Infrastructure

This editorial from the New York Times highlights the findings of the newly released Brookings study and calls for more investment and collaborative planning in these communities.

February 22, 2006 - The New York Times

An op-ed in Georgia's Gainesville Times calls Governor Sonny Perdue's roads-only approach to easing traffic congestion a "temporary solution".

February 18, 2006 - Gainesville Times

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's infrastructure program bumps into California's 21st century reality.

February 17, 2006 - California Planning & Development Report

As warehouse and distribution ramp up with global trade, The Slatin Report offers a look at an intriguing new approach to industrial development.

February 17, 2006 - The Slatin Report

Swift snow removal is a "political necessity" in New York City. Latest technology comes to the rescue.

February 16, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

A new report shows that Boston's Big Dig has reduced commute times, improved access to Logan International Airport, and will continue to create thousands of jobs for the seven billion dollars worth of private investment expected to occur in its wake.

February 16, 2006 - The Boston Globe

It has been five months since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Urban Land publishes a 24-page special report with an overview, recommendations, and essays from urban planners, local business leaders, developers, architects, and academia regarding the future of the Crescent City.

February 7, 2006 - Urban Land Magazine

600 feet below Manhattan is one of the biggest urban infrastructure projects in history, yet most city residents do not even know about this 50-year water project.

February 7, 2006 - The New York Times

This brief describes a new information tool developed by the Urban Markets Initiative to quantify, for the first time, the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices.

January 30, 2006 - The Brookings Institution

The Prime Minister's claim that the 21st century will be India's century seems doubtful given the 'squalid' rural village conditions and 'urban hellholes.'

January 26, 2006 - The Indian Express

State governors are risking their political capital on mega-fix-it projects at the statewide level, from the "Trans-Texas Corridor" to a $222 billion California infrastructure improvement plan.

January 19, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

A federal appeals court rules that cities cannot block construction of the towers for aesthetic reasons alone.

January 19, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

The Common Dreams website's quick visual reference guide to levee construction around the world -- and how woefully inadequate American levees were in New Orleans.

January 14, 2006 - CommonDreams

How and why Minneapolis built the nation's largest skyway system.

January 11, 2006 - The Next American City

The Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal's final report to Governor Haley Barbour is published on the web.

January 11, 2006 - Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal

Nearly 100 years after the city's devastating 1906 earthquake, San Francisco's architecture still leaves it particularly vulnerable to another temblor.

January 8, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Cities are spending millions on land to protect water supplies.

January 5, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

California's Governor wants to borrow billions for infrastructure spending. Where's the plan, asks Rick Cole, city manager of Ventura, California.

January 4, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

The emerging and controversial Israeli barrier wall is in some ways a model of planning reduced to its most primitive goal: separation.

January 3, 2006 - International Herald Tribune

While Congress quickly approved $3 billion to restore New Orleans' levees, a bill to help states repair aging dams has languished for a year.

January 3, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor