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  Round 2: Predictions for 2009

  Ben Adler | Fri, Jan 2nd, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: barack obama, detroit, las vegas, ben adler, 2009, predictions, washington, d.c. | 1

  Ben Adler takes a stab at Next American City’s all-important four questions for the New Year.

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  Whither South Florida?

  Ben Adler | Sun, Dec 28th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: foreclosure, new york, 1970s, christmas, ben adler, yiddish, ft. lauderdale, plantation, sun belt, grandmothers, lauderdale west | 2

  A holiday visit to my grandmother’s retirement community begs the question: What will happen to those 1970’s developments?

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  LaWho?

  Ben Adler | Thu, Dec 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: barack obama, transportation, transit, chicago, washington d.c., trains, bicycling, ben adler, r. t. rybak, secretary of transportation, lahood | 2

  It has been widely reported that on Friday Obama will name Rep. Ray LaHood, a retiring Republican from Illinois, as his Transportation Secretary. This was truly unexpected.

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  Obama Announces HUD Secretary

  Ben Adler | Sun, Dec 14th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: barack obama, janette sadik-khan, hud, adolfo carrion, shaun donovan, clinton administration, joel klein | 0

  President-Elect Obama chooses New Yorkers to run HUD and the new office of urban policy.

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  Mass Transit Ridership on the Rise

  Ben Adler | Wed, Dec 10th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: gas prices, mass transit, washington post, ben adler, american public transportation association, washington, d.c. | 0

  When gas was above $4 a gallon, most cities reported a rise in mass-transit ridership. Now, with gas at half the prices seen earlier this year, Americans are still taking more trips on mass transit. 

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  A Third Look at California’s High-Speed Rail Project

  Ben Adler | Tue, Dec 2nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, california, trains, congestion, ben adler, proposition 1a, high speed rail | 10

  Yesterday, Josh Leon gave his thoughts on California’s high-speed rail project. Holly Otterbein wrote about it before the election. Now Ben Adler, NAC fellow, gives his two cents. Was Proposition 1A the best use of money for transportation? 

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  Transportation Policy in the Obama Administration?

  Ben Adler | Tue, Nov 25th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: san francisco, barack obama, transportation, new york, janette sadik-khan, ben adler, rep. jim oberstar, rep. earl blumenauer | 1

  Smart growth activists are eager to see a visionary appointment in the federal Transportation Department to shake up our car culture. 

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  Commercial Decline on Mount Pleasant Street

  Ben Adler | Mon, Nov 17th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Brooklyn | Tags: news, economy, gentrification, brooklyn, washington post, latino, ben adler, mount pleasant, washington, d.c. | 3

  The Washington Post reports that my neighborhood, Mount Pleasant is suffering from a plague of shuttered storefronts on its commercial strip, Mount Pleasant Street. Although it was roughly equal parts white, black and Latino in the last census, it appears the population is changing.

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  Obama Team Announces Office of Urban Policy

  Ben Adler | Wed, Nov 12th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Chicago | Tags: barack obama, chicago, michael bloomberg, miami, ben adler, anthony williams, rahm emmanuel, adrian fenty | 6

  While he first floated the idea of a cabinet position to coordinate urban policy at the annual conference of mayors in Miami this past summer, now Obama has promised action. 

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  Welcome to Washington

  Ben Adler | Mon, Nov 10th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: new york city, barack obama, gentrification, washington dc, maryland, virginia, ben adler, nancy pelosi, politico, hiv/aids | 4

  Next American City’s first Urban Leaders Fellow, Ben Adler, will be periodically commenting on Washington, D.C. In his first column, he gives a quick tour of the land.

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