Democratic Candidates Pitch Green Infrastructure in Las Vegas Forum

Democratic Candidates Pitch Green Infrastructure in Las Vegas Forum

The non-profit group United For Infrastructure co-hosted with the Wall Street Journal a forum on how four of the leading Democratic candidates plan to truly make America great again by improving our country’s aging infrastructure, and the candidates’ proposals, for the most part, skewed green and sustainable. 

Why This Matters:  The forum was originally planned as a hat tip to labor unions, which are big in Nevada, but it ended up being a sustainability forum as well.

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From Highway to High Rise — Rebuilding Inner Cities By Removing Roads

From Highway to High Rise — Rebuilding Inner Cities By Removing Roads

Numerous cities around the country are increasingly removing rather than building highways as a way to spur urban renewal.  American cities, such as Portland, Oregon, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chattanooga, Tennessee have removed highways in recent years and others, such as Detroit, Michigan, Tampa, Florida and Baltimore, Maryland, are seriously considering it, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Why This Matters:  In doing so, they are regaining prime real estate which is creating a boom in the development of downtown, pedestrian-friendly spaces and “knitting” neighborhoods back together again.  And soon it may be possible to use federal highway “construction” funds to actually remove them.

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