• The Desert Driver
• BY: William Fulton   |   April 1, 2008
• Commuters are infringing on resort communities, making it hard to keep cheap housing around for local workers.

• Smoothing the Way
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   February 1, 2008
• Road repair is a rough and tough job that cities need to tackle.

• Warming Up to BRAC
• BY: William Fulton   |   February 1, 2008
• When the Pentagon targets a base near you, it could translate into serious economic opportunities.

• The Streetcar Surge
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   December 1, 2007
• Streetcars, popular again in a growing number of cities, have the potential to be a vital part of urban transportation systems.

• The New Industrial Age
• BY: William Fulton   |   December 1, 2007
• Cities on the cutting edge of the new economy are taking steps to retain their stock of industrial land.

• A La Mode
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   October 1, 2007
• We need to look at economic and life-style questions when we decide on our next investments in infrastructure.

• Hyping the Hip
• BY: William Fulton   |   October 1, 2007
• Cities need to attract both the "creative class" and blue-collar manufacturing to survive in the 21st century.

• Street Wise
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   August 1, 2007
• A study compared how well old-city street layouts handled traffic versus modern approaches. The results set off a firestorm.

• The Rich Get Richer
• BY: William Fulton   |   August 1, 2007
• For states and cities, the trick is to capture the wealth when and where it's created and put it to long-term use locally.

• Reversing the Brain Drain
• BY: William Fulton   |   July 2007
• Cities are starting to use scholarships to local colleges to keep promising young people from moving away.

• Slow Going
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   June 1, 2007
• It takes far longer to build a major project today than it did a century ago. Why is that?

• The Retirement Factory
• BY: William Fulton   |   June 1, 2007
• Building a local economy around retirees may seem like the perfect growth formula, but it has its flaws.

• A Business Decision
• BY: William Fulton   |   April 1, 2007
• When it comes to making loans to local companies, should a city act like a banker or a venture capitalist?

• Changing Places
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   April 1, 2007
• Autos and airplanes have a lot in common with the Web and cell phones. Moving people and information around are both transformative.

• Running a Railroad
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   February 1, 2007
• Its schedules are undependable, prices high and on-board service of middling quality. Yet demand for Amtrak's inter-city service grows.

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