Cities are shaped by transportation infrastructure. Older cities were anchored by waterways. Nineteenth century cities … value of investing in transportation infrastructure. Future transportation innovations, including autonomous vehicles and …

U.S. cities invested heavily in water and sewer infrastructure throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These …. We show that segregated cities invested in water infrastructure earlier but were slower to reach universal access and …

interaction of those forces influenced water and sanitary infrastructure provision during the 19th and early 20th centuries. I … show the sharp link between infrastructure investments and declines in waterborne disease and discuss how that relationship … the benefits of infrastructure investment far exceeded the costs …

to long-gestation period projects such as infrastructure. This hypothesis can be tested using data generated by a …

, suggesting a painful tradeoff between dictatorship and disorder. A simple model suggests that private provision of infrastructure …

Transit infrastructure is a critical asset for economic activity yet costly to build in dense urban environments. We … plausible mechanism for the price gains. Higher prices reflect both higher rents and lower risk. Infrastructure improvements …

, consumption levels, infrastructure, literacy or population density through 2002. This finding suggests that local recovery from …