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• Columnists

  Brookings: U.S. Is Literally Falling Apart

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

  Economic Success Of Megaregions Depends On Infrastructure

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jul 9th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Atlanta | Tags: jeffrey hill, transportation, news, obama, california, economy, growth, infrastructure, president, jobs, democrats, atlanta, metro, internet, china, 2008, florida, mccain, development, editorial, cuts, 1960s, investment, commerce, france, gas, birmingham, maria saporta | 5

  Maria Saporta’s editorial on economic global competitiveness and megaregions hones in on the most important issue for the future of southeastern U.S. cities - mobility. However, the rest of the world isn’t waiting for experts from the Piedmont-Atlantic megaregion to unite and find direction.

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• The Daily Report

  Gas Tax Holiday: Boon or Bane?

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 30th, 2008 | Category: Guests | Tags: obama, clinton, republican, energy, infrastructure, cnn, evan miller, jobs, the new argument, money, construction, oil, highway, mccain, labor, hillary, taxes, average, nominee, christmas | 3

  As families prepare for summer road-trips, lawmakers are wondering if a proposed gas tax holiday will make it easier for travelers to make it out of the city without exhausting their funds for summer fun. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.

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• Columnists

  Solving Civic Problems in a Post-Fact Society

  Dave Steele | Thu, Apr 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Milwaukee | Tags: dave steele, environment, milwaukee, infrastructure, taxpayers, pollution, sewerage, talk radio | 8

  In an age when facts don’t matter, how do cities build the consensus to make big plans? In a public sphere heavily influenced by talk radio and other media outlets, such as local blogs, where there is no clear line between fact and opinion, where outright falsehoods are presented as legitimate opinions, the billons of dollars in investment in Milwaukee’s Deep Tunnel are now deemed a massive waste. 

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• The Daily Report

  Wither American City: Change and Hope for Urban Areas?

  Diana Lind | Tue, Apr 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: suburbs, republican, infrastructure, transit, pennsylvania, democrats, diana lind, ohio, texas | 1

  It’s election day in Philadelphia. And Diana Lind is not voting. Read on to find out why. 

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• Columnists

  A Global Wake Up Call for Middle America

  Dave Steele | Thu, Apr 10th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | City: Chicago | Tags: dave steele, milwaukee, transportation, detroit, economy, infrastructure, chicago, labor, midwest, 1970s, richard longworth | 1

  Richard Longworth wants you to know two things: First, globalization is happening and it will continue to change the world. Second, if you live in the Midwest, you’d better be very afraid about your region’s chances of competing in an increasingly “flat” world. 

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• The Daily Report

  Subconscious Segregation: Boundaries Still Separate Cities.

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Apr 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, downtown, crime, education, infrastructure, transit, metro, construction, art, baltimore, bus, mcdonalds, utopia, buses, minorities, racial segregation, martin luther king, dr. martin luther king jr. | 0

  The newswire is flooded with memorials today—odes to a man who gave his life to racial harmony. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on this day 40 years ago. As journalists, writers and broadcasters compare his legacy to the progress of race relations in America, there are still many barriers, both physical and subconscious, that separate cultural communities in cities. 

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• Headlines

  Martin Luther King Remembered, Public-Housing Not Remembered, New Orleans Economic Immunity, More

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Apr 4th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: environment, hillary clinton, news, obama, barack obama, headlines, clinton, foreclosure, infrastructure, green, architecture, homeless, mortgage, boston, architects, katrina, foreclosures, beijing, japan, janet speyrer, oakland, bronx, new york mets, dr. janet speyrer, kyoto, new york yankees, boston red sox, martin luther king jr. | 0

  America evaluates change since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, democratic presidential candidates still ignoring key city issues, economist Janet Speyrer offers insight on how recession may or may not impact New Orleans, Kyoto passes new accord and more in today’s headlines.

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• The Daily Report

  NAC attends ‘Reinventing Older Communities - How Does Place Matter?’ conference

  Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Mar 27th, 2008 | Category: Events | Tags: jeffrey hill, transportation, downtown, infrastructure, architects, politicians, highway, michael nutter, peter steinbrueck, valentino castellani, federal reserve bank, how does place matter, 2006 winter olympics, peter kelley, italian, highway teardown, italy, torino | 0

  The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia sponsored a three-day conference at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown Hotel from March 26 to 28, 2008. “Reinventing Older Communities” drew hundreds of politicians, planners, and architects, including Mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter and former Mayor of Torino, Italy, Valentino Castellani, whose administration served during the 2006 Winter Olympic games. The focus of the conference was sustainable design with consideration to historic urban communities.

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• The Daily Report

  No Comment on Guns, Infrastructure Task Force, an Urban Primary

  Mike Muller | Tue, Jan 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, mike muller, detroit, election 2008, infrastructure, cityvote, second amendment, urban primary, illegal guns | 0

  Survey of Presidential Candidates’ Positions on Illegal Guns Ignored

  A campaign by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition to get presidential candidates to focus on the issue was totally ignored. The coalition, which is made up of 270 mayors and was co-founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, had distributed a survey to all the candidates in both major parties, asking where they stood on such issues as access to gun data, the toughening of penalties for illegal firearm…

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• Headlines

  Leaving Las Vegas, crumbling Philadelphia, reviving Amtrak, more…

  Hayley Richardson | Thu, Nov 1st, 2007 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, infrastructure, tourism, las vegas, amtrak, global warming, the maldives, fit towns | 0

  Transportation Costs Increase in NY Region

  “The agencies that operate the buses, trains, tunnels and bridges that spill commuters into Manhattan are in the midst of one of the biggest and most sustained rounds of fare and toll increases in decades.”

  Congress Considers Additional Funding For Amtrak

  “Congress is considering a bill to significantly increase funding for the nation’s only passenger railroad. The bill would be a welcome step, but even if it passes, Amtrak — badly…

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