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Issue 20: A New Era for Train Travel?

Fall 2008

Is this Amtrak’s moment to shine and usher in a new era of train travel? Are virtual cities the answer to all our real problems? And will the city of Youngstown, Ohio recapture its days of density? These stories, along with pieces about the futurist Buckminster Fuller, agriculture in Los Angeles, buses in New Orleans, music classes in Milwaukee, and displaced citizens in Beijing, are found in Issue 20 of Next American City. Also: an interview with Christopher Leinberger and a panel discussion among five of America’s most progressive mayors.

Features

TransportationA New Era for Train Travel? 5
With high demand for passenger rail service, is it finally Amtrak’s moment to shine?
by James McCommons
CommunityTransportation’s Slow Ride to Recovery in NOLA
by Ariella Cohen
City HallMayor League
by Jess Zimbabwe
Can They Save Youngstown?
by Brentin Mock

Departments

IdeasBeijing’s Olympic Problem: Too Much Seoul
The social cost of building an olympic city
by Josh Leon
IdeasStrings on Shoestring Budgets
Can youth programs for the underprivileged replace public funding?
by Meredith Aska McBride
IdeasWrite of Way
The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that nearly $12 billion a year is spent on graffiti clean up: is this money misspent?
by Crista Lauctes
InterviewFixing False Dichotomies
An interview with Christopher Leinberger, author of The Option of Urbanism: Investing in the New American Dream.
by Diana Lind
EditorialA Second Chance City
Linden Labs has created a world where 13 million people have registered as citizens—virtual citizens.
by Jeffrey Hill