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Analysis of Job Creation and Energy Cost Savings: From Building Energy Rating and Disclosure Policy
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012A New Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
President Obama’s FY 2013 Budget proposes a bold plan to renew and expand America’s infrastructure. The plan includes a $50 billion up-front investment connected to a $476 billion six-year reauthorization of the surface transportation program and the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank. In support of this commitment, the Department of the Treasury, with the Council of Economic Advisers, has updated our analysis of the economic effects of infrastructure investment.
Estimating Workforce Development Needs for High-Speed Rail in California
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
This study assesses the overall employment, education, and training needs associated with building the California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) network.
Export Nation 2012: How U.S. Metropolitan Areas Are Driving National Growth
Friday, March 9th, 2012
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
The Great Recession reset the world economic map. Suddenly, with the bulk of the world’s economic growth transferred beyond the borders of a recession-mired West and into emerging markets, American metropolitan areas and the nation as a whole were left to cast about for new sources of growth.
Prospering in Place: Linking Jobs, Development, and Transit to Spur Chicago’s Economy
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY
PLACES MATTER. But for decades our region disregarded its historic, compact, transit-served neighborhoods in favor of urban sprawl with its dependence on cars and cheap gas. When the economy was growing, the cost of this shift was less apparent, but stagnant incomes, high unemployment, and historic fuel prices have exposed the long term folly of this development strategy.
Michigan’s Urban and Metropolitan Strategy
Monday, February 27th, 2012
PUBLIC SECTOR CONSULTANTS INC
The right strategy for Michigan will help the state achieve three goals essential to the health of its cities, its metropolitan areas, and the state as a whole:
Missouri DOT Opens 319th Bridge
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Arizona DOT: Sand Jacks and False Work
Friday, November 25th, 2011Empowering LA’s Solar Workforce: New Policies that Deliver Investments and Jobs
Monday, November 21st, 2011
LABC INSTITUTE
Los Angeles is home to year-round sunshine and an entrepreneurial spirit. As such, it has the potential to be the national leader in solar power and clean energy jobs. Further, thanks to an abundance of training programs, Los Angeles boasts a trained workforce ready for jobs in solar installation, design, sales and more. Unfortunately, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LA DWP) has failed to take advantage of the tremendous environmental and economic potential that solar power offers our region. As a result, Los Angeles has unwittingly forfeited significant opportunities to take leadership in this growing industry, meet the renewable energy goals mandated by state law, and create thousands of local jobs.
Trade – What it Means for Jobs, How it Depends on the Transportation Network
Thursday, November 17th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily Washington State is the most trade dependent state in the country. The state is the fifth largest exporter in the country and has consistently had one of the highest “export per capita” and “exports as a percentage of state GDP” ratios among all states. About one in three Washington jobs is somehow related to […]
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