Obama’s Grand Railroad Funk: Is High-speed Rail Losing Steam?
WASHINGTON — Just three months after his inauguration in April 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled his vision of an expanded high-speed rail network that promised to transform much of the...
View ArticleEurope On the Move: Public Transportation Lessons for the U.S.
While the US struggles with traffic jams and deteriorating infrastructure, Europe is investing in its transportation system to spur economic recovery, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build for the...
View ArticleWe Need Pragmatism Over Symbolism, from Cleveland to Poland
Cleveland was once one of the most powerful cities in the US: a home base for the coal, steel and oil industries; the birthplace of philanthropy through connections to both Andrew Carnegie and J.D....
View ArticleEastern Mediterranean Gas Won’t Solve Europe’s Energy Dilemmas
WASHINGTON — The energy ministers of Israel, Cyprus, and Greece are talking up possible natural gas exports from their countries as a way of diversifying Europe’s energy supplies away from Russia....
View ArticleGermany and the United States Are Missing the Bus on Infrastructure Investment
WASHINGTON—“Germany is collapsing.” This was the headline of a recent provocative article in German news magazine Der Spiegel that criticized the sorry state of Germany’s infrastructure. And indeed,...
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