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Previously published columns by Neal R. Peirce - 2007

CAN AMERICA’S MAYORS BE WORLD PLAYERS? (12/30/2007)

HOW SMART TOWNS FIGHT DARK WINTER (12/23/2007)

WALKABILITY = LIVABILITY = BILLIONS (12/16/2007)

‘COMPLETE STREETS’ GAIN NATIONAL VOICE (12/09/2007)

HAS AMTRAK’S TIME COME? (12/2/2007)

THANKSGIVING MIRACLE: GATES MILLIONS TO SLUM DWELLERS (11/22/2007)

FARSIGHTEDNESS AT THE POLLS: IT CAN HAPPEN, RETURNS SHOW (11/18/2007)

CAN WE ‘FLIP’ THE PYRAMID TO MAKE U.S. METROS THRIVE?(11/06/2007)

FIRE AND WATER: TWIN CHALLENGES (11/4/2007)

A MAGIC MERGER? -- HIGH TECH, CALMER LIFESTYLES (10/28/2007)

INFRASTRUCTURE CHOICE: RAMP UP OR CRASH DOWN (10/21/2007)

POLITICAL ODD COUPLE PUSHES PRISONER REENTRY BREAKTHROUGH (10/14/2007)

GROWING COOLER” -- AN INESCAPABLE CHALLENGE (10/7/2007)

VISION ZERO” FOR TRAFFIC DEATHS: WILD DREAM OR CRITICAL GOAL? (9/30/07)

WALKING TO A ‘GREEN’ SCHOOL: IMPOSSIBLE NEW-CENTURY DREAM? (9/23/2007)

BIG, BAD NEW TAX STILL BEST ROAD DEAL (9/16/2007)

STUDY SHOWS HIGH SEA RISE DANGER FOR U.S. COASTAL CITIES (9/9/2007)

DRUG WAR’S LATEST ‘ACHIEVEMENT” -- BOOSTING GLOBAL TERRORISM (9/2/2007)

SUNBELT TRANSIT STORY: LEAD -- AT YOUR OWN PERIL (8/26/2007

BRIDGES, ROADS: BIG PROBLEM DEMANDS BIG NEW TAX (8/19/2007)

WORLD’S SLUM DWELLERS: MORE LIKE US THAN WE THINK (8/12/07)

NEW PATH TO UNIVERSITY SUCCESS: COMMUNITY TIES (7/22/2007)

PLAN OR BE ENGULFED: HARSH LESSON FOR WORLD CITIES (7/15/07)

"CYCLE TRACKS”? WOMEN BIKERS? A NEW TWO-WHEELED COURSE? (7/08/07)

A DETROIT CHARTER SCHOOL’S AMAZING ‘90-90' PLEDGE -- AND SUCCESS (6/3/07)

THE BILLBOARD ASSAULT VERSUS A ‘GREENER’ AMERICA (5/20/2007)

FLAMES SEAR HISTORIC MARKET-- WHY WE CARE SO MUCH (5/13/2007)

BLOOMBERG’S CLIMATE INITIATIVE POINTS TO A BIG CAPITALIST SOLUTION (5/6/2007)

BLOOMBERG’S PATHBREAKING “PlaNYC”: A MODEL FOR URBAN AMERICA? (4/29/07)

CORPORATE LOCATION SUBSIDIES: DO THEY FEED SPRAWL TOO? (4/22/07)

CITY BIKES: CLEAN, HEALTHY, FUN -- AND FASTER THAN CARS? (4/15/07)

SELLING OUR TOLL ROADS: GOOD OR RETROGRADE IDEA? (4/8/07)

THE ‘HUMANE METROPOLIS’ -- ARE WE READY? (4/1/2007)

"CAN ‘GENTRIFYING’ CITIES CREATE NEW BRIDGES TO WEALTH?"(3/25/07)

"AMERICA’S YOUTH OF COLOR: US VERSUS THEM -- OR US AND THEM?" (3/18/07)

"A UNIFIED NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: DREAM, NECESSITY, OR BOTH?" (3/11/07)

"WHAT’S THE SURVIVAL FORMULA FOR OUR SECOND-TIER CITIES?" (3/4/07)

"ERA OF THE STATES" (2/25/07)

"CALIFORNIA VERSUS NEW YORK: GRAPPLING WITH THE PRISON DILEMMA" (2/18/07)

"A SURGE OF BETTER NEWS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD FRONT"
(2/11/07)

"JAMES WEBB'S EQUITY CHALLENGE: WHAT IF WE GOT SERIOUS?" (2/4/07)

"CONGRESS' MINIMUM WAGE VOTE: PRELUDE TO A BETTER POLITICS?" (1/28/07)

"COULD A FARM BILL SERVE US All?" (1/21/07)

"FARM BILL -- CANDIDATE FOR A BIPARTISAN BREAKTHROUGH? (1/14/07)

 "FORD'S BIPARTISANSHIP: HOW TO KEEP IT ALIVE?" (1/7/07)