Welcome to Citiwire.net! We have contrasting good/bad news columns this week. My column focuses on the upside–the breakthrough potential, for efficiency, smart investment–in the new TIGER transportation grants. But our Associate Mary Newsom’s has a sad story of “smart growth” aspirations gone awry in Charlotte, N.C. orbit. Mary sees changing officeholders and politics as factors; I’d add the very nature of our economic system with its tilt toward spread development and land exploitation. … And for metro area watchers, check the Citistates Group home page for an alert on the Urban Institute’s new Metro Report Card.
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