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From an interesting NYT analysis of Russia’s new protesting class – young, urban, and doing pretty well: It is a paradox, but one that has been documented by social scientists: the residents of Moscow and other large cities tend to express greater frustration with Prime Minister Putin as his government has helped make [...] December 12th, 2011 | Tags: politics, real estate | Category: byline=Stephen Smith, Fact & Comment, Law, Policy, World Affairs | Comments are closed |
 printable viewThe service the Silicon Valley is paying for but not getting Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit. This couldn’t be further from my intention. My point [...] December 11th, 2011 | Tags: energy, politics | Category: Business, byline=Stephen Smith, Fact & Comment, Green Tech, Human Ingenuity, Innovation & Science, Intelligent Tech, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel, Vehicles | Comments are closed |
printable viewIt’s no surprise that a lot of politicians and policymakers believe that America’s biggest infrastructure problem is insufficient taxpayer funding. But never have I seen it expressed so condescendingly as in a Washington Post article published yesterday in the PostLocal section, not labeled as an opinion piece, titled: “Experts struggle to express direness of infrastructure [...] December 7th, 2011 | Tags: energy, politics, regulation | Category: byline=Stephen Smith, Economics, Fact & Comment, Human Ingenuity, Logistics & Transportation, Op/Ed, Places & Spaces, Policy, Style & Design, Travel, Vehicles | Comments are closed |
printable viewIt’s no surprise that a lot of politicians and policymakers believe that America’s biggest infrastructure problem is insufficient taxpayer funding. But never have I seen it expressed so condescendingly as in a Washington Post article published yesterday in the PostLocal section, not labeled as an opinion piece, titled: “Experts struggle to express direness of infrastructure [...] December 7th, 2011 | Tags: energy, politics, regulation | Category: byline=Stephen Smith, Economics, Fact & Comment, Human Ingenuity, Logistics & Transportation, Op/Ed, Places & Spaces, Policy, Style & Design, Travel, Vehicles | Comments are closed |
printable viewTwitter tells me that earlier tonight, “not-ruling-it-out” possible future mayoral contender (and local smart growth demigod) Tommy Wells held his inaugural book club meeting; the book discussed was Ed Glaeser’s Triumph of the City. DC’s chief planner Harriet Tregoning was also there, and while she’s been relatively good to the cause of density in DC, the [...] December 6th, 2011 | Tags: energy, politics, real estate, regulation | Category: Business, byline=Stephen Smith, Culture & Books, Economics, Fact & Comment, Green Tech, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Style & Design, Travel | Comments are closed |
printable viewnycsubway.org has an amazing trove of transit history, and I just got done reading “The Impact of the IRT on New York City” by Clifton Hood, on the effects of New York‘s first subway rapid transit line, first opened in 1904. There’s so much in it to recommend, but one of the interesting themes [...] November 25th, 2011 | Tags: energy, politics, real estate | Category: Autos, byline=Stephen Smith, Culture & Books, Economics, Law, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Style & Design | Comments are closed |
printable viewI'On Village, South Carolina About three years ago Adam wrote about the the story of I’On Village, a New Urbanist development build about a decade ago five miles outside of Charleston, and the difficulties that Vince Graham faced trying to build it. For one, the project had to be scaled down in [...] November 15th, 2011 | Tags: politics, real estate, regulation | Category: Autos, Business, byline=Stephen Smith, Economics, Fact & Comment, Law, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Style & Design | Comments are closed |
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