Welcome to Citiwire.net! The imagery of President-elect Obama reaching Washington by train for his inauguration next month is really exciting for all of us who’ve been waiting for years to see railroading in America get a decent break. Theme of my column–let’s surely hope the brighter future really pans out! Alex Marshall, our New York-based Citistates Group Associate, writes the Citiwire column this week about new frontiers now developing in green and resourceful infrastructure planning–the antipathy of mindless asphalt and pipe laying.
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