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Highway Robbery: How reimagined New England highways perpetuate the displacement of marginalized com
Walking along the Providence River is a favorite pastime of many Brown University students. Gazing out from the Pedestrian Bridge, they...
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Jan 18, 20224 min read


Tunnel Vision
Referred to as “the single most important infrastructure project not only for this region but for the entire nation” by Governors Andrew...
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Jan 4, 20203 min read


Berlin’s Airport Curse
Ask anyone who’s ever traveled to Berlin about their airport experience, and you’ll likely be met with a groan. While Berlin’s...
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Jan 4, 20205 min read


BPR Interviews: Greg Shill on the Dominance of the Car
Gregory H. Shill is a law professor at the University of Iowa College of Law. His recent work, including Should Law Subsidize Driving?...
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Nov 19, 201910 min read


Health Policy Hits the Streets
There is a fascinating irony about the way that humans go about constructing streets: Boulevard after boulevard is paved not for people,...
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Nov 25, 20185 min read


Getting America’s Passenger Trains Back on Track
America’s passenger rail is struggling. American rail is far slower, more expensive and less reliable than its global counterparts....
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Dec 8, 20175 min read


BPR Interviews: Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx is the current United States Secretary of Transportation. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2013. Secretary Foxx...
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Nov 13, 20165 min read


Sharing Isn’t Caring: The Perils of the Trendiest New Economic Sector
While sitting in heavy traffic, it is easy to fall into conversation with your taxi driver. In one such conversation, my taxi driver in...
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Nov 4, 20166 min read


Midnight Train to Addis Ababa
On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t,...
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May 2, 201612 min read


A Waste of Parking Space
From driving tests to downtown, parking is the bane of drivers young and old. Limited parking is an accepted and unavoidable fact of life...
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May 2, 20165 min read


Red Lights, Camera, Inaction: Evaluating failing transportation policy
While whirring technological progress drives the US economy, the technological progress in our streets is a little more stop-and-go. In...
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Mar 16, 20164 min read


Gendered Train Cars: A Policy With Mixed Results
This August, before becoming leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn faced backlash in the wake of his proposed plan to prevent sexual...
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Oct 29, 20154 min read


Rebuilding America: How to get transportation infrastructure back on track
American infrastructure is in trouble. Years of neglect have left many roads, sewers and dams in questionable condition, posing...
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May 1, 20155 min read


The Iron Silk Road: Putin Looks to the Far East
In 2008, Russian President Vladimir Putin and now former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak were delighted when their gas monopolies...
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Dec 11, 20136 min read


Hiking the Gas Tax: A Story of Federal Failures
In late June of last year, to the dissatisfaction of conservatives and liberals alike, Congress passed a $128 billion legislative package...
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Apr 11, 20133 min read


Why that Bridge to the Future is So Expensive
After an election there’s often fleeting talk of compromise. One area that seems ripe for compromise is infrastructure. In 2009, the...
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Nov 12, 20124 min read


Austerity, Objectivity, and Amtrak
Lately, the degree to which discourses of “objectivity” have dominated our political theatre is astounding. Everywhere one turns, he or...
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Oct 21, 20124 min read
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