Monday, June 1, 2015

Another lesson from Caro: the importance of robust local news coverage

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One less obvious lesson of Robert Caro's The Power Broker (which I wrote about last week ) is about the value of old-fashioned, shoe-le...
Friday, May 29, 2015

More lanes in Houston, and longer traffic times

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Here's a great example to buttress the point I made earlier today, in " Highways, congestion and a power broker's lessons ....

Highways, congestion and a power broker's lessons

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Frontispiece of The Power Broker maps Moses' roads, bridges, parks and playgrounds.  The headline in this morning's newspaper c...
Friday, April 17, 2015

N.C. transportation funding: 'If you're not at the table, you're on the menu'

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A Charlotte light rail station If you were at the Charlotte Chamber's 2015 Transportation Infrastructure Summit this morning, you g...
Sunday, February 1, 2015

The Burnham backlash: Make some 'small plans'

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You can barely attend any conference of architects, planners or even local town planning boards without seeing, at some spot in the PowerPo...
Friday, January 23, 2015

The mayor's view: Transit funding (the dilemma), a more diverse city, and more

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Local dignitaries at a 2012 ceremony for the Blue Line Extension. Then-Mayor Anthony Foxx, now U.S. Transportation Secretary, is at right...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Why slow-growing light rail ridership should not surprise anyone

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A bus in uptown Charlotte, where most bus routes begin and end. Photo: Claire Apaliski Today's Charlotte Observer brings an article...