Infrastructure

The Alaska Railroad: 1984

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

For years, Alaskans have debated the pros and cons of taking over the Alaska Railroad from the federal government. With the passage of the Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982, however, the debate assumed added importance. In the act, Congress...

Department of Transportation and Airport Landing Slots (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The ability of commercial airlines to fly their planes means little without a space in which to land them. In some congested US airports, the times and spots for landing are known as "landing slots" and have been assigned to airlines at the...

Department of Transportation and Airport Landing Slots

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The ability of commercial airlines to fly their planes means little without a space in which to land them. In some congested US airports, the times and spots for landing are known as "landing slots" and have been assigned to airlines at the...

President Cleveland and the Pullman Strike

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

On July 3, 1894, on orders from President Grover Cleveland, Secretary of War David S. Lamont ordered the commanding general of the Military Department to prepare the US army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, for immediate deployment. Lamont told...

Financing Indonesia's Roads

Publication Date: January 1, 1986

In the fall of 1986, the World Bank offered the government of Indonesia a loan of approximately US $200-250 million for highway construction in the capital city of Jakarta and the country's other four largest urban centers. It was an attractive...

Regulating Airport Noise

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

Government agencies have responded to complaints about airport noise in rather traditional ways, primarily by mandating noise standards for jet aircraft. This case describes the problem of airport noise as of 1980, delineates the ways airplanes...

Meeting NYC's Asphalt Needs (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In Part A of this case, Henry Fulton, the head of New York City's Bureau of Highway Operations proposes that, as a cost saving measure, the city build and operate its own asphalt plant to produce some of the paving material needed each year to...

Meeting NYC'S Asphalt Needs (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In Part A of this case, Henry Fulton, the head of New York City's Bureau of Highway Operations proposes that, as a cost saving measure, the city build and operate its own asphalt plant to produce some of the paving material needed each year to...

MBTA: Rail Equipment Budgeting (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...

MBTA: Rail Equipment Budgeting (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...

Third City Water Tunnel: Policy Analysis and Executive Control

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

This case traces the development, over 16 years, of a major public works project for New York City. The 13.7 mile-long third city water tunnel, designed to distribute 1.7 billion gallons of water per day, was, when ground was broken for it in...