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A great new paper on how government fights walking

March 7, 2019 By Michael Lewyn

Many readers of this blog know that government subsidizes driving- not just through road spending, but also through land use regulations that make walking and transit use inconvenient and dangerous.  Gregory Shill, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, has written an excellent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environment, Michael Lewyn, parking, Places & Spaces, Policy, Transportation Tagged With: cars, driving, pedestrians

World City Profiles: Ancient Rome Really Knew How To City

February 17, 2017 By Matt Gangemi

I've been enjoying the series Meet the Romans, and episode 2 really revealed what I love about many ancient Roman cities.  I’ve been to quite a few, though often without knowing beforehand that they were ancient Roman cities.  These include cities like Dubrovnik, Split, La Spezia, Florence, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture and Design, history, Places & Spaces, World City Profiles

Episode 03: Sanford Ikeda on Jane Jacobs

September 21, 2016 By Nolan Gray

Jane Jacobs

 My guest this week is Sanford Ikeda, a professor of economics at SUNY Purchase and a visiting scholar at New York University. He has written extensively on urban economics, policy, and planning.Professor Ikeda introduced me to urban economics and urban planning when he gave a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, Jane Jacobs, market urbanism podcast, Places & Spaces, planning Tagged With: Jane Jacobs, New York City, robert moses, sanford ikeda, the death and life of great american cities, william h. whyte

How Realistic Are the Cities of Fallout?

July 1, 2016 By Nolan Gray

Diamond City

 Even by the bizarre standard set by other fandoms, the fandom surrounding the Fallout video game series is weird. Where your typical human would rather spend a Friday night doing strange things like “hang out with friends” and “go out,” your average Fallout fan is likely spending his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Places & Spaces Tagged With: fallout, history, urbanization, video games

Five Ways To Understand Food Trucks

April 13, 2016 By Dan Keshet

Over the last decade, Austin has exploded with a food truck revolution. They are so popular that temporary food truck installations on empty lots are mourned when the lot becomes ready for development and the trucks move on. But, taste aside, why do they do so well? What can we learn from them? 1 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Places & Spaces Tagged With: Austin, food truck, parking

What is wrong with “How to Make an Attractive City”

May 12, 2015 By Anthony Ling

“How to Make an Attractive City”, a video by The School of Life, recently gained attention in social media. Well presented and pretty much aligned with today’s mainstream urbanism, the video earned plenty of shares and few critiques. This is probably the first critique you may read.The video is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jane Jacobs, Places & Spaces, planning, Policy, preservation, Urban[ism] Legends Tagged With: alain bertaud, architecture, paul romer, school of life

Los Angeles’ Pedestrian Environment

February 3, 2014 By Emily Hamilton

Last week, Tyler Cowen wrote that Los Angeles is the best city in the world based on several factors, including that it's one of the best cities for walking. While he makes the valid point that LA's beautiful weather gives it an advantage over many other American cities with good walking … [Read more...]

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The Value of Walkability

October 17, 2013 By Emily Hamilton

Last week DC Streetsblog reported on a new survey from Kaiser Permanente. The survey covers Americans' attitudes toward walking and their self-reported walking habits. While a substantial majority of people believe that walking has health benefits ranging from weight management to alleviating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Places & Spaces, planning Tagged With: pedestrians, walkability

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