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Robert Puentes is a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program where he also directs the program's Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative. The Initiative was established to address the pressing transportation and infrastructure challenges facing cities and suburbs in the United States and abroad. | View Full Bio
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"[Amtrak] is not the same organization it was a few years ago, still hoping and relying on federal handouts, limping from appropriation to appropriation. Even though Washington is mired in debt and dysfunction, Amtrak is reinventing itself."
Source: The Associated Press
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An excellent way to boost US manufacturing. Groups call on Chicago Transit to require new rail car makers to (cont) http://t.co/uwkeHHv7XN
Jun 19
Brazilians spend as much as 26% of their income to ride the bus http://t.co/Tubl3S5I5R via @qz
RT @maruboricua: Nominate your city for the 2014 Sustainable Transport Award via @EMBARQNetwork: http://t.co/NC0sOJYTtB via #TheCityFix @rpuentes @AdieTomer
Jun 17
How Federalism Has Failed Cities (And Also Might Reinvigorate Them) @JBradley_DC @bruce_katz http://t.co/Fu9rrYBIon #MetroRev
Available today: the free #MetroRev iPad app, feat @villaraigosa, @RobertKSteel, @sethpinsky, @FutureFundNEO & more https://t.co/AJBBcXe4ru
RT @JBradley_DC: If you missed @bruce_katz talking about #metrorev on @BrianLehrer today, catch it here -- a great listen http://t.co/cWM1yCCoDJ
Jun 16
Look for @bruce_katz and @JBradley_DC’s new book on the Metropolitan Revolution out tomorrow http://t.co/ZzofkB3KoB #MetroRev
RT @bruce_katz: Given Taksim Square, A Precarious 2020 Olympic Bid for Istanbul: Madrid/Tokyo other contenders http://t.co/0a3jxIMar3
RT @owashb: #FF @melcher_media & @crushlovely, partners in creating The Metropolitan Revolution iPad app, which will be released on Monday! #MetroRev
Join @bruce_katz, @JBradley_DC, @RockefellerFdn, @CoryBooker, @GStephanopoulos at NYC #metrorev launch event Monday http://t.co/d2nB8KhKo4
Remaking a PPP deal: Pocahontas Parkway to change control http://t.co/fNfeB0KB3U via @RTDNEWS @Psabolgate
Jun 14
Discussing #infrastructure finance @cgiamerica, Mayor Emanuel sez, with states & federal govt absent, “we really are on our own.” #metrorev
Jun 13
New way to engage citizens-but will it change policy and practice? Online game asks players to imagine the future http://t.co/30qap54TmL
.@NextCityOrg Vanguard Conference in Cleveland showed how millennials might lead http://t.co/PizVgZCqzz Feat @BrookingsMetro’s @Psabolgate
The Replacements Announce First Shows in 22 Years http://t.co/YTijLXAoJ6 via @pitchforkmedia @MarkMuro1
Nicaragua waterway to dwarf Panama canal http://t.co/yah9otSC4Q Only $40b @AdieTomer
An excellent idea. Arlington may lower speed limit to 25 on Wilson and Clarendon Blvds: http://t.co/2A1tGbY2D6 on http://t.co/1BZM5jNFmE
Jun 12
And the top 5 importers via containers (not surprising): Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot, Dole, Lowes @AdieTomer @JOC_Updates
Per @JOC_Updates the top 5 US exporters via shipping containers: America Chung Nam, Koch, Int'l paper, Sims Metal, Dow Chemical @AdieTomer
RT @JOC_Updates: Report: Global #airfreight traffic up in April. http://t.co/BAMFNmRkVc #cargo #freight #aircargo
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