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Baltimore's New Buses Won't Save the City

One suggestion that has been floated to help cities in the current economic climate is for them to improve their infrastructure. Baltimore's own public transportation system is not efficient or innovative at all. While efforts are being made to improve it, the challenges facing the city remain …

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Written by Rachel Ryan on Tuesday August 9, 2011

Bright Spots in Perry's Road Building Record

For all of his Tea Party bombast, Rick Perry has actually been a pretty good Texas governor. While Perry’s Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) plan flopped (as  Tim Mak reports) the Texas governor can still point to his road building record with some pride. A drive in just about any big Texas city …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Tuesday August 9, 2011

Perry's Highway to Nowhere

On Saturday, Texas Governor Rick Perry will announce that he intends to run for president. Perry will bring a lot of conservative rhetoric to the GOP field, but what about his actual record? The truth is, not all of Perry's policies have been successful and some of them may not fit the Tea …

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Written by Tim Mak on Tuesday August 9, 2011

In Defense of Dulles

Thomas J. Marier and David Frum are both wrong about Dulles Airport. Derided as it is, the airport is actually one of the best, easiest and most convenient large hub airports.  Here’s why I love Dulles... It’s actually easy to get to from downtown D.C.: Yes, at 26 miles it’s far away. …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Tuesday August 2, 2011

How to (Marginally) Fix Dulles

The whole debt-ceiling imbroglio is being resolved at last, so hopefully we can all get back to debating the national issues that matter the most.  Issues like improving the municipal infrastructure of the richest counties in the United States. To be specific: David  wrote recently about his …

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Written by Thomas J. Marier on Tuesday August 2, 2011