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Market Urbanism MUsings: Jan 29, 2016

January 29, 2016 By Adam Hengels Leave a Comment

[this is a pilot for a regular weekly series rounding-up the week’s happenings in the world of Market Urbanism.  I’d love to get your feedback in the comments or contact us directly.  If the response is positive, we’ll continue it.] 1. Here at Market Urbanism, Scott Beyer wrote about Charlottesville developer Oliver Kuttner for his series […]

America’s Progressive Developers–Oliver Kuttner

America’s Progressive Developers–Oliver Kuttner

January 23, 2016 By Scott Beyer 4 Comments

[part of an MU series on America's Progressive Developers]Charlottesville, VABuilding new structures in historic downtown areas can be tricky for … [Read More...]

A Public-Private Shopping Mall

A Public-Private Shopping Mall

January 15, 2016 By Emily Washington 1 Comment

Forest City Enterprises recently received approval from Arlington County to redevelop its Ballston Common Mall. The deal is a public-private partnership in which the … [Read More...]

A Smart City in Your Pocket: From top-down command centers to bottom-up app markets

January 10, 2016 By Nolan Gray Leave a Comment

 Cities, for most of human history, were dumb. At least, that’s what the “smart cities” movement might lead you to believe. Over the past few years, a chorus of acquisitive multinational tech corporations, trend-savvy politicians, and optimistic … [Read More...]

An interview with David Block-Schachter, Chief Scientist of Bridj

January 7, 2016 By Marcos Paulo Schlickmann 3 Comments

Public transportation service provision is changing. As I already have mentioned in this post at Caos Planejado, microtransit services are growing in many cities around the world and one of the forefront companies on this field is Bridj, operating in Boston … [Read More...]

A response to Interfluidity

December 26, 2015 By Jeff Fong 7 Comments

Steve Randy Waldman posted some criticisms of the market urbanist position on Interfluidity. The post was interesting, though I took issue with a few specific points. The following are my responses. Regulatory Authority as a Property RightThe customary … [Read More...]

America’s Progressive Developers–Zeons Inc.

December 20, 2015 By Scott Beyer Leave a Comment

[part of an MU series on America's Progressive Developers]Houston, TXWhen I first entered Houston and got an Airbnb apartment, I thought I would be living in just another place. The room that I found was inside an aging and nondescript house in a … [Read More...]

The deal-making behind the Silver Line

November 20, 2015 By Emily Washington 2 Comments

In political transactions, players cannot make deals using dollars, but nonetheless they engage in trades to pursue their goals. Policymakers may engage in trades both with other policymakers and with private sector actors . While these deals are not … [Read More...]

How land use regulations hurt the poor

November 5, 2015 By Emily Washington 12 Comments

Sandy Ikeda and I have published a new Mercatus paper on the regressive effects of land use regulation. We review the empirical literature on how the effects of rules such as maximum density, parking requirements, urban growth boundaries, and historic … [Read More...]

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