This #belowthefold unpacks two U.S. policies and one in the UK. co-Host Gabe Moss looks at a new study that estimates the administration’s plan to invest $200… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E9-1: Below the Fold: Infrastructure Plan Overestimate, Elephant Trophy Imports, and UK Landbanking”
Category: Urban Policy
GW WonkCast S3E8-2: Urban Transportation
Listen to this episode about urban transportation on your commute. MPP Grace Mausser who studies urban policy and public economics joins this #wonkywednesday to discuss how cities plan… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E8-2: Urban Transportation”
Notes from the Policy Field: Showcasing Data Science in the District
Event: The Forum @ DC Date: 02/27/18 Notes from the Policy Field provides write-ups of policy-oriented events in Washington, D.C. and comments on whether the format of… Read more “Notes from the Policy Field: Showcasing Data Science in the District”
GW WonkCast S3E5-1: Below the Fold: NYC Turnstile Jumping and Nuclear Waste Storage
This week’s Below the Fold covers policies toward turnstile jumpers in the NYC subway and a petition for assurance that nuclear fuel will be stored safely for… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E5-1: Below the Fold: NYC Turnstile Jumping and Nuclear Waste Storage”
GW WonkCast’s Above the Fold with WRGW Premiers: Infra-structured to Fail?
The GW WonkCast launches its first “Above the Fold” segment, recorded live with GW’s radio station WRGW. co-Hosts Gabe Moss and Erik LaDue join Harris Kay, Robert O’Shaughnessy,… Read more “GW WonkCast’s Above the Fold with WRGW Premiers: Infra-structured to Fail?”
GW WonkCast Season 3 Premier: Living in the Nation’s Capital
The premier of GW WonkCast Season 3 dives into an issue straight at the heart of the nation’s capital: affordable housing and homelessness. Trachtenberg MPP Tinsae Gebriel,… Read more “GW WonkCast Season 3 Premier: Living in the Nation’s Capital”
Getting Washington Metro’s Budget On Track
Kelly Straub, MPA, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives The last two years of SafeTrack maintenance plus decades of fiscal mismanagement have placed a huge strain on the bottom… Read more “Getting Washington Metro’s Budget On Track”
Staying Above Water: Crafting a More Sustainable National Flood Insurance Program
Jessica Blackband, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Reporting on Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath has died down, but the 82,000 people who filed flood insurance claims after the disaster… Read more “Staying Above Water: Crafting a More Sustainable National Flood Insurance Program”
Notes from the Policy Field: Building or Rebuilding Cities for Growth
Event: 4th World Bank / George Washington University / IGC-Cities Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference, “Building or Rebuilding Cities for Growth” Date: 09/08/17 Notes from the… Read more “Notes from the Policy Field: Building or Rebuilding Cities for Growth”
Food for thought: the farmers market as a model for redevelopment
Steve Bruns, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives In a poll conducted last year, the Washington Post posed the following question to assess perceptions of redevelopment in… Read more “Food for thought: the farmers market as a model for redevelopment”
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