Infrastructure
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Focus on Finance: Fort Worth’s Budget Balancing Act
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Fort Worth’s Assistant City Manager Susan Alanis discusses the role that city personnel, elected officials, and state funding play in the City’s finances.
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Are Large Cities More Pollution Efficient?
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New research explores how population size relates to CO2 emissions efficiency.
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Worlds Collide: Using Fluid Dynamics to Solve Urban Traffic Woes
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Researchers point to a new way to analyze traffic congestion in growing cities.
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The Metropolitan Revolution: An Interview with Houston Mayor Annise Parker
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Mayor Annise Parker discusses the innovative nature of cities and the accomplishments of Houston.
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Your Mother-in-Law Should Take the “El” and Other Insights Into the Value of Public Transportation
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The public benefits of mass transit resulting from a reduction in traffic alone outweigh the cost of public investment in infrastructure in the LA metropolitan area.
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School Enrollment and a Mother’s Ability to Work: A Study of Developing Nations
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A study of developing nations explores the relationship between water infrastructure, female employment, and school attendance for children.
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Municipal CFO Series: Meredith Weenick, Boston
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Boston’s CFO discusses capital investment and infrastructure
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Municipal CFO Series: Ronald Green, Houston
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Houston’s CFO explains why the time is right for cities to invest in infrastructure
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Municipal CFO Series: Miguel Santana, Los Angeles
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The CAO of Los Angeles sheds light on the realities of municipal deficit reduction.
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Policy Radio | Lois Scott on Creative Solutions for Chicago’s Infrastructure
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, David Levine sits down with Lois Scott, the CFO of the City of Chicago, to discuss solutions to Chicago’s infrastructure problems.
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Alleviating Poverty with Pavement?
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Authors investigate the role infrastructure improvement can play in improving outcomes for the developing world’s urban poor