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“Market Urbanism” refers to the synthesis of classical liberal economics and ethics (market), with an appreciation of the urban way of life and its benefits to society (urbanism). We advocate for the emergence of bottom up solutions to urban issues, as opposed to ones imposed from the top down.

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Cul-de-sacs – Privatize ’em

November 18, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Daniel Nairn at Discovering Urbanism brings up a great point about cul-de-sacs. Are they public goods, or truly unnecessary "socialism in its most extreme form"?Take the standard cul-de-sac that serves a handful of households. The purpose of this design is to exclude the general public from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: privatization, Transportation Tagged With: cul-de-sac, Daniel Nairn, DOT, driveway, network, socialism, Transportation, Urbanism, Virginia

Another On “Conservatives” and Urbanism

September 12, 2008 By Adam Hengels

While I sympathize with the theme and agree with regards to roadway spending and "conservative" hypocrisy, a recent article in the progressive The American Prospect takes a narrow-minded view of politics and urbanism, while throwing around broad generalizations about evolution and global warming to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Environment, planning, privatization, Transportation Tagged With: conservatism, density, development, infrastructure, Republican, sprawl, transit, Transportation, Urbanism

Weekend Reading: Jane Jacobs, Agglomeration, Farms, NIMBY Songs

August 29, 2008 By Adam Hengels

During my early college studies in Architecture and Urban Design, I became loosely familiar with the ideas of Jane Jacobs, one of the most celebrated urbanist intellectuals. Sanford Ikeda's FEE lectures [mp3] have inspired me to learn more about Jane Jacobs from a Free Market Urbanism point of view. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Jane Jacobs, sprawl Tagged With: Ed Glaeser, Farmland, FEE, free market urbanism, Gene Callahan, Ikeda, Jane Jacobs, libertarian, Mathew Kahn, Professors, Sanford, Urban Economist, Urbanism

Links and Weekend Listening

August 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

I've been swamped in my day job, but want to share the following:The blog, Agents of Urbanism recently gave praise to Market Urbanism. Thanks Matthew! Please check out Agents of Urbanism and Life Without Buildings, who followed up on Agent of Urbanism's praise. I enjoy both blogs.Carl … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Jane Jacobs, sprawl Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Carl Close, Fillmore District, Jane Jacobs, San Francisco, sprawl, Urban Planning, urban renewal, Urbanism

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

Urban[ism] Legend: Density is Bad for the Environment

July 20, 2008 By Adam Hengels

This is a topic I want to cover more thoroughly, but for now I present a one hour documentary video on green buildings for you leisurely viewing.I came across the snagfilms website from a recent Wall Street Journal article. Most of the documentary videos lean towards "progressive" tastes, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environment, Urban[ism] Legends, video Tagged With: density, documentary, Environment, Friedman, government, Transportation, 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

Journalists and Cities

June 30, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Here's a link to an interesting article by Scott Page at Planetizen called A Journalistic View of Cities Scott discusses how mainstream journalists are poorly equipped to write appropriately on urban issues aside from than architecture.I was reading the New York Times Magazine special … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning Tagged With: architects, architecture, cities, Jane Jacobs, journalism, master planning, planning, Urbanism

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