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GOP Senators Pick Their Pork

…waste disposal programs. • $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas. • $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings. • $500 million for state and local fire…

Saturday browsing

…energy funding ($8 billion) or mass transit ($6 billion) that have a low or negative return on investment. Most urban transit systems are so badly managed that their fares cover…

Obama, is he or isn’t he … real?

…wedded to an outdated ‘urban’ agenda that focuses exclusively on the problems in our cities, and ignores our growing metro areas. Strong cities are the building blocks of strong regions,…

Evening News Report: Angry Bears Testify on Capitol Hill

…change in urban/suburban planning.” Nation Editor K Harris: “If one wants to avoid the impression of sloganeering, one should avoid a sloganeering tone. Refuting a watered down version of the…

Infrastructure – the next big deal?

…generation, transmission and distribution) and R&M of power stations, (ii) Non-Conventional Energy (including wind energy and solar energy), (iii) Water supply and sanitation (including solid waste management, drainage and sewerage…

Spatial Price Index

…here is that they do not have urban slums. Massachusetts falls from 119.2 to 100.7 while Texas increases from 103.4 to 110.9. But otherwise, it is very hard to make…

Baghdad cleansing?

…for all. Shortages of water and medical supplies have already made life inside Sadr City extremely difficult. The urban renewal program might have a second phase starting with this push….

Busting myths right and left

labeled them either “true” or “false.” Among those identified as false were statements such as “The side effects are worse than the flu” and “Only older people need flu vaccine.”…