Nate Berg
Nate Berg is a former contributing editor for Planetizen and a freelance journalist.
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Nate Berg is a former contributing editor for Planetizen and a freelance journalist. He has contributed to The New York Times, National Public Radio, Wired, Fast Company, Metropolis, Next American City, Dwell, the Christian Science Monitor, the Guardian, and Domus, among others. Nate studied print journalism and environmental planning at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles.
Making Congestion Pricing Politically Feasible
<p>In this article from <em>Access</em>, authors David King, Michael Manville and Donald Shoup suggest that distributing the revenue created by road tolling and congestion pricing will make the controversial idea more politically viable.</p>
Tucson-Phoenix Should Think About High-Speed Rail
<p>The Tucson-Phoenix region needs to start thinking about the long-term transit solution of high-speed rail, according to this op-ed.</p>
The Study To Make New York Transit Free
<p><em>Gothamist</em> talks with Ted Kheel, the man behind a private study examining how adjusting New York's congestion pricing system could make transit free in the city.</p>
'Free' Parking Costing Fort Worth Taxpayers Millions
<p>Taxpayers in Forth Worth are paying millions per year to lease parking spaces to provide free parking downtown, enabled by a TIF that is supposed to build infrastructure in a blighted area. Many are calling it a misuse of taxpayer money.</p>
Thinking Beyond the Olympics in Beijing
<p>With the 2008 Olympics heading to Beijing, Chinese officials are looking at ways to reduce pollution and improve air quality by the time the games begin. But locals are also starting to think about life after the games.</p>