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The “Old People Need Cars” Argument- Myth or Fact?

May 23, 2018 By Michael Lewyn

The needs of the aged are often a political football in disputes over transportation policy.  On the one hand, defenders of low-cost parking and other car-oriented policies argue that older people all need cars because they can’t be bothered to walk.  On the other hand, smart growth types argue that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michael Lewyn, parking, Transportation Tagged With: seniors

Mini review: Suburb, by Royce Hanson

January 17, 2018 By Michael Lewyn

Suburb: Planning Politics and the Public Interest is a scholarly book about planning politics in Montgomery County, a (mostly) affluent suburb of Washington, D.C.  The book contains chapters on redevelopment of inner ring, transit-friendly areas such as Friendship Heights and Silver Spring, but also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation, Michael Lewyn, NIMBYism, planning, Transportation, zoning Tagged With: downzoning, level of service, Washington

Liberty Machines™

December 31, 2017 By Jeff Fong

During an urbanist twitter free-for-all last week, the thoroughly awesome term "liberty machines" was used to describe the virtues of the car. The claim was made that cars let individuals go wherever they want, whenever they want and are therefore a ‘freedom enhancing’ form of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation, sprawl, Transportation, Uncategorized Tagged With: infrastructure, libertymachines, Transportation

The Distorting Effects of Transportation Subsidies

December 14, 2017 By Kevin Carson

by Kevin CarsonThis article won the 2011 Beth A. Hoffman Memorial Prize for Economic Writing.Although critics on the left are very astute in describing the evils of present-day society, they usually fail to understand either the root of those problems (government intervention) or their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, history, Transportation

The Rent is Too High and the Commute is Too Long: We Need Market Urbanism

November 27, 2017 By Andrew Criscione

Why is the rent so damn high? And why does it take hours to commute from cheap, plentiful housing to modern economy jobs? If you are living in a big city in America, you likely face this problem. And it isn’t just an American problem: From Ireland to New Zealand to The Philippines, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, housing, Transportation

“Curb Rights” at 20: A Summary and Review

November 21, 2017 By Nolan Gray

People sitting on a bus

At 4:30 am, alarms on my cellphone and tablet start beeping, just enough out of sync to prompt me to get up and turn them off. By 5:00 am, I riding as a passenger along an unusually sedate New Jersey Turnpike, making friendly conversation with my driver and survey partner to make sure he stays … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Logistics & Transportation, privatization, Transportation Tagged With: bus rapid transit, buses, curb rights, mass transit, New Jersey, privatization, Transportation

Cities Should Not Design for Autonomous Vehicles

November 13, 2017 By Michael Hamilton

Coauthored with Emily HamiltonLast week, the autonomous vehicle company Waymo began testing cars in Chandler, AZ with no employees sitting in the front seat. While Waymo is busy creating systems of vehicle-mounted sensors that allow cars to safely navigate existing urban infrastructure and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, planning, Transportation

How Suburban Parking Requirements Hold Back Downtown

August 3, 2017 By Nolan Gray

A large, empty parking lot

You wake up thirty minutes before your alarm, jerking up after having a nightmare about a car crash. Reluctantly, you clean up, eat breakfast, and hop into your car. Work is only three mile away—easy biking distance—and there are 15 or so people in your neighborhood who work where you work—enough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parking, Transportation Tagged With: Houston, minimum parking requirements, parking

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