Downs analyzes the problems of urban America and presents economically sound alternatives to guide the growth and development of metropolitan areas without increasing traffic congestion and air pollution, endlessly raising taxes, or sacrificing the availability of affordable housing.
"Down's presents a wealth of data and scholarship that will be invaluable to all students of urban issues." Journal of Economic Literature
"Reading Downs on urban problems is like seeing a lawn mower operate for the first time, when you have been trimming the grass with a pair of scissors. He offers pithy summaries of the work of others, offers his own ideas, and uses a hard-headed economic perspective to assess alternatives." Planning
"Provocative, probing, philosophical, policy driven--Tony Downs poignantly defines a future vision for America's building environment." Rep. Marcy Kaptur
Anthony Downs is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at Brookings. He is the author of numerous books, including Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion (Brookings and Lincoln Institute, 1992) and Urban Decline and the Future of American Cities (Brookings, 1982).