COMMUNITY BUILDERS Executive Summary Local leaders intuitively recognize that building a great community is essential to building a strong and resilient economy, but what underlies this linkage and how can communities strengthen it? These are the guiding questions behind the Place Value study, which explores why people and businesses are drawn to particular communities in […]
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Place Value: How Communities Attract, Grow and Keep Jobs in the Rocky Mountain West
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019Guest on The Infra Blog: Ed Mortimer, Executive Director of Transportation Infrastructure, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016“I think it’s the first time in recent history that we’ve seen two presidential candidates talk about the infrastructure needs and willingness to address the infrastructure funding deficit…So we really feel like the public is starting to get more engaged, starting to understand that we do have infrastructure needs around the country and are willing to come to the table to have serious discussions to figure out how to solve these problems.”
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Edward Murray, Mayor of Seattle
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015Businesses need roads and sewer systems and electricity and the internet to function…I think if people step away from ideology and look at how do you make the economy work, how do you create jobs, how do you help business, how do you make business very successful, then I think folks will move forward.
View this complete post...Transit in High-Growth Business Clusters
Friday, December 20th, 2013AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
There has been significant attention in the transportation research field
regarding the extent to which transit investment supports “agglomerations
economies” – the ability of business firms to realize productivity gains
because of greater labor market access. This research study addresses
this same general issue of business productivity, market access and transit
service, but from a different perspective.
Chicago: Get On Board
Thursday, October 3rd, 2013The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) program partners is pleased to announce their second “GET ON BOARD”, a Business-to-Business Exchange on October 16, 2013 at The Ford Chicago Assembly Plant, 126th at Torrence Avenue, Chicago, IL, 9am -12pm. This CREATE business networking event will connect rail industry executives, government transportation agency heads, and […]
View this complete post...Do Labor and Business Agree on Federal Permitting Improvement Proposal?
Thursday, August 8th, 2013Transportation Issues Daily Labor and business groups are enthusiastically supporting a proposal to streamline the permitting process for large infrastructure projects. See our story, “Bipartisan Proposal Offers Three Reforms to Streamline Project Delivery” for details about the legislative proposal. Proponents note that the U.S. “ranks 17th in the world for the time it takes to […]
View this complete post...Business Cycles: Catering to the Bicycling Market
Monday, July 16th, 2012PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY: NOHAD A. TOULAN SCHOOL OF URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING
Cycling is on the rise across the United States, and its popularity has grown beyond the usual leaders—Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Davis, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Boulder, Colorado. Other cities making significant investments in bike infrastructure in recent years include New York City; Chicago, Illinois; and Washington, D.C.—all three have realized substantial growth in the numbers of people taking to the streets on two wheels.
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