Infrastructure

Woman

The Avenue

Trust and entrepreneurship pave the way toward digital inclusion in Brownsville, Texas

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Men work on a construction site for a luxury apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles, California March 17, 2015. U.S. housing starts plunged to their lowest level in a year in February likely as harsh weather kept building crews at home in the latest indication that the economy hit a soft patch in the first quarter. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS)

The Avenue

COVID-19 is a chance to invest in our essential infrastructure workforce

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Multi-colored, braided rope on a yellow background.

U.S. Economy

Budgeting to promote social objectives—a primer on braiding and blending

Stuart M. Butler, Timothy Higashi, and Marcela Cabello

Monday, April 6, 2020

Jonathan Yoder and his family

Longform

From rural digital divides to local solutions

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Reports

Digital access

Infrastructure

Digital prosperity: How broadband can deliver health and equity to all communities

Adie Tomer, Lara Fishbane, Angela Siefer, and Bill Callahan

February 27, 2020

Housing development

Housing Markets & Finance

Who’s to blame for high housing costs? It’s more complicated than you think.

January 17, 2020

Row houses

Housing Markets & Finance

“Gentle” density can save our neighborhoods

Alex Baca, Patrick McAnaney, and Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Amtrak track workers work inside the tunnel at New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train hub, which will be closing tracks for repairs causing massive disruptions to commuters in New York City, U.S. July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1500696CA0

Infrastructure

To fix our infrastructure, Washington needs to start from scratch

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Lara Fishbane

December 4, 2019

smart city

Technology & Innovation

Artificial intelligence in America’s digital city

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Blog Posts

work from home

The Avenue

COVID-19 proves we need to continue upgrading America’s broadband infrastructure

Monday, March 30, 2020

Finger Lakes

The Avenue

How New York’s Finger Lakes region is building a coalition to close its digital divide

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

March 26, 2020

Distance learning

The Avenue

As classes move online during COVID-19, what are disconnected students to do?

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

Friday, March 20, 2020

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Events

Panel Discussion | Housing, externalities, technology and the long run for global real estate

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Japan’s role in Asia’s connectivity: Infrastructure finance and digital governance

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Development Seminar: Is housing an intractable problem?

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Related Books

THE HOUSING CHALLENGE IN EMERGING ASIA

Edited by Matthias Helbe and Naoyuki Yoshino

2016

Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia

By ADBI

2015

Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030/2050

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2013

Experts

Joseph W. Kane

Senior Research Associate 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

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi listens to House Majority Whip James Clyburn and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. as they hold a news conference to unveil a $760 billion infrastructure spending bill proposed by House Democrats at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Podcast Episode

Will House Democrats’ infrastructure plan yield results?

Adie Tomer and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional Democrats speak to reporters after their meeting on infrastructure with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC134195ACF0

Podcast Episode

Can the administration and Congress move forward on $2 trillion infrastructure plan?

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Staff with the California Department of Water Resources watch as water is released from the Lake Oroville Dam.

Podcast Episode

Building America’s water workforce

Joseph W. Kane and Fred Dews

Friday, July 13, 2018

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