About the Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative

Launched in 2008, the goal of the Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative is to develop timely, independent analysis, frame key debates, and offer policy recommendations to help leaders in the United States and abroad address key infrastructure challenges. This and other publications, speeches, presentations, and commentary on transportation and infrastructure are available at: http://www.brookings.edu/metro/InfrastructureInitiative.asp.

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