability is important for his city's future.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675588/06/19/2012The residents of Dubuque, Iowa, have signed onto a unique experiment.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyTechnologyTechnologyTransportation & InfrastructureTransportation & InfrastructureGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675570/Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien with Streetsblog Capitol Hill reporter Elana Schor on why transportation legislation matters, especially as Congress will eventually put forward a new bill.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675570/06/19/2012Why transportation legislation mattersnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247668685/Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien closes with another interview with the Capitol Hill Streetblogger Elana Schor in a look at the varying meanings of change when Congress takes up the transportation bill.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247668685/06/19/2012Elana Schor in a look at the meanings of the transportation bill.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675564/Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien in a web report on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where at some point a new transportation bill will be debated and voted on.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675564/06/19/2012Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'BriennrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675571/Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien with Streetsblog Capitol Hill reporter Elana Schor on why transportation legislation matters, especially as Congress will eventually put forward a new bill.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675571/06/19/2012Why transportation legislation mattersnrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675572/Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien with the man with the plan himself, Chairman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota on why his transportation bill is what America needs, especially during the Great Recession.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675572/06/19/2012Jim Oberstar of Minnesota on why his transportation bill is what America needs.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675579/Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien with Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D., OR) on the other issues facing the transportation bill once Congress and the Administration come to terms on how to move forward.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675579/06/19/2012Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D., OR) on the other issues facing the transportation bill.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247668678/Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien with the other man with the plan, Rep. John Mica of Florida on the transportation bill roadblock.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247668678/06/19/2012Rep. John Mica of Florida on the transportation bill roadblock.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1358839306/"Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City," a new documentary directed by critically-acclaimed filmmaker Aaron Woolf, examines how Detroit, a grim symbol of America's diminished status in the world, may come to represent the future of transportation and progress in America. The film debuts nationally on PBS on February 8 at 10 pm.http://video.pbs.org/video/1358839306/09/14/2010See how Detroit may represent the future of transportation and progress in America.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247578039/UNC-TV - as a part of Blueprint America - looks at North Carolina's most pressing concerns around transportation infrastructure and creative solutions for the future.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247578039/06/19/2012UNC-TV looks at North Carolina's most pressing concerns around transportation.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365277143/Blueprint America -- with Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on PBS -- report on the rebuilding of Salt Lake City, a private project changing the public landscape.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365277143/09/14/2010The rebuilding of Salt Lake City -- a private project changing the public landscape.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyPower and EnergyPower and EnergyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247578042/Panelists include Harrisburg University President Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Jacksonville Florida's Blueprint for Prosperity original manager Dr. Jarik Conrad, and CEOs for Cities President Carol Coletta.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247578042/06/19/2012Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Dr. Jarik Conrad, and Carol ColettanrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247578046/Panelists include Harrisburg University President Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Jacksonville Florida's Blueprint for Prosperity original manager Dr. Jarik Conrad, and CEOs for Cities President Carol Coletta.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247578046/06/19/2012Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Dr. Jarik Conrad, and Carol ColettanrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247578041/Panelists include Harrisburg University President Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Jacksonville Florida's Blueprint for Prosperity original manager Dr. Jarik Conrad, and CEOs for Cities President Carol Coletta.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247578041/06/19/2012Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Dr. Jarik Conrad, and Carol ColettanrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247668656/Panelists include Harrisburg University President Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Jacksonville Florida's Blueprint for Prosperity original manager Dr. Jarik Conrad, and CEOs for Cities President Carol Coletta.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247668656/06/19/2012Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Dr. Jarik Conrad, and Carol ColettanrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247578044/Panelists include Harrisburg University President Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Jacksonville Florida's Blueprint for Prosperity original manager Dr. Jarik Conrad, and CEOs for Cities President Carol Coletta.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247578044/06/19/2012Dr. Mel Schiavelli, Dr. Jarik Conrad, and Carol ColettanrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675557/Political wrangling can often get in the way of critical infrastructure improvements. Case in point: The rebuilding of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675557/06/19/2012Political wrangling can often get in the way of critical infrastructure improvements.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1358840574/The majority of American goods are transported by trucks, even though freight trains are greener and more fuel-efficient. Where should America be placing its bets for moving our economy and what would you personally sacrifice for it?http://video.pbs.org/video/1358840574/09/14/2010A look at the needs, challenges, and solutions for transporting cargo across America.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675558/In a report from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, some states are experimenting with controversial new taxes to pay for highway construction.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675558/06/19/2012Some states are experimenting with controversial new taxes for highways.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365185987/What do you call a highway program that just keeps going long after its original goals were achieved? A zombie highway. Blueprint America and the PBS NewsHour go to Birmingham, Alabama, to look into the Northern Beltline, a road which will be paid for by taxpayers nationwide.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365185987/09/14/2010Taxpayers nationwide may pay for Alabama's Northern Beltline, at a cost of $3 billion.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1358848127/Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr in a web report from Alabama on the environmental impact of building highways, and the growth they can create.http://video.pbs.org/video/1358848127/09/14/2010A report from Alabama on the environmental impact of building highways.nrBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247463743/The most vocal opponents of Birmingham's Northern Beltline have been environmentalists.http://video.pbs.org/video/2247463743/06/19/2012The most vocal opponents of Birmingham's Northern Beltline have been environmentalists.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365165724/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.