• About
    • What Should I Read to Understand Zoning?
  • Market Urbanism Podcast
  • Adam Hengels
  • Stephen Smith
  • Emily Hamilton
  • Jeff Fong
  • Nolan Gray
  • Contact

Market Urbanism

Liberalizing cities | From the bottom up

“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.

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Podcast
  • Economics
  • housing
  • planning
  • Transportation
  • zoning
  • Urban[ism] Legends
  • How to Fight Gentrification
  • Culture of Congestion by Sandy Ikeda
  • What Should I Read to Understand Zoning?

Video: Was ist eigentlich Gentrifizierung?

December 20, 2011 By Stephen Smith

What exactly is gentrification? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Places & Spaces, Travel Tagged With: real estate

Betting the Farm on Oregon Iron Works

December 14, 2011 By Stephen Smith

"Made in USA"...and don't you forget it! United Streetcar, led by its former lobbyist, Chandra Brown, is ostensibly a manufacturer, though its greatest asset seems to be its ability to win government contractors.... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Law, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics, regulation

Surprise: Transit In The US Gets Just As Many Subsidies As Transit In Europe!

December 11, 2011 By Stephen Smith

The service the Silicon Valley is paying for but not getting Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit. This couldn’t be further from my intention. My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics

Washington Post: Only Idiots Think Infrastructure Spending Is Wasteful, And Americans Are Idiots

December 7, 2011 By Stephen Smith

It’s no surprise that a lot of politicians and policymakers believe that America’s biggest infrastructure problem is insufficient taxpayer funding. But never have I seen it expressed so condescendingly as in a Washington Post article published yesterday in the PostLocal section, not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics, regulation

Washington Post: Only Idiots Think Infrastructure Spending Is Wasteful, And Americans Are Idiots

December 7, 2011 By Stephen Smith

It’s no surprise that a lot of politicians and policymakers believe that America’s biggest infrastructure problem is insufficient taxpayer funding. But never have I seen it expressed so condescendingly as in a Washington Post article published yesterday in the PostLocal section, not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics, regulation

DC Approved 4,000 New Housing Units This Year, But Is It Enough?

December 6, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Twitter tells me that earlier tonight, “not-ruling-it-out” possible future mayoral contender (and local smart growth demigod) Tommy Wells held his inaugural book club meeting; the book discussed was Ed Glaeser’s Triumph of the City. DC’s chief planner Harriet Tregoning was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Culture & Books, Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics, real estate, regulation

Why the FRA is Bad for America, in 10 Seconds

November 7, 2011 By Stephen Smith

A lot of words have been written about how horribly FRA safety regulations cripple US main line passenger railway budgets (and you should read them!), but it’s also important to remember that even as a safety regulator, the FRA fails. You have to see it to believe it: ... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel, video Tagged With: energy, regulation

The Day the Engineers Turned Against California HSR

November 4, 2011 By Stephen Smith

No, but really – fly California. On Tuesday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority laid down their cards in the form of a new “business plan” for the proposed line, and its cards are not good – the system is now projected to cost $98 billion in year-of-expenditure dollars, which, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: by Stephen Smith (Forbes), Economics, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Travel Tagged With: energy, politics

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Market Urbanism Podcast

Connect With Us

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • The conspiracy theory of rent increases
  • Herbert Hoover reconsidered
  • YIMBYs and liberals
  • Introducing Szymon Pifczyk
  • Are the new carbon footprint maps accurate?
  • Wanted: Market urbanist research assistant
  • An Anti-Anti-NIMBY article
  • Would the Vienna strategy work here?
  • Louisville and density regulation
  • Urban Paths “World” Cup
  • Is affordability just, “You get what you pay for”?
  • Before YIMBY
My Tweets

Market Sites Urbanists should check out

  • Cafe Hayek
  • Culture of Congestion
  • Environmental and Urban Economics
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Let A Thousand Nations Bloom
  • Marginal Revolution
  • Mike Munger | Kids Prefer Cheese
  • Neighborhood Effects
  • New Urbs
  • NYU Stern Urbanization Project
  • Parafin
  • Peter Gordon's Blog
  • Propmodo
  • The Beacon
  • ThinkMarkets

Urbanism Sites capitalists should check out

  • Austin Contrarian
  • City Comforts
  • City Notes | Daniel Kay Hertz
  • Discovering Urbanism
  • Emergent Urbanism
  • Granola Shotgun
  • Old Urbanist
  • Pedestrian Observations
  • Planetizen Radar
  • Reinventing Parking
  • streetsblog
  • Strong Towns
  • Systemic Failure
  • The Micro Maker
  • The Urbanophile

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2023 Market Urbanism