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Do cities have too much public space?

March 2, 2020 By Michael Lewyn

My sense is that parks and similar forms of public space tend to be far less controversial than housing or industry. But an interesting paper by Israeli architecture professor Hillel Schocken suggests that a city can have too much public space.He begins by asking: why do cities exist? He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cities, public space, roads

Urban[ism] Legend: Transportation is a Public Good

February 22, 2011 By Adam Hengels

In a recent post, commenter Jeremy H. helped point out that the use of the term "public good" is grossly abused in the case of transportation.  Even Nobel economists refer to roads as "important examples of production of public goods," ( Samuelson and Nordhaus 1985: 48-49).  I'd like to spend a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Transportation, Urban[ism] Legends Tagged With: congestion, don boudreaux, Economics, highways, public good, public transit, roads

Marc Scribner at CEI on Seattle’s land use regulation

December 6, 2010 By Stephen Smith

A few days ago I wrote about inner Seattle's residential density liberalization, and I mentioned that I'd emailed a few land use writers at libertarian think tanks to get their reaction. I'm happy to report that all of them responded, and throughout the week I'll post links to/reprint their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: density, roads, seattle, urban growth boundaries

Weekend link megalist

November 28, 2010 By Stephen Smith

This is probably my favorite link list yet...enjoy!1. The WSJ claims that delinquent homeowners can expect to stay in their homes after making their last mortgage payment – that is, they can live rent-free – for at least 16 months. The longer it takes for foreclosures to happen, the longer it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: China, dc, Environment, food, Hong Kong, Houston, mortgage, New Jersey, roads, Singapore, Southeast Asia

Urban[ism] Legend: Traffic Planning

August 14, 2009 By Adam Hengels

Mathieu Helie at Emergent Urbanism posted a link to a interesting game created at the University of Minnesota. Mathieu explains it better than I can:The game begins in the Stalinian Central Bureau of Traffic Control, where a wrinkly old man pulls you out of your job at the mail room to come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning, Transportation, Urban[ism] Legends, video Tagged With: cambodia, congestion, Gridlock, planning, roads, safety, signals, streets, traffic, Transportation

The Nation’s mass transit hypocrisy

February 6, 2009 By Stephen Smith

by Stephen SmithI was heartened to see an article about the need for mass transit in the pages of The Nation, though I was severely disappointed by the magazine's own hypocrisy and historical blindness. The article is in all ways a standard left-liberal screed against the car and for mass … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, planning, sprawl, Transportation Tagged With: automobile, density, planning, progressivism, roads, San Francisco, smart growth, Stephen Smith, transit, Transportation, zoning

Uncomfortable truths about the progressive legacy

January 20, 2009 By Stephen Smith

by Stephen SmithYesterday I was listening to the pre-inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial on the radio, and one of the speakers said something that struck me as emblematic of the challenges that Barack Obama faces, though I doubt she realized the ironic significance. She was praising … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transportation Tagged With: Barack Obama, conservation, highways, roads, Stephen Smith, Transportation, Urbanism

Urban[ism] Legend: Positive NPV Infrastructure

January 12, 2009 By Adam Hengels

As Washington debates how many hundreds-of-billions of the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus will go towards infrastructure or to other spending/tax cut schemes, pundits claim that spending billions on "shovel ready" public works projects can effectively create jobs that will lead to recovery. As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: corruption, Economics, Free-market impostors, Transportation, Urban[ism] Legends Tagged With: boondoggles, budgets, construction, government, highways, infrastructure, paul krugman, roads, stimulus, Transportation, tyler cowen

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