Month: September 2011

Identifying Bright Spots in a Bleak Housing Market

The near-term outlook for the housing market is not good. A recent Wall Street Journal article, entitled “Home Forecast Calls for Pain” sums it up: “Economists, builders and mortgage analysts are predicting the weakened U.S. economy will depress housing prices for...

GIS Serves the Public in More Ways than Meets the Eye

by guest contributor Ted Steinbrecher Thanks to online mapping tools such as Google Maps or MapQuest, even the “map-challenged” among us can access driving directions from Point A to Point B, whether cross-town or across the country. Navigation systems can help...

Study Ranks State Performance in Caring for Elderly

More than 17 percent of Florida’s population falls into the 65-years-old-and-over category - the highest proportion of any other state, according to 2010 Census figures. Yet the Sunshine State ranks 44th in a recent study comparing state performance when it comes to...

Bus Rapid Transit Heads into the Fast Lane in Chicago

The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) recently released a report entitled, “Chicago’s New Route to Opportunity,” a two-pronged call to action based on over a year’s worth of research on bus rapid transit systems. The MPC recommendation not only calls for investment...

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