Scott Thomasson, president of NewBuild Strategies LLC, discusses policy and legislative issues affecting state investment in infrastructure, as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call series.
The Wall Street Journal comments that Americans don't want to live in Ray LaHood's car-free utopia; moreover, top-down transportation planning creates massive inequalities between states.
At a time when the country's infrastructure needs are more pressing than ever, Scott Thomasson offers pragmatic solutions for working around current congressional gridlock and unlocking modest yet critical infrastructure investment.
Peter Orszag looks at a dispute over water supplies in the southeastern United States to underscore the need for water policy reforms and greater infrastructure investment.
Rail infrastructure is a critical component of a transportation network capable of helping the United States compete in global markets. Efforts to expand and modernize U.S. rail, particularly to include high-speed trains, are under debate as lawmakers weigh costs and benefits.
Running down the list of the U.S. State Department's Latin America policy objectives in El País in September 2010, the economist Moisés Naím noted that they focused almost exclusively on domestic concerns.
Will Oremus discusses the failure of the U.S. high-speed rail system to materialize, despite Obama's commitment in 2010 to spend $8 billion in fiscal stimulus on transportation infrastructure.
David Barboza and John Markoff explain why China's booming economy and growing technological infrastructure may thrust it to the forefront of the next generation of computing.
Spencer Green discusses the future of smart cities, the developmental disparity between design and construction technology, and the implications of President Obama's stimulus bill for clean energy and renewed infrastructure.
This poll's findings look at small business owners' desire for growth and the challenges they perceive to be holding their businesses back, such as economic uncertainty and weak sales.
Christopher B. Leinberger urges for investment in cities and inner-suburbs, with mixed incomes and access to transportation, as baby boomers and millenials move away from outer-ring areas.
The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's "think tank"—is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called "fellows"). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda. Download the printable CFR Experts Guide.
The author assesses the causes and consequences of the violence faced by several Central American countries and examines the national, regional, and international efforts intended to curb its worst effects.