Topic: infrastructure
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The State of American Infrastructure
The Urban Land Institute takes stock of what cities are doing to rebuild.
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Welcome to the Rebuild Era
Lately, America's leaders have talked a lot about the need to rebuild. Has it begun?
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Can Inactive Landfills Become Assets?
An ancient Roman landfill offers ideas about how our old dumps could be more useful than we realize.
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As Chicago Approves its Infrastructure Bank, Cities Across the Country Watch and Wait
The first-of-its-kind measure will allow the city to accept billions in private financing for infrastructure projects.
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How One Man Built His City a Fiber Optic Network
Software entrepreneur Patrick Kennedy is bringing faster internet to San Leandro, thanks to infrastructure put in place by BART and city officials.
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Can Rail Beef Up South Africa’s Economy?
The president hopes to build transportation capacity to aid the crucial mining sector.
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Number of the Day: 500 Million
As India urbanizes, more homes will be needed to accommodate the population boom.
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Why Every City Should Be Planting Rain Gardens
They save lots of money - and that's just their most obvious benefit.
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The Urban Message Missing From the State of the Union
The issues facing the nation's cities were largely ignored in the president’s speech
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The Big Fix
The Best Ways to Pay for Our Failing Infrastructure
A round-up of the best ideas from this week's The Big Fix
