Arnab Datta
@arnabdatta.bsky.social
Personal Account. Views my own & RT/Likes do not equal endorsements. Currently at Employ America and IFP
Is anybody planning on getting involved the NFPA 130 process to push for wider spacing between cross-passages? ifp.org/eliminate-re...
Eliminate Redundant Subway Cross-Passages | IFP
How to save on construction costs without compromising safety
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The Second Avenue Subway cost more, per mile, than any transit project in history. If we can bring costs down — and our just-launched Transit Abundance Playbook lays out 15 federal levers that would do that — we can build much, much more transit, even in a hostile funding environment.
Slow Boring @matthewyglesias.skystack.xyz · 2mo agoHow to fix transit construction in America • Introducing the Transit Abundance Playbook
Permitting allows utilities and local govs to delay and extract pricey concessions from projects like CAHSR. We need standardized, time-bound, and transparent administrative processes to deal with utility and other 3rd party permits, like the Italian Conference of Services: ifp.org/transit-proj...
Transit Projects Need a Single Decision-Maker | IFP
Limit unreasonable third-party demands using the Conference of Services model
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dereksagehorn.bsky.social@dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 2mo agoA lot to like in this Transit Abundance Playbook. ifp.org/transit-abun...
CPE's transit program is on a roll! Here's @jmooreotto.bsky.social featured in IFP's transit abundance playbook with a proposal near and dear to my heart: You can't do long-term capital planning with capricious grant funding! ifp.org/loans-can-st...
Loans Can Stabilize Transit Funding | IFP
Consistent and predictable funding builds state capacity
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New York spent 18x what Madrid spends, per mile, on the Second Ave Subway. America pays more for less, but we haven't known how to fix it. We published the Transit Abundance Playbook to change that, with 15 specific ideas: ifp.org/transit-abun...
The Transit Abundance Playbook | Institute for Progress
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This is what Sound Transit's Enterprise Initiative should have been. And it still can. The Puget Sound region should adopt this playbook and become national leaders in building transit more affordably and more quickly.
The Transit Abundance Playbook | Institute for Progress
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My colleague @jmooreotto.bsky.social is in @ifp.bsky.social’s Transit Cost Playbook. He argues for replacing discretionary grant financing for transit projects with federal loans! The current regime shreds state planning capacity due to intermittent and capricious funding. ifp.org/loans-can-st...
Loans Can Stabilize Transit Funding | IFP
Consistent and predictable funding builds state capacity
ifp.org
A lot to like in this Transit Abundance Playbook. ifp.org/transit-abun...
The Transit Abundance Playbook | Institute for Progress
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Rockstock's latest episode appears on alerts and who do I see.. These two have been busy @alexbhturnbull.bsky.social @arnabdatta.bsky.social and remain a very useful listen for critical minerals. youtu.be/SbD6S_aE1dc?...
Critical Minerals Don’t Fail on Permits - They Fail on Price (Arnab Datta & Alex Turnbull)
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Alex Turnbull@alexbhturnbull.bsky.social · 6mo ago“No crying at the casino” - zingers from me and deep policy insights from @arnabdatta.bsky.social. Thanks! pca.st/episode/e800...
“No crying at the casino” - zingers from me and deep policy insights from @arnabdatta.bsky.social. Thanks! pca.st/episode/e800...
How Mineral Stockpiling Policy and Economics are on a Collision Course
Industrial policy debates around critical metals continue to rage in national and financial capitals. What works best? Price floors? Export controls? Tariffs? A mixture? I wanted to flesh out these…
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From former @bloustein.rutgers.edu student Sara Meyers. (full disclosure, I gave her some comments on this).
Sam Bagenstos@sbagen.bsky.social · 7mo agoI had thought so already, but my time as OMB General Counsel made me certain that the misnamed Paperwork Reduction Act costs more than it’s worth. open.substack.com/pub/factorys...
I had thought so already, but my time as OMB General Counsel made me certain that the misnamed Paperwork Reduction Act costs more than it’s worth. open.substack.com/pub/factorys...
The Paperwork Reduction Act Doesn’t Reduce Paperwork
Left to their own devices, many government agencies would likely expand needless forms, reporting requirements, and surveys.
