Recent articles by Rick Rybeck from governing.com http://www.governing.com/authors/rss/rss/?a=226034791 Rick Rybeck is director of Washington, D.C.-based Just Economics LLC, which he established in 2009 to assist communities in promoting job creation, affordable housing, transportation efficiency and sustainable economic development. Fixing the Political Disconnect Between Infrastructure Needs and Funding http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/col-fixing-political-disconnect-infrastructure-needs-funding.html Much of our infrastructure is invisible to its users, and so are some of its costs. Those problems can be addressed in ways that can hold down the costs of infrastructure and make it more self-sustaining.