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  D.C. Metro Purple Line: Yes Or No?

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Aug 12th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, suburbs, transit, green, construction, metro, 2008, development, maryland, suburb, amtrak, trains, planning, neighborhoods, martin o'malley, purple line | 8

  Connecting D.C. area suburbs with a new Metro line will be complicated. Lawsuits and local politics have delayed the proposed Purple Line connection between Bethesda, Silver springs and New Carrollton.

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  Brookings: U.S. Is Literally Falling Apart

  Jeffrey Hill | Sat, Jul 26th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: jeffrey hill, economy, education, energy, infrastructure, jobs, money, democrats, politicians, oil, katrina, mccain, research, minneapolis, traffic, virginia, budget, investment, brookings, brookings institute, trains, planning, tim kaine, broadband, manufacturing, communications, technology, fcc | 0

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill was on hand at The Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project panel discussion last Friday, validating his predictions over the last few months over infrastructure. As Linda Richman would say - America’s infrastructure is neither “in” nor “structured,” discuss…

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  Picking the Perfect City in The Relocating Game

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Bakersfield | Tags: jeffrey hill, philadelphia, detroit, california, economy, crime, education, energy, transit, city-data.com, nac, research, alaska, forbes, lists, parks, salary, juneau, relocating, moving, new city, city data, bakersfield | 9

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill is leaving Philadelphia, but not before a tiring search for a new city that, in a matter of a few weeks, turned him into a stockpile of statistics on the nuances of America. Hill reveals some hints and secrets on playing the relocation game.

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  Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act Funds Amtrak For Five Years

  Andrew Perez | Fri, Jun 13th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: transportation, energy, transit, legislation, metro, 2008, washington d.c., senate, amtrak, consumption, investment, andrew perez, act, passenger rail, improvement | 0

  With gas prices skyrocketing and little indication of slowing down anytime soon, many Americans are looking to alternative modes of transportation. A measure passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives may provide those bearing the burden of high energy costs with a cleaner, faster method of transportation. 

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  Sprawl in D.C. is Sputtering to a Stop

  Larry Martin | Mon, Apr 21st, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: transportation, news, suburbs, economy, growth, transit, jobs, mortgage, metro, 2008, washington dc, bus, larry martin, consumers, inflation, traffic, sprawl, gas prices, virginia | 0

  Sprawl in the Metro-DC area has all but stopped.  The deflating housing bubble, price inflation and the economic downturn accomplished (at least temporarily) what slow-growth advocates were achieving at best, very slowly.  However, with a growing economy the DC suburbs are reeling not only from the sub-prime mortgage bust; there are strong indications that the region’s residents are beginning to calculate the cost of transportation to and from work into their housing selection.

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  Washington DC’s Affordable Housing Follows the Money

  Larry Martin | Mon, Mar 31st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: building, larry martin, condominiums, affordable housing, washington, dc | 0

  DC’s Mayor Fente has been winning friends among low-housing advocates with pledges to fund, build and preserve 14,000 affordable housing units over a four-year period. During the past years of pumped up real estate values, over 200 low to moderate income apartment buildings were flipped into condominiums, circumventing a city law to give tenants first right of refusal. The City’s regulatory agency allowed systematic abuse of residents by landlords to force them to move. Can affordable housing rebound during leaner revenue years, when pressure to convert from affordable rentals to condominiums is reduced?

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  Transporation Futures in Metro-Washington DC

  Larry Martin | Sat, Nov 17th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: metro, washington d.c., larry martin, mass transit, transportation board, rmas, metro washington, transportation futures, capital region | 0

  All the places we live in are unique and have their own particular challenges. Among the challenges that make Washington, DC unique is our absence of representation in Congress, despite the fact that a Congressional committee has direct oversight of our City’s budget and must approve all legislation passed by the DC City Council. Remember that old line from civics class—No Taxation Without Representation? Well, it does not apply to DC (our license plates read: “Taxation Without…

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