In this week's episode featuring Yonah Freemark from the Urban Institute, the conversation focuses on housing strategies around transit locations, upcoming transit developments set for 2025, and cities that could benefit from new subway systems. Freemark shares insights from his research, which includes interviews with local officials in both the U.S. and France, highlighting the common belief in the effectiveness of local governance. This episode sets the stage for next week's discussion about predictions for 2024 based on insights gained.
One thing that I found fascinating in my research - so basically to do this work, I interviewed hundreds of locally elected officials, like city councilors, mayors, regional actors, even some state legislators in both countries. And one thing that was fascinating is the parallels between the U.S. and France. They have very different legal regimes.
Nevertheless, in both countries, there is this very strong attachment to the idea that local governments are best representative of the viewpoints of people on the ground.
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