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The Lord Gave To NYC Tech Start-Ups And Universities, And The Lord Hath Taken Away

December 18, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Stanford's (losing) vision for Roosevelt Island, with requisite acres of green Big news out of New York City: Stanford pulled out of Bloomberg’s applied sciences university “competition” after Cornell got an enormous donation, leaving the upstate university the front runner to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy Tagged With: energy, politics, real estate, regulation

The Central Park Caper And Transit NIMBYism

December 18, 2011 By Stephen Smith

It has often been suggested that one of the reasons that American subway construction is so expensive is that our laws are too friendly to NIMBYs. That is to say, contractors will be paid to engineer expensive, long-term solutions to avoid short-term disruptions to neighbors during construction. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Law, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy Tagged With: energy, politics

Betting the Farm on Oregon Iron Works

December 14, 2011 By Stephen Smith

"Made in USA"...and don't you forget it! United Streetcar, led by its former lobbyist, Chandra Brown, is ostensibly a manufacturer, though its greatest asset seems to be its ability to win government contractors.... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Law, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics, regulation

Real Estate and Revolution in Moscow

December 12, 2011 By Stephen Smith

From an interesting NYT analysis of Russia’s new protesting class – young, urban, and doing pretty well: It is a paradox, but one that has been documented by social scientists: the residents of Moscow and other large cities tend to express greater frustration with Prime Minister Putin as his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Law, Policy Tagged With: politics, real estate

Surprise: Transit In The US Gets Just As Many Subsidies As Transit In Europe!

December 11, 2011 By Stephen Smith

The service the Silicon Valley is paying for but not getting Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit. This couldn’t be further from my intention. My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics

Washington Post: Only Idiots Think Infrastructure Spending Is Wasteful, And Americans Are Idiots

December 7, 2011 By Stephen Smith

It’s no surprise that a lot of politicians and policymakers believe that America’s biggest infrastructure problem is insufficient taxpayer funding. But never have I seen it expressed so condescendingly as in a Washington Post article published yesterday in the PostLocal section, not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics, regulation

Washington Post: Only Idiots Think Infrastructure Spending Is Wasteful, And Americans Are Idiots

December 7, 2011 By Stephen Smith

It’s no surprise that a lot of politicians and policymakers believe that America’s biggest infrastructure problem is insufficient taxpayer funding. But never have I seen it expressed so condescendingly as in a Washington Post article published yesterday in the PostLocal section, not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics, regulation

DC Approved 4,000 New Housing Units This Year, But Is It Enough?

December 6, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Twitter tells me that earlier tonight, “not-ruling-it-out” possible future mayoral contender (and local smart growth demigod) Tommy Wells held his inaugural book club meeting; the book discussed was Ed Glaeser’s Triumph of the City. DC’s chief planner Harriet Tregoning was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Culture & Books, Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics, real estate, regulation

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