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Research Paper October 20, 2021 #GalápagosGoesGreen: Galápagos Green Mobility Strategy Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance

Article October 20, 2021 Green Mobility in the Galápagos #GalápagosGoesGreen is a policy brief exploring the context, precedents, and possibilities for sustainable mobility on the cities of the Galápagos Islands. Climate Change & Resilience

Research Paper July 13, 2021 5th Guangzhou Award Report on Local Implementation of SDGs Climate Change & Resilience Housing + 1

Advisory Board Member Kenneth M. Tanenbaum

Vice Chairman, Kilmer Van Nostrand Co. Limited

Urban Development

Podcasts October 15, 2020 Special Briefing on State and Local Infrastructure Spending Cutbacks Amid the COVID-19 Recession The Volcker Alliance and Penn Institute for Urban Research cohosted an online Special Briefing to discuss the outlook for state and local infrastructure spending as governments seek to balance budgets amid the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. Congressional inability to agree on further federal stimulus aid following passage of the $2 trillion Cares Act in March means states and municipalities are unlikely to see budgetary relief that would free up dollars for infrastructure at least until after the presidential election in November. So far in 2020, $9.6 billion in state and local transportation projects were delayed or cancelled as of August 11, while $141 billion worth of funding initiatives or ballot measures were vetoed, cancelled, or postponed, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. More such actions appear imminent. In one recent survey of top local, state, and tribal officials, 70 percent said capital spending for new projects and maintenance face spending cuts. With states and municipalities providing 80 percent of US public infrastructure investment, our expert panel discussed how the slowdown may affect the economy, jobs, and the municipal market. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Alison Premo Black Norman E. Brown Howard Cure Robert Poole State & Local Finance

Scholar Reid Ewing

Distinguished Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah

Urban Development

Fellow William Glasgall

Public Finance Adviser, Volcker Alliance

Urban Development State & Local Finance

Publication May 18, 2020 Commuting and Innovation: Are Closer Inventors More Productive? My dissertation, which is composed of three papers, looks at how geography and housing markets affect economic outcomes at the individual, firm, and industry levels, both within and across regions. Urban Development

Publication May 18, 2020 Your Uber has Arrived: Ridesharing and the Redistribution of Economic Activity I study how improvements in accessibility affect the shape of cities. Building on the existing literature on economic geography, which reveals how public infrastructure projects influence the distribution of economic activity in cities, I study the impact of a new private sector innovation: ridesharing. Caitlin Gorback State & Local Finance

Publication May 18, 2020 A Philadelphia Rideshare Story: An Investigation of Rideshare’s Impact on Transit In the last five years, the Philadelphia region’s four main transit modes (buses, subways, trolleys, and regional rail) have seen ridership declines coinciding with the growth of ridesharing services such as Lyft. Xiaoxia Dong State & Local Finance

Publication April 17, 2020 Urban Transportation Systems Are Essential Transportation connects us to activities, to family, to services and to opportunities. With 95 percent of the U.S. under stay-at-home orders, urban public transportation demand and trip activity has evaporated. Megan Ryerson Urban Development

Faculty Fellow Zhongjie Lin

Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning

Urban Development Rapid Urbanization

Head shot Josh Davidson

Emerging Scholar Joshua Davidson

Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science at Oberlin College

Emerging Scholar Ariadna Reyes-Sánchez

Assistant Professor, Public Affairs and Planning, The University of Texas at Arlington

Urban Development

Emerging Scholar Shengxiao (Alex) Li

Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Public Policy at University of California Riverside

Urban Development

Emerging Scholar David Stanek

Vice President, Econsult Solutions

Urban Development

Fellow Angela Glover Blackwell

Founder in Residence, PolicyLink Host, Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life podcast and the Radical Imagination podcast Professor of Practice at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley

Emerging Scholar Xiaoxia Dong

Assistant Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Urban Development

Faculty Fellow Megan Ryerson

UPS Chair of Transportation, Associate Chair Chair, City and Regional Planning, Stuart Weitzman School of Design

Faculty Fellow Erick Guerra

Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, Associate Dean for Research, Stuart Weitzman School of Design

Urban Development Rapid Urbanization

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