Monday, July 31, 2017

Transportation investments and urban development

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"Connectivity is destiny", so says a nice NYT article on the ambitious Crossrail project in London. I  am very sympathetic. The...
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Weekend reading links

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1. Metro rail projects on the rise in India, with 8 metro projects 370 km already operational, and over two dozen lined up or approved and...
Friday, July 28, 2017

Mexico City scraps minimum parking requirements for buildings

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This blog has written earlier about how reducing traffic congestion has to involve the use of complementary levers that make vehicle owne...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Is Uber the world's biggest Ponzi scheme?

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The Economist digs out this from the financials of Uber, which was valued at $68 bn in its last funding round in 2016, Underlying pre-...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Limits to progress, economic growth, and capitalism?

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FT has more on the challenges facing retail in the US from the e-commerce market, Credit Suisse estimates that as many as 8,640 stores...
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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Is Reliance Jio the biggest product launch ever?

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Reliance Jio, the telecommunications service offering of Reliance Industries, has courted controversy with its aggressive launch and prici...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

The plumbing of third party audits

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This study of third party audits of polluting industrial units in Gujarat is highly acclaimed. It claims to provide evidence that indepe...