Environmental and Urban Economics - Commuting Cost ArithmeticWhen people work in the suburbs, will they save many gallons of gasoline if they move to the center city? Yes, they will be closer to their center city friends and stores but they will still need to reverse commute by car to their … [Read more...]
Krugman: Stranded in Suburbia
Paul Krugman wrote an op-ed this morning how the US living and transportation patterns will not cope with high oil prices as well as European cities: Changing the geography of American metropolitan areas will be hard. For one thing, houses last a lot longer than cars. Long after today’s S.U.V.’s … [Read more...]
Video: Gridlock
Drew Carey discusses private alternatives to socialized highways that promote sprawl. … [Read more...]
WSJ: The Rise of the Mega-Region
Richard Florida makes the case for trade, transit and density, while discouraging policies of wealth transfers among regions:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120796112300309601.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries … [Read more...]