public policy

Matthias Ruth: new faculty member in the Policy School

September 28th, 2012  

By Matt Collette | Northeastern News | September 18, 2012

Matthias Ruth had long been inter­ested in envi­ron­mental issues but found it hard to use his own discipline—economics —as a tool to unite eco­nomic deci­sion making with indus­trial and urban con­straints. "Econ­o­mists are really good at devel­oping models of things that are traded in mar­kets, but a lot of things we value—like the environment—have no market and no price,” said Ruth, who is joining Northeastern's fac­ulty this fall as a pro­fessor with joint appoint­ments in the School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs and the » Continue Reading

Illinois company in final stages of bidding to make high-speed rail cars for Amtrak

September 28th, 2012  

By Alejandra Cancino | Chicago Tribune | September 28, 2012

A rail manufacturer based in Illinois is in the final rounds of bidding to build 130 high-speed passenger rail cars for use on Amtrak routes in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and California.

The order would total $352.3 million.

The bid was submitted by Sumitomo Corp. of America and Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., which opened a $35 million passenger rail car plant in Rochelle in July.

The Rochelle plant is also making 160 "Highliner" rail cars for Metra Electric line customers in the Chicago

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