Infrastructure

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TechTank

How Trump’s infrastructure plan can expand broadband coverage

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

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The Avenue

Despite federal infrastructure cuts, EPA’s WIFIA water loan program holds promise

Monday, July 24, 2017

REUTERS/Carlos Barria -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the G20 in Hamburg, Germany.

Up Front

Plan beats no plan: Responding to a pitch of 3% GDP growth

Friday, July 21, 2017

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Infrastructure

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

Adie Tomer and Ranjitha Shivaram

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Reports

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

Labourers work to reconstruct part of the Marina road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos June 17, 2016.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX2GUQR

Global Development

Leveraging African pension funds for financing infrastructure development

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Fred Fuchs, Project Manager of Piling and Marine Projects for the Boh Brothers Company, points out the 17th Street Canal interim gated structure at the fabrication site in New Orleans March 23, 2006. The new floodgate, being built by the Army Corps of Engineers, is designed to keep water below the danger level during the 2006 hurricane season. REUTERS/Lee Celano - RTR17JRO

Infrastructure

Budgeting for investment

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Blog Posts

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Metropolitan Revolution

Does innovation equal gentrification?

Jennifer S. Vey

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Passengers who arrived in 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 are seen outside the Nairobi Terminus in the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX38H4E

Africa in focus

China and the East Africa railways: Beyond full industry chain export

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Reels of optical fiber cables are seen in a storage area in Perugia, Italy, June 23, 2017

The Avenue

New report swings and misses on communities and next generation broadband

Thursday, June 29, 2017

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Events

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

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

Identifying a fiscally responsible approach to funding infrastructure

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Moving to Access: Is the current transport model broken?

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

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Related Books

Last Exit: Privatization and Deregulation of the U.S. Transporta

Last Exit

By Clifford Winston

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Experts

Robert Puentes

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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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

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

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Unpacked

Investing in infrastructure

Thursday, March 30, 2017

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More on Infrastructure

Trainer Winkler instructs an apprentice at FACC in Ried im Innkreis

Can Trump’s “Apprentice” model fix infrastructure and create jobs?

Thursday, June 15, 2017

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Legacy infrastructure and the challenge of procuring urban resilience

Shalini Vajjhala and Aleka Seville

Monday, June 5, 2017

A cargo train is launched to operate on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line constructed by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and financed by Chinese government in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX389W3

Africa in the news: Kenya inaugurates its first high-speed railway, Barclays sells Africa shares, and Zuma survives no confidence vote

Friday, June 2, 2017

Traffic passes through a section of Nevada Highway 168 near Glendale, Nevada September 9, 2014. The road and Interstate 15 were damaged by storm the runoff of Monday. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT) - RTR45LGL

Infrastructure’s big tent

Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

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India doesn’t have a lot to lose by boycotting OBOR. Read why

Dhruva Jaishankar

Monday, May 22, 2017

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City of Orlando advances new ‘Smart ORL’ initiative, aims to become prototype city for smart cities technologies

Friday, May 19, 2017