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• Revisiting Rental Housing : Policies, Programs, and Priorities

  Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  
  Leading housing researchers build upon decades of experience, research, and evaluation to inform our understanding of the nation’s rental housing challenges and what can be done about them.

• Credit Crisis: The Sky is not Falling

  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

  
  Despite troubles in the subprime mortgage industry, an otherwise healthy economy should avert a true credit crisis. This brief describes how there is no shortage of capital and why bailing out the lenders would merely encourage them to do it again.

• Can Traffic Congestion Be Cured?

  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  The Bush Administration recently launched a new "National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America's Transportation Network." This new policy deals with both air and ground travel, but focuses mainly on highway traffic congestion. But does this strategy show an understanding of what really causes traffic congestion and what might be done effectively in response? Anthony Downs investigates.

• Traffic Is Here to Stay

  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Anthony Downs

• Growth Management and Affordable Housing : Do They Conflict?

  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  
  This book explores the relationship between growth management and smart growth and affordable housing in depth. It draws from material presented at a symposium on these subjects held at the Brookings Institution in May 2003, sponsored by the U.S. Dep

• Still Stuck in Traffic : Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion

  Fri, 21 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  
  In this revised and expanded edition of his landmark work Stuck in Traffic, Anthony Downs examines the benefits and costs of various anticongestion strategies.

• The Need for Regional Anti-Congestion Policies

  Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Traffic congestion, essentially a regional phenomenon, requires regional approaches to mitigate its impacts.

• Traffic: Why It's Getting Worse, What Government Can Do

  Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Policy Brief #128 by Anthony Downs. (January 2004)

• Some Like It HOT: High-occupancy toll lanes work best on high-traffic roads.

  Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  An oped by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, in Governing Magazine, May 2002

• Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion

  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, before the Presented before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, March 19, 2002

• How Real Are Transit Gains?

  Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in Governing Magazine

• When Will Real Estate Recover?

  Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Article by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, in National Real Estate Investor, February 2002

• Can Transit Tame Sprawl?

  Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  Opinion by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

• Dealing Effectively With Fast Growth

  Thu, 01 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Policy Brief #67 by Anthony Downs (November 2000)

• The Future of U.S. Ground Transportation from 2000 to 2020

  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  Testimony by Anthony Downs to U.S. House of Representatives

• Traffic Congestion: Might as Well Enjoy It

  Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT

  An Oped by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, January 1, 2001

• Housing Policies in the New Millennium

  Tue, 03 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT

  An analysis of the most important factors influencing the federal government's future housing policies. This speech also outlines future Federal housing policies.

• The Future Role of REITs in Real Estate Finance

  Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, September 1999

• Some Realities About Sprawl and Urban Decline

  Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT

  Paper by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, August 1999

• How America's Cities Are Growing: The Big Picture

  Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00:00 GMT

  Brookings Review article by Anthony Downs (Fall 1998)

• A Critical Spatial Perspective on Federal Devolution of Powers: Remarks at the Brookings National Issues Forum ""Forging Metropolitan Solutions to Urban and Regional Problems""

  Wed, 28 May 1997 00:00:00 GMT

  Remarks by Anthony Downs, Senior Fellow, at the Brookings National Issues Forum ""Forging Metropolitan Solutions to Urban and Regional Problems,"" May 28, 1997

• The Devolution Revolution: Why Congress Is Shifting a Lot of Power to the Wrong Levels

  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:00:00 GMT

  As Congress shifts many now-federal powers to lower levels of government, it is missing a unique opportunity to resolve a fundamental flaw in America's governance structure: the absence of any authority at the metropolitan-region level.

• New Visions for Metropolitan America

  Tue, 26 Apr 1994 00:00:00 GMT

  
  In this volume, the author 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,

• Stuck in Traffic : Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion

  Wed, 17 Jun 1992 00:00:00 GMT

  
  In this new book, Anthony Downs looks at the causes of worsening traffic congestion, especially in suburban areas, and considers the possible remedies, while analyzing the specific advantages and disadvantages of every major strategy that has been pr