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Infrastructure
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Land Use Prof Blog
Future of Toll Roads in the U.S.
On Friday, The Diane Rehm Show spent a whole hour discussing the future of toll roads in the U.S. Here is the link. Here is the blurb:Toll road mileage is…
PropertyProf Blog
The Indiana Toll Road Bankruptcy
Maybe privitized streets aren't such a good idea:In September, the operator of the Indiana Toll Road filed for bankruptcy, eight years after inking a $3.8 billion, 75-year concession for the…
E2 Law Blog
2014 Voters Address State, Local Infrastructure Funding Proposals
By Greenberg Traurig, Greenberg Traurig
Written by Robert S. Brams, Alais L. M. Griffin‡, Jennifer R. McEwan˘, Jamey L. Tesler and David Veator. On Nov. 4, 2014, voters across the country addressed a series of state…
Government and Public Policy
Growing Trend: Private Investment in Infrastructure and Transportation
As P3 Bulletin, the New York Times and Richard Cavallaro, the new CEO of international construction company Skanska's US operations, have recently stated, the increase in private investment and Public…
The Right Coast
Can High-Speed Rail Opposition Boost California GOP? | RealClearPolitics
Californians first elected Jerry Brown governor in 1974, and the former Jesuit seminarian quickly developed a reputation for fiscal restraint, personal austerity, and futurist tendencies. All three of these traits,…
Land Use Prof Blog
New GAO Report: Length of Development Process, Cost Estimates, and Ridership Forecasts for Capital-Investment Grant Projects
Overshadowed by the EPA's release of climate change regs today was a new GAO report that will be of interest to land use folks. The report, entitled Length of Development Process,…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
End the Crude Oil Ban and Fix Bridges and Highways
By Shi-Ling Hsu
The United States can end the export ban and simultaneously stabilize the insolvent Highway Trust Fund. Bridges are collapsing and 18-wheelers are falling into potholes the size of Rhode Island,…
The Right Coast
China may build an undersea train to America
China is planning to build a train line that would, in theory, connect Beijing to the United States. According to a report in the Beijing Times, citing an expert at…
PropertyProf Blog
The Giant Arrows That Guide You Across America
Twentieth Century GPS:Long before the days of radio (and those convenient little smartphone applications), the US Postal service began a cross-country air mail service using army war surplus planes from…
Land Use Prof Blog
May 5 – The Future of Environmental Finance – UNC School of Government and online
From the EPA listserv announcement:Please save the date for "The Future of Environmental Finance," a public forum at the UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC on May 5th, 2014…