Strong Towns wrote:

More than $1.2 trillion is queued up to be spent on American infrastructure in the next five years, a huge increase over normal funding cycles. This is an opportunity for local governments to make solid investments in infrastructure, but also a risk that the money could be spent badly, making communities poore...
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Charles Marohn wrote:

And that’s really the core problem commuting culture creates, a challenge that money spent fighting congestion only makes worse: the diffuse development pattern generates more public costs than it builds private wealth. These are low productivity environments, a financial imbalance that no transportation investment will overcome.

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We don’t have the mone...
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Cullum Clark wrote:

Lessons from history and from the relative success stories of the present point to clear priorities for today’s cities:

Get the urban basics right: schools, safety, livability.

Strengthen local anchor institutions in higher education, health care, and other areas.

Invest aggressively in local quality-of-life amenities.

Rebuild and expand critical infrastructure.

Work towa...
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Rachel Dalrymple wrote:

The Public Infrastructure Act allows for low-cost funding for parks, roads, infrastructure, and water via investment groups, companies, etc. Traditionally, cities and neighborhoods funded by PIDs are developed in bits and pieces as the money for the infrastructure becomes available. 

So far, Utah is becoming a hotbed for such spots thanks t...
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Diana Ionescu wrote:

The city of Cleveland and real estate firm Bedrock, owned by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, have "announced a partnership with the goal of revamping the Cuyahoga riverfront near Tower City Center" that aims "to connect downtown residents and visitors to the riverfront with an approach focused on sustainability, equity, and accessibility....
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Diana Ionescu wrote:

While most electric vehicle owners rely on charging their cars at home, "many low-to-moderate-income people who live in apartments or affordable housing may find installing and accessing charging infrastructure is more complicated." Encouraging more widespread EV use in these communities means providing ready access to chargers for residents of multi-unit buildings. "The...
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David Zipper, a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Taubaman Center for State and Local Government writes:

For years, leading academics have argued that any employer, big or small, stands to benefit from an improved transportation network that shortens commutes. After all, a CEO may situate her headquarters in a location convenient to he...
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