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Conservatives and Urbanism

July 23, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Matthew Yglesias - Straight Talk on Gasoline on drilling and how conservative deviation from free-market principles has hurt the environment:Meanwhile, take something like the accessory dwellings issue. Here you have a bunch of regulations that make it illegal for people to live more densely. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Environment, zoning Tagged With: conservatism, Environment, gasoline, parking, privilege, socialism, Urbanism

How to Obscure Reality to Make Planners Seem Important

June 30, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Regular reader, Bill forwarded this article from the New York Daily News calling it an "outstanding collection of anti-density and anti-market propaganda presented (as always) as objective journalism." The article is riddled with misconceptions (aka Urbanism Legends) about zoning and development … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning, zoning Tagged With: density, development, nyc, parking, planners, Transportation, Urbanism, zoning

“Green” Parking Garage in Chicago. Oxymoron?

May 22, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Developer, Al Friedman plans to build a "green" parking garage in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, where development has replaced many surface lots. (Crain's)Environmentally speaking, it's probably better than a surface lot and frees up more space for productive development. But, can the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transportation Tagged With: Chicago, green buildings, parking, parking structures

Markets for Parking

April 29, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Matthew Yglesias: Parking How much will they pay? Well, it's hard to know in advance which is why you need markets. But that's what you should have -- as much parking as the market will bear. Not government-mandated parking, and not government-provided free or discount parking. Let people build … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parking Tagged With: Chicago, City, CTA, parking, parking meters, parking spaces, San Francisco, SFpark

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