Will Lake Charles, Louisiana, become America’s latest climate sacrifice?
Cities & Communities
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Eyeing Federal Infrastructure Windfall, Private Equity Courts Public Utilities
Bernhard Capital has pitched to take over management of municipal water and power systems. The federal infrastructure bill could help them.
Posted inPolitics
Who Is Eric Adams?
New York’s new mayor-in-waiting is in some ways a throwback to an older era of urban politics.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Passenger Rail Is Not Dead Yet
Capitol Hill grudgingly funds Amtrak, and now the rail operator may have to compete with private-sector companies for federal dollars.
Posted inPolitics
Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Plan Is a Stalking Horse for Privatization
The scheme would fund new infrastructure by selling off old infrastructure. Trump proposed the same thing.
Posted inTransportation
Rethinking Commuting
Regional planners and transit agencies must figure out whether working from home or the allure of urban social life will prove stronger in post-pandemic America.
Posted inBuilding Back America
The Infrastructure Success Story in Chattanooga
Some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world come from this Tennessee city’s public network. It could be replicated across the country.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Building Back Severed Communities
The Biden administration wants to reconnect historically Black and Latino neighborhoods cut off by highway construction. There’s promise and peril in that.
Posted inTransportation
Los Angeles Turns Toward Free Fares
How far a fareless public-transit program goes will depend on a pilot program debuting in August.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Builder and Breaker
Eli Broad put his stamp on Los Angeles culture—and his foot down on its public schools.