Major media extol new housing starts as a sign of a robust economy. But this metric ignores the significant service and infrastructure costs that housing–and surplus housing–exacts on local governments and taxpayers. In 2003, Cleveland State University planning professor Tom […]
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Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured Liberals Are More Likely Than Conservatives to Use Public Transit The […]
continue readingIn what appears to be a monumental decision, New York’s highest court has ruled that municipalities can use their land use and zoning authority to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or “fracking.” This decision comes as the state continues […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured 12-Cent Hike Fuel Taxes Proposed in Senate AP New York De […]
continue readingCityLab updates and chronicles the City of Buffalo’s work to return a section of Main Street that has been pedestrian-only since the late 1980s to a thoroughfare that allows cars. At the time of its conversion to a pedestrian mall, […]
continue readingDo traffic lights really improve safety and travel efficiency? One writer posits that we might be better off with more unsignalized intersections and fewer traffic lights. Read more here. […]
continue readingYet another piece of research has emerged that suggests that places with traffic congestion are more accessible and economically successful, while places with more road capacity and less congestion possess more accessibility challenges and economic sluggishness. Read more here. […]
continue readingLocal/Regional Farmers market hurts some businesses (Troy) Car share to launch in Albany City of Troy partners with Urban Strategies Inc. to develop master plan Buffalo reborn? Long-suffering upstate NY city sees hope in biggest building boom in 50 years […]
continue reading Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured Obama Transportation Bill Introduced in House The Hill New York NYPD […]
continue readingLocal/Regional Big changes coming to East New York (Brooklyn) Grassroots Port Development Effort Forms Charlotte Strong (Rochester) Who needs Manhattan? Queens hotels boom Land bank can bridge economic, community development (Broome County) Binghamton tries to combat vacant properties How much […]
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