Tax-increment financing, which is permitted in 48 other states, would be a powerful tool for encouraging more projects and amenities around light rail stations. Here's the case for its many benefits, and a look at progress and debate to date.
After decades of pollution, the feds face a deadline in 2019. Seven years might sound like a lot of time but expectations of a federal request for a delay are already rising.
These land-devouring, car-dependent malls were invented 60 years ago, with Seattle among the pioneers. Now they are in terminal decline. There was a better idea in Kansas City, but unfortunately it was eclipsed by our mania for malls.
A myth holds that America is a land of wide-open spaces. In fact, much of the population is densely concentrated huge urban areas. And, yes, busting another myth, the density could support high-speed rail service.
A Brooklyn waterfront park-in-progress shares many of the same traits and problems with our own waterfront dreams; a compare and contrast imparts a few insights and lessons.
