• Who Should Control Broadband?
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   April 2013
• The question of who will install fiber-optic networks and who will control them is key because it could impact decades of economic growth. Telecom giants like AT&T think they should be the only player.
• 2 Comments

• Why States Keep Playing the Losing Tax-Incentive Game
• BY: William Fulton   |   March 2013
• Elected officials and experts aren’t sure if tax breaks actually create jobs. So why do they keep offering millions of dollars worth of subsidies to companies?

• Can Greater Government Involvement Solve America's Internet Access Problem?
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   February 2013
• Many foreign countries provide faster, cheaper and more widespread Internet access than the United States. In most of them, governments are much more involved with telecom policies and funding.
• 2 Comments

• Sandy Forces Northeast to Rethink Infrastructure
• BY: William Fulton   |   January 2013
• In an effort to emerge more resilient and prosperous, states and localities are rethinking power grids, roads and sewers in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

• Seoul's Transit System Serves as a Model for America
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   December 2012
• The South Korean capital shows what happens when transit is reorganized to serve the people.
• 4 Comments

• Do Millennials Want to Call Your City ‘Home’?
• BY: William Fulton   |   November 2012
• Millions of millennials will soon be putting down roots. Cities and suburbs that are less attractive to them have a limited window to turn things around.
• 8 Comments

• How Private Services Became Public
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   October 2012
• Things we take for granted today -- public police, roads and libraries -- were only achieved through long, hard political battles that lasted decades and sometimes centuries.
• 2 Comments

• University Business Parks Model North Carolina State’s Centennial Campus
• BY: William Fulton   |   September 2012
• The campus throws academics, nonprofits and businesses together to facilitate the constant and intense interaction required to bring research breakthroughs to market.
• 1 Comments

• Bikers, Walkers Need Cities to Protect Them
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   August 2012
• Without laws protecting pedestrians and bikers, the goal of having truly livable cities in America remains out of reach.
• 21 Comments

• Rick Snyder Takes a Venture Capitalist’s Approach to Governing Michigan
• BY: William Fulton   |   July 2012
• The governor is redirecting economic development incentives. Will it work?
• 2 Comments

• America Must Invest in Bigger and Better Infrastructure Projects
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   June 2012
• Have we lost our capacity to think big? Asia and Western Europe are building a series of infrastructure mega-projects that dwarf our efforts.
• 3 Comments

• Silicon Valley Considers Personal Rapid Transit System
• BY: William Fulton   |   May 2012
• Can an innovative transit idea keep Silicon Valley -- home to tech giants like Google and Microsoft -- from choking on congestion? Or is the answer to their problems much simpler?
• 14 Comments

• Encouraging Biking, Walking in Large U.S. Metro Areas
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   April 2012
• When home, work, school and shopping are in closer proximity, travel is easier. What can cities do to help get people out of their cars and onto their feet?
• 3 Comments

• Redevelopment Financing Gets an Overhaul in California
• BY: William Fulton   |   March 2011
• The governor eliminated the state’s redevelopment agencies -- and the way it funds urban revitalization. Now the Golden State must find new money sources.
• 1 Comments

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