Developers have a laser-like focus on projects in Boston and its inner suburbs while ignoring the rich potential of smaller cities that have decades-old rail connections to the state capital.
Housing and Transportation
Read about affordable housing; access to transportation; roadways; bridges and tunnels; crumbling infrastructure; railroads; Amtrak; trucking; interstate highway system; science and technology; land use;
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Flagging Down Driverless Buses
Automated buses are already operating in some communities, but they may be on an even slower road to widespread adoption than headline-grabbing driverless cars.
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Washington Metro Sinks into the Swamp in NHL Playoff Miscue
Transit officials in the nation’s capital did not have the money to keep the subway system open late for the Washington Capitals playoff game. But Qatar did.
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Corporate Power and the Unmaking of American Democracy
How corporations became legal “persons” and how we the people might regain sovereignty
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Amazon to Seattle: The Housing Crisis Is Not Our Problem
If this is how Amazon treats its first hometown, what does that mean for cities competing for its new headquarters?
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Sharing the Tech Wealth
Tech jobs tend to cluster geographically. Can we spread the benefits around?
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West Virginia Teachers Won Their Strike. Now, They’re Rebuilding the Local Economy.
How the American Federation of Teachers has taken the lead in reinvigorating the poorest county in the state
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How to Keep Social Security Secure
Here’s a plan that eliminates the long-term shortfall in its finances and updates the system for the 21st century.
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Turning the Southwest Blue with ‘Brown and Beautiful’ Millennials
Want to flip Texas and Arizona? Nearly one million Latino citizens turn 18 every year.
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Putting the Public First in Public-Private Partnerships
Public-sector competence is needed to make sure citizens get a good deal—and private vendors are no substitute for adequate public funding.
