Senior Fellow

Anthony Downs

Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Anthony Downs, a real estate finance expert, focuses his research on "smart growth," traffic congestion, and metropolitan policy.

Expertise

Bureaucracy, democracy, demographics, housing, metropolitan policy, real estate, real estate finance, "smart growth," traffic congestion, urban and metropolitan policy

Research and Commentary

What's Wrong With American Housing?December 28, 2011The Brookings Institution

Revisiting Rental Housing: Policies, Programs, and PrioritiesFebruary 01, 2008

Credit Crisis: The Sky is not FallingOctober 2007Brookings Policy Brief Series

Can Traffic Congestion Be Cured?June 30, 2006The Washington Post

Traffic Is Here to StayAugust 11, 2005The Washington Examiner

Growth Management and Affordable Housing: Do They Conflict?June 21, 2004

Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic CongestionMay 21, 2004

The Need for Regional Anti-Congestion PoliciesFebruary 2004The Brookings Institution

Traffic: Why It's Getting Worse, What Government Can DoJanuary 2004Brookings Policy Brief Series

Some Like It HOT: High-occupancy toll lanes work best on high-traffic roads.May 2002Governing Magazine

Peak-Hour Traffic CongestionMarch 19, 2002Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works

How Real Are Transit Gains?March 2002Governing Magazine

When Will Real Estate Recover?Feb-02National Real Estate Investor

Can Transit Tame Sprawl?Jan-02Governing Magazine

The Future of U.S. Ground Transportation from 2000 to 2020March 22, 2001House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit

Traffic Congestion: Might as Well Enjoy ItJanuary 01, 2001The Washington Post

Dealing Effectively With Fast GrowthNovember 2000Brookings Policy Brief Series

Housing Policies in the New MillenniumOctober 03, 2000The Brookings Institution

The Future Role of REITs in Real Estate FinanceSep-99The Brookings Institution

Some Realities About Sprawl and Urban DeclineAug-99The Brookings Institution

How America's Cities Are Growing: The Big PictureFall 1998The Brookings Institution

A Critical Spatial Perspective on Federal Devolution of Powers: Remarks at the Brookings National Issues Forum ""Forging Metropolitan Solutions to Urban and Regional Problems""May 28, 1997The Brookings Institution

The Devolution Revolution: Why Congress Is Shifting a Lot of Power to the Wrong LevelsJuly 1996Brookings Policy Brief Series

New Visions for Metropolitan AmericaApril 26, 1994

Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic CongestionJune 17, 1992

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