The Palestinian demands for an airport and seaport, and the release of prisoners, would be deferred to further talks in about a month under the plan.
New Bedford, Massachusetts is now the most profitable seaport in America.
The seaport, which Mr Menino renamed the Innovation District, is now a technology hub.
Once the Israelis have left the strip, the world should, and almost certainly will, lean on Israel to open Gaza's airport and seaport, and allow the passage to Israel itself, and to Jordan and Egypt of Gazan goods and workers.
It also calls for the release of 750 Palestinian "security" (ie, political) prisoners from Israeli jails and the speedy resolution of such issues as the creation of a seaport in Gaza and the opening of two routes to allow Palestinians to travel freely between Gaza and the West Bank.
The study corrected for other factors that might explain higher growth, like the presence of a university or seaport.
But the UN continues to reject pleas from its own special envoy, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, among others for it to send in a serious peacekeeping force, at least big enough to secure the capital and its immediate vicinity, including the airport and seaport.
In fact, it might today be no more than a mid-sized seaport with a spectacular view of Mount Rainier.
Mr Perot built a cargo-only airport which will soon service FedEx flights to the Philippines; helped to improve nearby freeways; created a new suburb, Park Glen; and got a railway company to build a container-station with the capacity of a good-sized seaport.
The job is unprecedented in complexity; compared with Iraq, the region's terrain and politics make it a mover's nightmare.The biggest problem, says Major Bradley Sines of the 1st Theatre Sustainment Command, is that for the first time America finds itself fighting a war without a reliable seaport.
It is also the nearest seaport for much of Central Asia.
