Parking meter rates rise again in 2012
As the year starts, Chicagoans have gotten another reminder of why the parking meter lease has been so deeply unpopular.
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Infrastructure
City for sale: The politics of privatizing infrastructure
As communities across the country struggle to make ends meet, leasing public assets to private investors is an increasingly attractive way to generate much needed cash. Need to Know correspondent Rick Karr travels to two cities that are doing just that.
Opinion
No bridge over troubled water: Our economy depends on a functioning transportation system
Can the nation afford $56 billion on highway spending alone? Samuel Schwartz argues that the costs of failing to improve our national infrastructure are the ones we really can’t afford.
Opinion
An indecent proposal for our country’s infrastructure future
Is it fiscally responsible to cut transportation spending now when this country’s infrastructure needs are only growing?, asks Samuel I. Schwartz.
Inkjet printing solar panels: cheap and almost green
Solar energy is one of the easiest and greenest of the renewable energy sources, but its high price is holding it back. One of the most promising new research developments involves printing thinner, cheaper panels with an inkjet.
To shrink or not to shrink? Your comments on urban renewal
What’s the best course of action for cities with blighted neighborhoods — downsizing or reinventing the unused space? Add your thoughts.
Building the next America: Ed Rendell makes the case for spending on high-speed rail
Republicans and President Obama are at odds again, this time over the administration’s plan to invest in high-speed rail. Ed Rendell makes the case for spending to improve the nation’s infrastructure.
Train in vain? Obama’s high-speed rail plan is more ‘I think I can’ than ‘Yes, we can’
Transportation Desk: Despite $8 billion proposed for high-speed rail, Obama’s plan is more ‘I think I can’ than ‘Yes, we can.’
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