Arnab Chakraborty

Washington, D.C., northern Virginia, and suburban Maryland compete for everything else -- why not transit dollars? Will transit funding for the Virginia airport leave Maryland behind?

With litigation costs escalating due to increasingly stringent zoning regulations, many family-owned development firms are forced out of the market by bigger firms that can afford to pay attorney's fees.

Cities call annexation an effective tool for managing growth at the local level. Counties disagree. Who's really in control?

Are current zoning laws in Indian cities forcing their outward growth? Are these new developments creating more strain on public services than what already exists? What will be the economic impacts of such government policies?