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The @seancasten.bsky.social thread on @mattyglesias.bsky.social's O&G article gets basic stuff wrong. - "keep it in the ground" is an outcome, not a strategy - US net exports of O&G are good for decarb, particularly if we redistribute producer earnings and invest in clean energy + electrification
While I am suspicious of many of the folks attacking NEPA, I do think the climate movement should acknowledge that it really is an enormous impediment to building. Everyone should read this post -- it's actually a NEPA success story, but my god the resources wasted ...
An Inside View of NEPA in Practice
Factory Settings has highlighted many ways the CHIPS program’s setup diverged from standard federal operations.
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@arnabdatta.bsky.social is editing a fascinating new series about drawing lessons from what worked and didn’t in the CHIPS Act. It’s this kind of nitty gritty operations analysis that is just as important as legal and authorities focused post mortums. www.factorysettings.org/p/introducin...
Introducing Factory Settings
A new series about how CHIPS succeeded
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Great Bloomberg piece with @arnabdatta.bsky.social @petereharrell.bsky.social‘s thoughts on the US rare earths deal with MP Materials. Explains pros/cons of the model for US minerals strategy and how an institutional reserve program could unify such efforts.🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
What the Pentagon’s Rare Earths Deal Gets Right and Wrong
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developme...
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New piece from @arnabdatta.bsky.social and @petereharrell.bsky.social goes through the good and bad in the Trump MP Materials deal. They note it improves on past industrial policy (e.g. Tesla) while not addressing some current challenges. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
What the Pentagon’s Rare Earths Deal Gets Right and Wrong
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developme...
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I'm horrified by the shooting of Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah. Political violence has no place in our country.
okay @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social won the email subject line game today, this is 🤌 (good excuse to plug the very good @heatmap.news newsletter too!)
@skandaamarnath.bsky.social and I have a piece out about Stephen Miran, who is being considered for the Fed Board, and some of his concerning views around debt default, dollar policy, and fed independence. Some was covered at the hearing, but there's more... www.employamerica.org/monetary-pol...
Treasury Default, A Weak Dollar Policy, and Mass Fed Firings? What The Miran Hearing Missed
The confirmation hearing for Miran aired some key issues, but hardly all of them, and not the most important ones. It would be unwise to make an exception for seemingly “short-term” appointments; shor...
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Marc Maron went on Howie Mandel’s podcast and talked about how comedians making anti-trans jokes are contributing to discrimination against trans people. He also pointed out that the bit is ‘hack’ now — and honestly, none of those jokes are funny.
Sound energy policy would encourage—or at the very least get out of the way of—all forms of energy capacity development. Libs block fossil fuel development and Cons block renewables is going to be an immensely irksome and economically destructive cycle.
Jesse D. Jenkins@jessedjenkins.com · last yr.RIP US offshore wind. US Bureau of Offshore Energy Management rescinds ALL areas designated for offshore wind energy development in federal waters. gcaptain.com/boem-rescind... 🔌💡
Had a lot of fun going on Oil Ground Up with Rory to chat about the SPR!
Rory Johnston@roryjohnston.bsky.social · last yr.🎙️ NEW PODCAST 🎧 On the latest episode of Oil Ground Up I spoke with @arnabdatta.bsky.social about the US Strategic Petroluem Reserve Explore the political, legal, and physical constraints of this unique energy security asset and its future under the Trump admin open.spotify.com/episode/2R0t...
🎙️ NEW PODCAST 🎧 On the latest episode of Oil Ground Up I spoke with @arnabdatta.bsky.social about the US Strategic Petroluem Reserve Explore the political, legal, and physical constraints of this unique energy security asset and its future under the Trump admin open.spotify.com/episode/2R0t...
Strategic Reserves: Navigating the SPR's Past and Future with Arnab Datta
Oil Ground Up · Episode
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new EA just dropped
Employ America@employamerica.bsky.social · last yr.Exciting news: Employ America is relaunching to face the challenges of a new era! Not only do we have a new logo and new branding, but we’ve also refocused our work pursuing Full Employment, and the array of policy solutions that can sustain it www.employamerica.org/expanding-th...