Welcome to Citiwire.net! We ring out 2012 with a duo of columns from two Citistates Group founders, Curtis Johnson and Neal Peirce. In the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy, Neal offers a strategy for enacting sensible gun restrictions, despite paralysis at the federal level: state action. And from Detroit, Curtis offers hope that the Motor City may, at long last, begin to build a fully regional transit system.
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Neal Peirce: Comments received from Richard Averett – Upstate NY If the politicians spent a few hours looking...
Roberta Brandes Gratz: They still need 1 million gallons of water per well and generate endless amount of truck...
- Learning, Again, Why Plans Sometimes Fail (6)
Howard Wooldridge: Richard…seems like you have never seen someone blow on a balloon or a piece of bubble gum...
Richard Schmoyer: Dont go to 400 million? About a dozen years ago I attended an international conference in...
Chris Bonney: I took part in the Hampton Roads Virginia Reality Check, where we came to many of the same conclusions...
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Arnold long: This crazy idea that drivers can be safely distracted is dangerous. It’s simply electronic...
- How the “Bikelash” Faded in New York and Other Cities (2)
Stephen A Goldsmith: Great piece, will be a bay leaf in the soup for those who work so hard in cities throughout the...
Khal Spencer: One must not confuse the loud but irrelevant rants of a few extremists on the Internet with public...
- Girding Cities for a Perilous Century (4)
Beth Sanders: Chief Resilience Officer is a great idea. Their influence can be both local and global, as individuals...
- The Quandary of Suburban Poverty (4)
Mary DeWolf: To learn about our neediest ( I’ve seen such in the city) please go to:...
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