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Chuck's advice: lead with the financial case for smart urbanism

May 28, 2010 by Kaid Benfield
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  Chuck Marohn, who writes most on the entries on the Strong Towns Blog and who has become a professional friend, spoke to the Atlanta meeting of the Congress for the New Urbanism last week and made the case that economic arguments for smart growth and urbanism will resonate more strongly with the public than will quality of life... [read more]

Moving Towards a Green Economy

May 7, 2010 by The Dirt ASLA
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The “Good Jobs, Green Jobs” National Conference, which was put together by an interesting mix of environmental organizations (Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council), built environment organizations (American Institute of Architects, U.S. Green Building Council), and major labor groups (... [read more]

Some thoughts on high-speed rail - part 5: Economic Development

April 26, 2010 by David Levinson
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There is no grounded empirical work to date on the economic development impacts of high-speed rail in the United States, since such services do not exist. Little has been written from objective (as opposed to vested) sources. The Congressional Research Service has tried to balance the arguments: Promoting Economic Development "HSR,... [read more]

Constructing a city around the concept of happiness

March 5, 2010 by Kaid Benfield
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“With our limited resources, we have to invent other ways to measure success. This might mean that all kids have access to sports facilities, libraries, parks, schools, nurseries.”  These are the words of Enrique Peñalosa, who served as mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, for three years, and who has become an evangelist for... [read more]

Money for Something

November 3, 2009 by Ryan Avent
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What if for one year — just one year — we allocated as much money for infrastructure as we did for defense? What if? Well, this year, that would mean devoting $680 billion to investments in infrastructure. That’s more than $200 billion more than Oberstar’s entire proposed transportation reauthorization bill, which was itself a large... [read more]

What's Killing California?

October 8, 2009 by Aaron Renn
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California has a case of the same disease that felled the Rust Belt. Will the patient survive?California Failin'The troubles of California, and their causes, are a widely discussed topic these days. America's most populated state by far, its successes and failures always loom large in the national consciousness. In the last year we've... [read more]