Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: third fastest growing city in Africa. (pop. 4,364,541) Flickr user David Stanley1. Recently at Market Urbanism A great new paper on how government fights walking by Michael LewynMany readers of this blog know that government subsidizes driving- not just through road … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings March 1, 2019
1. Recently at Market Urbanism Any Green New Deal Must Tackle Zoning Reform by Nolan GrayAccording to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), transportation and electricity account for more than half of the US’ greenhouse gas emissions. As David Owen points out in his book “Green … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings December 7th 2018
1. Recently at Market Urbanism: Two Cheers for PHIMBY by Michael LewynOne alternative to market urbanism that has received a decent amount of press coverage is the PHIMBY (Public Housing In My Back Yard) movement. PHIMBYs (or at least the most extreme PHIMBYs) believe that market-rate … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings November 16, 2018
1. Recently at Market Urbanism: Three Policies for Making Driverless Cars Work for Cities by Emily HamiltonTo avoid repeating mistakes of the past, policymakers should create rules that neither subsidize AVs nor give them carte blanche over government-owned rights-of-way. Multiple writers … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings October 25, 2018
1. Recently at Market Urbanism:Response to “Steelmanning the NIMBYs” by Michael LewynScott Alexander, a West Coast blogger, has written a post that has received a lot of buzz, called “Steelmanning the NIMBYs”; apparently, “steelmanning” is the opposite of “straw manning”; that … [Read more...]