Mr. Trump has promised to drain the Washington swamp. We ran this through Autocase for Green Infrastructure to see what the value is of this "strategy". We centered the project at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (although we considered running it from Trump’s hotel at 1100...
Autocase for Green Infrastructure can be used for determining the value of green infrastructure. It can be used in many ways - city or watershed analysis; large area or parks valuation; street design; site optimization; and, individual green infrastructure feature...
Trump and Trudeau might disagree on climate policy but they seem to agree on preferring public-private over government investment in infrastructure. Both want to build bridges between public and private infrastructure. Paul Krugman questions why the private sector...
There are thousands of grade crossings in North America. Each is a safety concern. About every 3 hours a person or vehicle is hit by a train in the US. Roads and railways don’t mix – that is why we have signaled crossings when traffic warrants it. In this post I am...
The Globe and Mail reported (“Liberals prepare to pitch infrastructure bank to investors”, Nov. 4, 2016) that to sell the concept of Canada’s newly minted Infrastructure Bank “Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he and several other cabinet ministers are preparing...
I recently presented at the CitiesAlive: 14th Annual Green Roof & Wall Conference in Washington, DC (November 2nd, 2016). Here is the presentation. And here is the summary: Why do we under-invest in Green Infrastructure (GI)? As an economist, I think economics...
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