Equity
How the Erie Canal and Hoover Dam hold lessons for today's hard times
We're desperate for jobs, so why not put people to work fixing America's decaying infrastructure?
Michael Godfried
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Politics
Once envied, America's aging infrastructure is in alarming shape
As local planners tackle projects such as the 520 bridge and Alaskan Way Viaduct, they shouldn't forsake attractive design, along the lines of the Roman aqueducts and San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
Equity
The value of quality: How one man keeps changing the way we work
W. Edward Demings' methods transformed the ideologies of many global corporations, including Boeing and Ford. King County is using his principles, too.
Politics
Rescuing the valleys: a new approach to flooding, endangered salmon, and crumbling dams
A book by UW professors offers smarter ways to treat the rivers around which we have built civilization. Following their ideas might help assure our civilization, in a future where we work better with nature at less cost.