A great credit rating is not a blessing for a young community if it is interpreted as a license to borrow without discipline.
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In the UK, planning systems have created a housing shortage. Here’s how a bottom-up approach could address the problem.
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The federal government pays the upfront costs for infrastructure, but the responsibility for its maintenance is yours. Forever.
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Do no harm: put your people and their needs at the heart of your approach. Here’s how.
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The top-down approach puts systems ahead of people and politics ahead of place—which is not what we need if we want to actually fix our infrastructure.
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The Plan pretends to dig us out of the infrastructure hole we've dug ourselves into. In reality, it's making the hole bigger.
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The story has been that we don’t spend enough on infrastructure. But what’s the whole truth?
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Routine traffic stops don’t make anyone safer. But here’s how technology might.
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There is nothing in the plan that is going to substantively change the trajectory of the North American development pattern.
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Our streets are “dangerous by design.” We answer a listener’s question about the role of automated enforcement in making them safer.
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The new infrastructure bill will have big goals. But big new road projects won’t actually help us meet those goals.
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Watch—and then share—Chuck Marohn’s TEDx video. It’s an excellent 14-minute introduction on what makes a strong town.
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Our answer to this question is a pair of filters. If you can’t pass these filters, it’s a bad project.
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Son las experiencias de personas reales que deben guiar nuestros esfuerzos de planificación. Sus acciones son los datos que deberíamos recopilar, no sus preferencias declaradas.
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London’s thinnest house just went on sale. Here are two takeaways we shouldn’t miss.
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What’s the cost of wasting 12 years?
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Si bien se necesitan nuevos fondos para el transporte, más dinero sin una reforma significativa es peor que ningún financiamiento. Tenemos que seguir oponiéndonos a todos estos esfuerzos de financiación hasta que se ponga sobre la mesa una reforma seria.
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Understanding risk and uncertainty—and the difference between the two—can help local communities face the unknown.
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It’s possible to grow and accumulate wealth…but not without intention. That starts with asking the right question. "How do we get more money for infrastructure?" is the wrong question.
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El patrón de desarrollo estadounidense crea la ilusión de riqueza. Hoy estamos en el proceso de ver esa ilusión destruida ... y con ella la prosperidad que hemos llegado a dar por sentada.
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