Google partner Sidewalk Labs wants to remake the Toronto waterfront as a privately run digital development. It may really be a digital dystopia.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Posted inHousing and Transportation
When It Comes to Transportation Infrastructure, No Bill Is Better Than a Bad Bill
Why the failure to come up with a plan to revitalize the country’s infrastructure could force Washington to abandon funneling money into the auto-centric past and come up with a dynamic program of 21st-century solutions.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democrats Get Serious About Affordable Housing
Ahead of the first 2020 presidential debates, Dems have released some of the most far-reaching housing plans in decades.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Boston’s Transportation Crisis: A Q&A with Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu
After recent subway derailments, Wu has taken up the banner that state political leaders have dropped, sounding the alarm that Massachusetts officials must develop comprehensive solutions to the beleaguered transit system before it’s too late.
Posted inTransportation
BRT Bridging the Gap
Bus Rapid Transit is a feature often left out of big-picture discussions, but it is should be a part of a healthy transportation ecosystem
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Rail to the Rescue
Amid an ever-worsening crisis of affordable housing, investment in transportation can be key to connecting people to affordable homes.
Posted inEconomic Policy
When a National Champion Crashes and Burns
America needs a strong aircraft industry—and better regulation.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Make Passengers Safer? Boeing Just Made Shareholders Richer.
And none more so than their own executives
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Rose Garden Infrastructure Massacre
Trump is all about his own drama, even when presented with a chance to build projects that can save Americans’ lives.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Massachusetts Commuters at the Breaking Point
A statewide report on drivers and public-transportation users sheds light on the economic and emotional tolls of the crises posed by failing public infrastructure and skyrocketing housing costs.