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Links: “At least they’re being honest” edition

April 29, 2011 By Stephen Smith

1. NY Governor Cuomo promises the "most aggressive" strengthening of the state's (read: NYC's) rent laws.2. Bronx <3 parking: "This community wants a moratorium on any more building until we get a parking lot." "We don't want any bigger buildings and we want parking space for everyone."3. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: dc, density, nyc, parking

“I’ve Walked Away From Projects Because of Parking Minimums”

April 29, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Streetsblog NYC has been doing an excellent job of hounding the city on its lack of action on parking reforms, but this article with developer Alan Bell talking about his experience with parking minimums in the city is, I think, the best so far. Here's an excerpt: Hudson might have built more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: nyc, parking

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April 25, 2011 By Stephen Smith

1. NYT reports on dense suburban projects being scaled back across Long Island not because of financing constraints or the recession, but because local governments are refusing to accept the density. At the end it cites AvalonBay as saying that after the its rebuke on the Island, it will reconsider … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bay Area, dc, nyc, parking, transit, zoning

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April 22, 2011 By Stephen Smith

1. PlaNYC 2.0 may try to tackle off-street minimum parking requirements for new development, though Transportation Alternatives and Tri-State Transportation Campaign are skeptical.2. The TLC has been cracking down on illegal livery cab street hails as the Bloomberg administration considers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: dc, historic preservation, nyc, parking, taxis

Links: Transit worker wages, farmers markets, parking, and beyond!

April 14, 2011 By Stephen Smith

1. Austin Contrarian comes out in favor of a Republican proposal to lower bus drivers' wages. I wish more liberal urbanists (i.e., urbanists) would comment on issues like these. I don't see (m)any of them vociferously defending transit labor unions, but I also don't see them criticizing them for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Austin, dc, food, LA, links, nyc, parking, unions

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April 8, 2011 By Stephen Smith

1. Maps of sprawl and gentrification in Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, and Boston. At first the picture looks bleak for cities, but Jesus – even downtown Detroit is growing! (More here.)2. A real, live Texan (just kidding – he lives in Austin) replies to O'Toole on parking.3. Why aren't (more) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Austin, Boston, California, Chicago, dc, Detroit, Environment, parking, Randal O'Toole, St. Louis, zoning

From the comments: Parking minimums in Houston

April 8, 2011 By Stephen Smith

In a comment to yesterday's post on land use in Texas, baklazkhan notes that in spite of the libertarian myth of Houston as a completely (or even relatively) laissez-faire city with regards to land use, it actually has pretty strict parking minimums: Additionally, it's interesting to compare the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Houston, parking

A far-too-long rebuttal of Randal O’Toole on parking

April 7, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Donald Shoup and Randal O'Toole – they just can't get enough of each other! Donald Shoup, you may recall, is the granddaddy of free market parking policy, and Randal O'Toole is the self-styled Antiplanner. Though they both claim to be libertarians, they seem to have some pretty fundamental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Donald Shoup, Houston, parking, Randal O'Toole, zoning

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