Scrap the Gas Tax

The gas tax no longer matches the reality of the road. It is time to modernize how America funds infrastructure.

Jul 27 • Aaron Shavel

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June 2026

Field Notes 006

City of Yes arrives in Midtown, Albany gets busy, Forest Park Forever, and Ford enters the battery race

Jun 2 • Aaron Shavel

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May 2026

St Louis’ Ghost Riders

The city’s refusal to enforce basic traffic laws is reckless and emblematic of wider governance failure.

May 11 • Aaron Shavel

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April 2026

Ambitious but Pragmatic

A podcast conversation with Gordon Lamphere on energy infrastructure, Transit accountability, the American Main Street and more.

Apr 30 • Aaron Shavel

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March 2026

Field Notes 005

NY State Climate Flip-flop, Keep It Simple Stupid, and Malls are cool again (kind of)

Mar 30 • Aaron Shavel

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Private Infrastructure, Public Land

For decades this infrastructure network has quietly shown how public land and private capital can work together.

Mar 19 • Aaron Shavel

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A P3 Model for Walkable Infrastructure

Investing in Communities Through Value Capture

Mar 12 • Aaron Shavel

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February 2026

An Open Letter to Urbanists: Moving with a Tinge of Grace

A call to urbanists, engineers, architects and city planners to have a tinge of grace. After all, it is only a matter of time until we too are judged.

Feb 24 • Aaron Shavel

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Precast Is Delivering: Lighter. Stronger. Faster.

While construction talks about innovation, precast is quietly walking the walk.

Feb 12 • Aaron Shavel

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Big Ideas St Louis - St. Louis Should Be a National Leader in Pedestrian-First Cities

The St.

Feb 4 • Aaron Shavel

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January 2026

Field Notes 004

Silly transportation that works, plan to save Las Vegas from itself and a stadium fitting of the Nation's capital

Jan 21 • Aaron Shavel

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December 2025

Sometimes, Good Enough Is Good Enough

Well intentioned projects wither and die with design paralysis

Dec 30, 2025 • Aaron Shavel

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