Infrastructure

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Dubuque Green Alleyways Policy Analysis

Published
Monday, September 18, 2023
Academic year
2023-2024
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As part of their capstone project, Public Affairs graduate students developed metrics and conducted an analysis of Dubuque's Green Alleyways Project, which is designed to improve the aesthetic and environmental functions of alleys in the Bee Branch Watershed.  

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North Liberty Traffic Impact Study

Published
Monday, June 19, 2023
Academic year
2022-2023

On behalf of the City of North Liberty, a group of Civil and Engineering students reviewed current conditions at an intersection in the growing municipality. The team set up traffic counters and used that data to create a simulation model to investigate different traffic scenarios along both Ranshaw and Penn corridors.

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North Liberty Ranshaw Way Underpass

Published
Monday, June 19, 2023
Academic year
2022-2023

Three students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering created plans for an underpass for the City of Norther Liberty. The underpass is part of the final phase of a reconstruction of Ranshaw Way.

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Clinton Trail Connectivity and Design

Published
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Academic year
2022-2023
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For their graduating capstone project, students in Civil and Environmental Engineering created a proposal for a new trail system aimed at cyclists and pedestrians that would connect downtown Clinton to its industrial quarter on the south side.

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Clinton - Greening Downtown through Cycling

Published
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Academic year
2022-2023
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Students in a course in the School of Planning and Public Affairs developed recommendations to "green" downtown Clinton by improving opportunities for cycling.

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Preston Sewer and Water GIS Mapping

Published
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Academic year
2021-2022
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As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students digitized hand made files of the current sewer and water system in Preston, Iowa using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools.