Tod Newcombe

Recent Articles

• El Paso Teaches New Urbanism to Architects, Engineers
• Oct 2, 2013
• Hoping to reinvent the sprawling city, El Paso officials decided to teach the development community the importance of new urbanism. Now, other cities are following in its footsteps.
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• Can (and Should) States Regulate the Internet?
• Oct 1, 2013
• Doing what Congress failed to do, California became the first state to require websites to let minors delete what they post on social media. But the new law has already ignited a heated debate.
• 1 Comments

• The Rise of Cities and the Mayors Who Run Them
• Sep 12, 2013
• With the feds and states more marginalized than ever, cities -- and the mayors who run them -- are growing stronger.
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• BYOD Policies, Growing More Popular, Create Challenges for Schools
• Sep 3, 2013
• The rapid proliferation of smartphones and tablets has led an increasing number of schools to allow students to bring their own devices into the classroom, leaving administrators with the big job of re-evaluating security and privacy policies and updating networks.
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• Broadband: Public Officials Want More Government Participation
• Aug 29, 2013
• A Governing survey shows strong support for government-run fiber networks, but it’s less clear how they will get built.

• Why Some Cities Fail Despite State Intervention
• Aug 22, 2013
• Camden, N.J., one of America's poorest cities, has received hundreds of millions of dollars in state aid to keep it going. Yet by most measures, it's still failing.
• 13 Comments

• New Orleans' Dwindling Ferry Service
• Aug 15, 2013
• Funding cutbacks have reduced both the number of ferries that cross the Mississippi River and the schedules of those that remain, leaving commuters with few options.
• 3 Comments

• Are Police and Fire Department Mergers Catching On?
• Aug 8, 2013
• As the cost of public safety continues to rise, some cities are thinking the once unthinkable: merging police and fire agencies into one.
• 4 Comments

• Crime, Not Debt, is Detroit’s Biggest Problem
• Aug 1, 2013
• Two powerful women in Detroit are pushing hard for the city to focus its resources on fighting its high violent crime rate, which, in 2012, was five times the national average.
• 5 Comments

• City Taxi Systems Struggle with Change
• Jul 31, 2013
• Calls for reforming city taxi services are getting louder just as new technologies are making it easier to get a ride.

• Do Parking Minimums Hurt Housing Affordability?
• Jul 18, 2013
• Some cities think they do, and are moving to change parking mandates to encourage more affordable apartments.
• 8 Comments

• Cities and Symphonies: Will the Music Stop?
• Jul 5, 2013
• Orchestras, large and small, are struggling financially, and that’s bad news for cities.
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• Is Big Data Just for Big Cities?
• Jun 28, 2013
• Small and midsize cities are behind in harnessing data to make a city run smarter. Dubuque, Iowa, is bucking that trend.
• 1 Comments

• Post-Bloomberg: Will Innovation in NYC Dry Up?
• Jun 19, 2013
• A new report gives the next mayor of New York City a set of innovative reforms that have proven effective and scalable in other cities.

• Do Cities Need a Chief Resilience Officer?
• Jun 12, 2013
• The Rockefeller Foundation is awarding $100 million to cities willing to create chief resilience officers to prepare for and recover from disasters, which have increased in frequency and intensity due to climate change.
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