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From Rescue to Renaissance: The Achievements of the MTA Capital Program 1982 - 2004In December 2004, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) proposed a plan for the next five years of its capital program, and, concurrently, the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of …
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The New York Transportation JournalThis issue includes an editorial on the Bond Act by NYU Wagner Rudin Center Director, Elliot G. Sander. Also included is an interview with former Mayor of Bogota and Presidential Candidate in Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa, on important transportation …
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High-Speed Rail Projects in the United States: Identifying the Elements for SuccessFor almost half a century, high-speed ground transportation (HSGT) has held the promise of fast, convenient, and environmentally sound travel for distances between 40 and 600 miles. While a number of HSGT systems have been developed and deployed in Asia …
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The New York Transportation JournalThis issue contains an interview with Urban Designer and Architect Jan Gehl by Janette Sadik-Khan, Senior Vice President of Parson Brinckerhoff and President of Company 39. Also included is an article focusing on developing Nassau County, as well as a …
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Pedestrian and Bicyclist Standards and Innovations in Large Central CitiesHow best to promote the use of bicycles and walking, while ensuring safety and sufficient mobility for motor vehicles, presents an ongoing challenge in many locales. For large central cities, the issues are particularly complex as they balance multiple …
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The patient double bind: Seeking outsiders while creating insidersIncluding patients and their ideas is critical for helping organizations better serve patients. Yet patient partners are often tokenized, which limits the scope and impact of their contributions. In this 23-month longitudinal inductive study of patient …
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How will coronavirus change the global microfinance industry?Unlike previous crises that the microfinance industry weathered successfully, Covid-19 has created significant challenges for both the demand side – low-income borrowers struggling to repay their microloans – and the supply side – providers facing their …
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Public Coverage of Postpartum Services for ImmigrantsRachel Fabi, Katherine Narváez Mena, Arielle Desir, Margaret White, Laura Wherry, Maria Steenland …
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It is time to change our message about hearing loss and dementiaJ Blustein, BE Weinstein, and J Chodosh …
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The centre cannot hold: Arrival, margins, and the politics of ambivalence introduction to ‘arrival at the margins’, a special issue of migration studiesThis special issue calls on scholars to simultaneously centre and unsettle the margin: to recognise the multiplicity of margins as politically generative spaces, frequently contoured by sustained and varied forms of mobility. Taken together, the studies …
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Tax Expenditures as Tools for State-Level Climate Action in the U.S.State governments in the United States offer a wide range of tax incentives to encourage the use of green technologies and support the energy transition away from fossil fuels. These tax incentives offer a politically palatable middle ground that …
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"The Design and Impact of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Compton, California"Randomly chosen low-income households in Compton, CA received unconditional cash transfers averaging roughly $500 monthly. Half received transfers twice monthly, half quarterly. Eighteen months later, twice-monthly transfers improved food security …
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Public Health Insurance Coverage for Immigrants during Pregnancy, Childhood, and Adulthood: A Discussion of Relevant Policies and EvidenceLaura R. Wherry, Rachel E. Fabi, Maria W. Steenland …
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Fiscal Stimulus or Debt Relief: The Effect of Federal Pandemic Aid on State and Local PensionsBetween 2020-2021, the U.S. federal government passed four major pieces of legislation that included nearly $1 trillion in aid to state and local governments. One concern with distributing federal stimulus in the form of intergovernmental transfers is …
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The Fiscal Effects of Immigration on Local Governments: Revisiting the Mariel BoatliftImmigration raises important political and economic questions, yet there remains considerable disagreement about its short- and long-term consequences. This paper examines the fiscal consequences of immigration for local governments. Previous work has …
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Etre Vieux a New York, Paris, Londres et TokyoC'etait prevu et nous y ~om mes: nos societes vieillissent. Les progres de la medecine et l'amelioration du niveau de vie ont permis de remarquables gains d'esperance de vie. Quatrieme age, supercentenaires, societe de la longevite ... : les mots pour …
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Chapter on FranceThis chapter describes the French health system and in describing it helps to illuminate other systems and, in particular, the United States. The author begins by reflecting on the values embodied in French health care-liberal-pluralism and solidarity …
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Accrual Accounting: Evidence from Municipal BorrowersTravis St.Clair …
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Climate Change Will Increase Local Government Fiscal Stress in the U.SClimate hazards can compound existing stresses on the revenues and expenditures of local governments, revealing potential risks to fiscal stability. Incorporating these risks into local budgeting and strategic planning would encourage a more complete …
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The Supply Elasticity of Municipal Debt: Evidence from Bank-Qualified BondsThis paper provides estimates of the supply elasticity of municipal debt by exploiting a discrete jump in interest rates created by the Tax Reform Act (TRA) of 1986. In order to qualify for bank financing of tax-exempt debt, governments can issue no more …
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Logic with Polarized Parties, Changing Media, and Motivated ReasonersChapter 4, by Patrick Egan and Markus Prior, continues with the examination of electoral accountability and the psychology of citizen evaluation of incumbents by using R. Douglas Arnold’s The Logic of Congressional Action as a springboard. The authors …
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US Partisan Polarization on Climate Change: Can Stalemate Give Way to Opportunity?The rise of climate change on the global political agenda coincided with the growth of partisan polarization in US politics and, in many ways, their trajectories mirror one another. When the climate crisis first began to attract political attention 30 …
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Ascendant Public Opinion: The Rising Influence of Climate Change on Americans’ Attitudes about the EnvironmentHere we document an under-studied but important phenomenon that we call ascendant public opinion , which emerges when a new concern is framed as an instance of a broader issue and gains ascendancy over that issue in the public’s mind. We focus on the …