The Avenue
'Smart' Stimulus
Energy Innovation: The Senate Starting Point
Acknowledging Regional Realities at DHS
My colleague Mark Muro suggested a couple of days ago in this space that federal agencies should reward metropolitan alignment and collaboration in various grant competitions, following HUD’s lead in dispensing Neighborhood Stabilization Funds. READ MORE >>
The Art of the Impossible: Building Megaprojects
The Bailout of Sprawl
Metros in the Middle
High Speed Rail: Getting the Assumptions Right
Energy Pork: Why the Green Future May Take a While
Stephen Power has a good story in the Wall Street Journal that explains a lot about why America’s clean energy future may be a while in coming. Power notes that although Energy Secretary Steve Chu set out this year to begin reshaping America's energy future with a network of highly-focused, results-oriented research labs, lawmakers have been busy with business-as-usual. READ MORE >>