(and coming soon to iTunes!) Everyone at Be Prepared to Stop is excited to announce that our documentary is coming to Amazon.com on Thursday, April 6th. The last two-and-a-half years have been quite a journey and we’re thrilled to finally be able to share the resulting film with all of you. We think it’s an eye-opening story of...

As we begin showing our film to small groups of friends, family, and advocates for better, safer highways, one thought keeps being voiced at the end of the film: “I never thought about it like that.” Whether it’s realizing you don’t drive as safely around big trucks as you should; or that you never noticed how many bridges/overpasses...

Time for a “Be Prepared to Stop” production update, don’tcha think?   We’re barreling towards the home stretch as we continue to edit our tale of pothole politics and the indispensible-yet-ignored interstate highway system. We’ve had the pleasure of speaking with so many passionate people about the state of our union of roadways, and we’ve enjoyed sharing some...

Holy hopper bottom, there’s new hope on the horizon! Last week the US House of Representatives passed a six-year $325 billion transportation bill ($261 billion for highways and $55 billion for transit). However – you knew there would be a “however” – although it approves six years of badly-needed projects, it only funds the bill for three years....

You may have heard that there was a debate last week at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. You also may have heard that numerous Republican candidates spoke out on important issues, had clever comebacks, and scored some points with various voter blocs. What you didn’t hear was anyone talking about infrastructure. No one. Not a peep....

As we face our final few bittersweet days of watching Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, we thought we’d post a video clip from last summer that pretty much covers the ongoing struggle to get a Highway Trust Fund bill passed and funded.   The Daily Show "First of all, I can't believe our Federal Highways have a...

  Winter is coming…   That was my first thought when I heard the Tex Wash bridge on I-10 near Desert Center, California, had been torn away by a wall of water racing down a normally dry channel. Dusty, dry California is looking at a windy, rainy El Nino-driven winter and there are hundreds of bridges similar to...

Why do a documentary on infrastructure and the freight industry?   This film started for me long before I was born. It started before the interstate highway system. It started with a young boy in the early 20th century who, to help his father’s business, would help secure a pick-up truck full of pallets by traveling across miles spread...

A lot can happen in a week.   The Be Prepared to Stop crew met in Washington, DC to do some filming and found ourselves caught up in everything from a torrential downpour to assorted confusing traffic circles to landmark Supreme Court decisions – all of which made us a little dizzy.   Interviews with folks like economist...

After months of preparation and research, Delaware Park Productions will begin production next week on Be Prepared to Stop, a documentary about the breaking down of the delivery system that brings us most of what we need every day. These days the phrase “crumbling infrastructure” is heard on news reports almost as often as the word “pothole”. We...