Infrastructure

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Cities & Regions

The digital road to safety

Ranjitha Shivaram, Adie Tomer, Annibel Rice, and Joseph Kane

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

A train launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government arrives at the Nairobi Terminus on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC13EFC12310

Future Development

Future Development Reads: China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Indermit Gill

Friday, September 22, 2017

Submerged houses are seen by flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Rose City

The Avenue

As flood risks intensify, stormwater utilities offer a more resilient solution

Joseph Kane and Ranjitha Shivaram

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Charlie Briganti, is joined by his mother-in-law, Juanita Hurt, and wife, Jenny Briganti as they look at where their townhouse once stood on the San Jacinto River in the aftermath of tropical storm Harvey in Kingwood, Houston, Texas, U.S. September 9, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry

Cities & Regions

Disaster recovery’s essential tool: Data

Amy Liu and Allison Plyer

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Reports

Cities & Regions

Signs of digital distress

Adie Tomer, Elizabeth Kneebone, and Ranjitha Shivaram

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Infrastructure

Modernizing government’s approach to transportation and land use data: Challenges and opportunities

Adie Tomer and Ranjitha Shivaram

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Cars travel on roads lacking painted freeway lane markers on Interstate highway 5 in San Diego, California February 10, 2016.

Taxation

Ditching the gas tax: Switching to a vehicle miles traveled tax to save the Highway Trust Fund

Ashley Langer, Vikram Maheshri, and Clifford Winston

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Aerial Photo of the Copenhagen Port (Photo credit: Ole Malling)

Infrastructure

The Copenhagen City and Port Development Corporation: A model for regenerating cities

Bruce Katz and Luise Noring

Thursday, June 1, 2017

A mine shaft is seen at the Tumela Mine , an Anglo American open pit mine located in the north-western part of South Africa in Thabazimbi, Limpopo province,June 9,2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTX2FWX5

Global Development

Closing the financing gap for African energy infrastructure: Trends, challenges, and opportunities

Amadou Sy and Amy Copley

April 17, 2017

Blog Posts

A woman looks out from her house at a flood affected area in Nepal

Future Development

Building better defenses against rising floods and storms

Vinod Thomas

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Texas National Guardsmen work alongside first responders to rescue local citizens from severe flooding in Cypress Creek, Houston, U.S. August 28, 2017. U.S. Army National Guard/Capt. Martha Nigrelle/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RTX3DVM4

The Avenue

Setting a new high water mark for federal disaster funding

Shalini Vajjhala

August 31, 2017

Chinese workers are seen below the 270-metre-high minaret at the construction site of the new Great Mosque of Algiers, called Djemaa El Djazair, which is being built by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), and overseen by Algeria's National Agency for Realization and Management (ANERGEMA) in Algiers, Algeria February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RTX30AMF

Order from Chaos

China’s new investment rules

David Dollar

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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Events

2017

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Tackling the ‘Water Problem’: Challenges facing U.S. regulation, sustainability, and global geopolitics

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Identifying a fiscally responsible approach to funding infrastructure

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Moving to Access: Is the current transport model broken?

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Last Exit

By Clifford Winston

2010

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Experts

Joseph Kane

Senior Research Analyst and Associate Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Adie Tomer

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Blair Levin

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy DJ Gribbin (L) holds up a chart showing the regulatory steps to build a highway as U.S. President Donald Trump holds the mic during a CEO town hall on the American business climate at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Cities & Regions

On Trump’s “Apprentice” model for infrastructure and labor

Joseph Kane

Friday, June 16, 2017

A boat of customs' officers sails next to Lisbon's port, Portugal, October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante - RTX2PWZ8

Future Development

Out of the danger zone and toward more robust investment: Can the EIB deliver?

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Unpacked

Investing in infrastructure

Adie Tomer

Thursday, March 30, 2017

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Infrastructure

The digital road to safety

Future Development Reads: China’s Belt and Road Initiative

As flood risks intensify, stormwater utilities offer a more resilient solution

Disaster recovery’s essential tool: Data

Reports

Signs of digital distress

Modernizing government’s approach to transportation and land use data: Challenges and opportunities

Ditching the gas tax: Switching to a vehicle miles traveled tax to save the Highway Trust Fund

The Copenhagen City and Port Development Corporation: A model for regenerating cities

Closing the financing gap for African energy infrastructure: Trends, challenges, and opportunities

Blog Posts

Building better defenses against rising floods and storms

Setting a new high water mark for federal disaster funding

China’s new investment rules

Events

Tackling the ‘Water Problem’: Challenges facing U.S. regulation, sustainability, and global geopolitics

Identifying a fiscally responsible approach to funding infrastructure

Moving to Access: Is the current transport model broken?

Related Books

Last Exit

Experts

Joseph Kane

Senior Research Analyst and Associate Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Adie Tomer

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Blair Levin

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Multimedia

On Trump’s “Apprentice” model for infrastructure and labor

Out of the danger zone and toward more robust investment: Can the EIB deliver?

Investing in infrastructure

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