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Biden Infrastructure Plan: What All Is Included?

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments policy, pedestrian infrastructure, nonmotorized transportation, nonmotorized infrastructure, mobility infrastructure, ports, mdot, joe biden, port, ports of entry, waterways, USDoT, roads, road safety, infrastructure investment, infrastructure, broadband internet, bridges, biden transportation policy, biden infrastructure plan, biden infrastructure bill, biden administration, anna clark, civilian climate corps, department of transportation, high-speed rail, high-speed broadband, gretchen bakke, federal spending, federal deficit, federal budget

We must remind critics of the Biden infrastructure plan what all is included in the term “infrastructure.” It’s a little bit more than just cars.

Business & Economics Public transit Transit infrastructure Government

Cato Needs To Re-Toole Their Bad Takes On Infrastructure

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments moore's law, northeast corridor tunnel, northeast corridor, multimodal, milkshakes, manufacturing, libertarianism, libertarian, intermodal, transit, trains, train, small government, real clear policy, randall o'toole, randal o'toole, public transit, intermodal transit, cato institute, batman meme, batman, bad ideas, Amtrak NEC, amtrak capex, amtrak, alstom, capital expenditures, inflation, high-speed rail, gridlock, government spending, government bad, FRR, freight, federal spending, farebox recovery ratio

The Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole has a really terrible take on transportation investment that grossly misrepresents how money and economic efficiency work.

Urban Planning Policy Public transit Transit infrastructure

A Biden Presidency: Full Speed Ahead On Transit?

November 9, 2020November 8, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments midwest high-speed rail, mass transit, infrastructure funding, transit infrastructure, transit, trains, public transit, rail infrastructure, rail, amtrak, infrastructure, high-speed rail

Republicans have tried time and again to defund Amtrak, which receives about a tenth of one percent of the funding directed to car infrastructure every year. Will a new Democratic administration be able to (finally) push for modernizing our transit infrastructure?

Urban Planning Affordable housing

Sorry, Tim– Pocket Change Can’t Fix Suburbia.

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Zoning, palo alto, mountain view, affordable housing, sunnyvale, YIMBY, transit, san jose, regional planning, bay area, california, big tech, Density, BART, apple, google, high-speed rail

Apple just announced that it’s committing a bunch of money to housing development in the Bay Area. That’s good, right?!

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