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365165724/09/14/2010Rick Karr speaks to head of the Coalition for Regional Transportation Phillip Wiedmeyer.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1127425638/"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.http://video.pbs.org/video/1127425638/09/14/2010"Road to the Future" examines how the country invests in infrastructure and how we live.nrCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365243766/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 road, in return for the rights to keep the tolls.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365243766/09/14/2010Private companies manage toll roads in return for the rights to keep the tolls.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1113563932/Chicago has been a freight rail hub for the past 150 years, but an outdated layout often makes it a bottleneck for the country's shipping network. <i>Blueprint America</i> correspondent Rick Karr reports on <i>The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</i>.http://video.pbs.org/video/1113563932/09/14/2010Rick Karr reports on Chicago's freight rail system for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyShipping and CargoShipping and CargoEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365279431/Rick Karr interviews Edward Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), about the state of freight rail in America today, as well as its future.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365279431/09/14/2010Rick Karr interviews Edward Hamberger about the state of freight rail in America today.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyShipping and CargoShipping and CargoEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1115809446/NOW on PBS and Blueprint America explore if America's most affordable and abundant energy resource can be produced without an adverse effect to the environment.http://video.pbs.org/video/1115809446/09/14/2010Can America's most abundant energy resource be produced without hurting the environment?nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsEnvironmentEnvironmentScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyPower and EnergyPower and EnergyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1114496295/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.http://video.pbs.org/video/1114496295/09/14/2010Americans are using more mass transit these days, putting pressure on transit agencies.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365337021/In the first segment of a two part report for Blueprint America, correspondent Rick Karr looks at the budgetary issues facing public transit.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365337021/09/14/2010Rick Karr looks at the budgetary issues facing public transit.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365345120/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.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365345120/09/14/2010Rick Karr looks at public transit agencies linked to financial deals that have soured.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1114515389/Amid the country's economic crisis, some public transit agencies have found themselves linked to complex financial deals that have since soured. Rick Karr reports on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.http://video.pbs.org/video/1114515389/09/14/2010Some public transit agencies are linked to complex financial deals that have since soured.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1115452391/NOW on PBS and Blueprint America travel to North Carolina to see what the future holds for the country's mass transit systems in these troubling financial times.http://video.pbs.org/video/1115452391/09/14/2010What does the future hold for the country's mass transit systems in these financial times?nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1114560652/"The Big Fix" examines what policy makers and politicians in Washington, including President Barack Obama, mean when they say that rebuilding our crumbling highways and bridges, leaky water systems and other vital lifelines stimulates the economy and generates jobs. Will fixing our infrastructure save the economy?http://video.pbs.org/video/1114560652/09/14/2010Will fixing our infrastructure save the economy? "Blueprint America" reports.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsBusiness & EconomyBusiness & EconomyGovernmentGovernmentOpinionOpinionScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologySocial IssuesSocial IssuesCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentShipping and CargoShipping and CargoPower and EnergyPower and EnergyBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365331233/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.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365331233/09/14/2010Economist Paul Krugman on the effect of infrastructure spending on the American economy.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1114540579/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 traffic into Grand Central Station.http://video.pbs.org/video/1114540579/09/14/2010Correspondent Rick Karr goes 14 stories below 63rd Street and 2nd Avenue in New York City.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1114493504/Singapore was the first country in the world to implement Electronic Road Pricing (ERP), an electronic toll collection system which aims to reduce traffic and indeed, less than 30 percent of Singaporeans now own cars. Despite Singapore's successes, as World Focus producers Mary Lockhart and Ara Ayer and correspondent Daljit Dhaliwal report, the automatic fees take a toll on Singapore's commuters.http://video.pbs.org/video/1114493504/09/14/2010Singapore has an electronic toll collection system that reduces traffic, but at what cost?nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsGlobal AffairsGlobal AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1117901102/Boston's Big Dig is an example of what to do right and, at the same time, what not to do when it comes to large urban infrastructure projects.http://video.pbs.org/video/1117901102/09/14/2010Boston's Big Dig is an example of what to do with large urban infrastructure projects.nrCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1117893734/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.http://video.pbs.org/video/1117893734/09/14/2010Are America's ports becoming a hindrance to our nation's success?nrShipping and CargoShipping and CargoEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1117877250/The NewsHour's Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez reports with Blueprint America on how the exurb of Buckeye, Arizona continues to grow with no boundaries.http://video.pbs.org/video/1117877250/09/14/2010Ray Suarez reports on how the exurb of Buckeye, Arizona grows with no boundaries.nrGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1117875367/With rare access into the control tower of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, NewsHour Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez shows us how America's air transportation system -- once a source of national pride -- has become a frustrating example of Americaâ??s struggling infrastructure.http://video.pbs.org/video/1117875367/09/14/2010Ray Suarez shows how America's air transportation is part of our struggling infrastructurenrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1117958441/Ray Suarez hits the road for a close-up look at America's crumbling roads and bridges.http://video.pbs.org/video/1117958441/09/14/2010Ray Suarez hits the road for a close-up look at America's crumbling roads and bridges.nrBridges and RoadsBridges and RoadsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1365158160/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 government borrowing and spending.http://video.pbs.org/video/1365158160/09/14/2010Governor Bobby Jindal thinks Louisiana has alternatives for improving infrastructure.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyWeather & Natural DisastersWeather & Natural DisastersGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/1115444774/With gas prices spiking and home values crumbling, the American working class dream of a cheap commute to work from ever-appreciating houses on the fringes of suburbia has become more like an American nightmare. NOW on PBS, with Blueprint America, examines this crisis through the example of southern California.http://video.pbs.org/video/1115444774/09/14/2010The American dream of a cheap commute to work has become more like an American nightmare.nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitPower and EnergyPower and EnergyEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2247675583/"Those who can, build," Robert Moses said. "Those who can't, criticize."http://video.pbs.org/video/2247675583/06/19/2012"Those who can, build," Robert Moses said. "Those who can't, criticize."nrNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsScience & TechnologyScience & TechnologyCommuting and TransitCommuting and TransitGrowth and DevelopmentGrowth and DevelopmentSegment