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The Fun Factor of Commuter Behavior

A key tenet of public transit advocates has always been to provide commuters with choices beyond the single-occupant vehicle and also to price the true cost of drive alone travel. Then man the rational economic animal kicks in and theoretically chooses ...

From DAVID JACKSON, The New Republic,  13 Nov 2009

Is the idea of carbon trading just a lot of hot air?

We know we have to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but why is carbon trading the way to do it? We have to start placing an economic value on the environment, but we can’t wait for the perfect solution. We need to act now, and that means using the ...

From FELICIA JACKSON, DAVID ROBERTSON, Times Online,  5 Nov 2009

The Big Dig’s Legacy (cont.)

Last week I wrote about how the mammoth cost overruns in Boston’s Big Dig project, among other things, continue to resonate when government proposes large scale public works projects. This has been particularly true in Seattle, where a $4.2 billion ...

From DAVID JACKSON, The New Republic,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Comcast,  US State Department

The Art of the Impossible: Building Megaprojects

But beyond her old stomping ground--where she famously stopped highway builder Robert Moses from building an expressway through Washington Square Park--Jane Jacobs’ ideas continue to resonate in the messy debates over how we move people and goods ...

From DAVID JACKSON, The New Republic,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Jane Jacobs,  Robert Moses,  Greg Nickels,  Robert Caro

Moynihan’s Policy Vision 40 Years On

It was 40 years ago in the fall of 1969 that his essay “Toward a National Urban Policy” appeared in the Public Interest (It later became the basis for a 1970 book). What’s notable, considering that Moynihan was writing from his perch in the Nixon White ...

From DAVID JACKSON, The New Republic,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: White House

The G20’s Already Global Host

Stewart O’Nan’s sepia-toned reminiscence of Pittsburgh past in the weekend Wall Street Journal on the eve of the G20 certainly showcases his ability as a prose stylist, but it wildly misses the mark in discussing the not quite so Steel City’s role in ...

From DAVID JACKSON, The New Republic,  22 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal

If it Can Happen in Flint…

Don’t look now but the poster child for urban disinvestment and the decline of manufacturing has at least one small bright spot. Just like the houses themselves, the neighborhood has the “bones” for rebirth—the existing infrastructure, location, and ...

From DAVID JACKSON, The New Republic,  1 Sep 2009

Pompey deal close despite legal row

Alexandre Gaydamak could be sued over his long-standing attempts to sell Portsmouth. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images XAlexandre Gaydamak has exchanged contracts with Sulaiman al-Fahim on his sale of Portsmouth, yet the outgoing owner faces the ...

From DAVID HYTNER, JAMIE JACKSON, Guardian Unlimited,  26 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Portsmouth F.C.,  Alexandre Gaydamak,  Glen Johnson,  Liverpool F.C.,  Peter Crouch

Transfer window: a club-by-club guide

What they need Arsène Wenger has admitted that he is in the market for defensive cover and a defensive midfielder, as are, he says, "half the managers in the Premier League". Injuries exposed the thinness of his defensive resources at the end of last ...

From LOUISE TAYLOR, STUART JAMES, PAUL WILSON, DAVID HYTNER, JAMIE JACKSON, ANDY HUNTER, DOMINIC FIFIELD, Guardian Unlimited,  25 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Martin O'Neill,  Barclays Premier League,  Sam Allardyce,  Sylvain Distin,  Richard Dunne

Edgbaston pitch puts Harmison in a jam

The pitch at Edgbaston may not be to Steve Harmison's liking in the third Ashes Test. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/EMPICS Sport Steve Harmison's hopes of an Ashes recall for next week's third Test may have receded after the Warwickshire groundsman ...

From JAMIE JACKSON, DAVID HOPPS, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Steve Harmison,  Brett Lee,  Ricky Ponting,  Stuart Clark,  Mitchell Johnson

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