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Economic history : Trade trailblazer : the National Road linked communities and helped expand America's western frontier

Econ Focus , Volume 7 , Issue Fall , Pages 36-39

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Transportation planning : Charlotte tackles transit and land use together

Econ Focus , Volume 7 , Issue Spr , Pages 6

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Mass transit subsidies: are there better options?

Business Review , Issue Jul , Pages 7-17

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Noteworthy: transportation: Texas highway investment falls short

Southwest Economy , Issue Nov , Pages 14

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Highway grants: roads to prosperity?

Federal highway grants to states appear to boost economic activity in the short and medium term. The short-term effects appear to be due largely to increases in aggregate demand. Medium-term effects apparently reflect the increased productive capacity brought by improved roads. Overall, each dollar of federal highway grants received by a state raises that state?s annual economic output by at least two dollars, a relatively large multiplier.
FRBSF Economic Letter

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Housing policy and poverty in Springfield

This essay considers whether housing policies may have contributed to the concentration of poverty in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts ? a question that emerged in conversations with local leaders. Springfield is not alone in having large numbers of lower income households living downtown. This pattern is common in American cities. Recent research emphasizes the role of public transportation in causing lower income households to live closer to downtown. However, spillover effects and government policies, including housing policies, have reinforced this tendency. The essay reviews federal ...
Public and Community Affairs Discussion Papers , Paper 2011-1

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Equipping communities to achieve equitable transit-oriented development

Though transit-oriented development (TOD) is uniquely positioned to benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities, most TOD projects do not focus on the interests of LMI communities and in some cases have dramatically disrupted low-income neighborhoods. However, there are several tools and strategies that can help mitigate the potential negative impacts of TOD and maximize benefits for LMI communities. This article examines Denver's TOD fund, Oakland CA's Fruitvale Village, and Longfellow Station in Minneapolis, MN, highlighting the equity provisions built into each model.
Community Investments , Volume 22 , Issue Summer

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Transportation and infrastructure, retail clustering, and local public finance: evidence from Wal-Mart's expansion

Regional Economic Development , Issue Oct , Pages 100-114

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Paying at the pump : war, winter, and unrest spike gas prices

Econ Focus , Volume 7 , Issue Sum , Pages 9

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Noteworthy: Airlines: Texas carriers fly fuller; mergers ahead

Texas-based Southwest Airlines and American Airlines have seen more passengers and fuller planes this year. Carriers experienced a summer of increased demand and strong profit growth as the U.S. airline industry healed from the recession and a rough 2009. Resurgent business travel paced the revenue and profit increases. ; Mergers promise change for Texas' airline industry. Southwest plans to take over AirTran Holdings Inc. of Atlanta and keep corporate operations in Dallas, while Houston-based Continental Airlines Inc. merged with Chicago's UAL Corp. on Oct. 1 and began relocating corporate ...
Southwest Economy , Issue Q4 , Pages 14

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