page_title: Alex Marshall (journalist)
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context_page_description: Alexander Campbell Marshall is an American journalist who writes and speaks about urban planning, transportation, and political economy. Marshall has authored the books How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl and the Roads Not Taken, Beneath the Metropolis: The Secret Lives of Cities, and The Surprising Design of Market Economies. He is a former Senior Fellow of the Regional Plan Association and has contributed to publications concerned with urban design, municipal government, architecture, and related matters — including Metropolis and Governing.
context_section_description: Alexander Campbell Marshall (born May 7, 1959) is an American journalist who writes and speaks about urban planning, transportation, and political economy. Marshall has authored the books How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl and the Roads Not Taken, Beneath the Metropolis: The Secret Lives of Cities,  and The Surprising Design of Market Economies (Texas 2012). He is a former Senior Fellow of the Regional Plan Association and has contributed to publications concerned with urban design, municipal government, architecture, and related matters — including Metropolis and Governing.
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