Index: Highways Rent Control Urbanism Zoning Environment Highways Abolishing Government Improves the Roads by Brad EdmondsAll roads do not lead to congestion by Jim PeronCongestion and Road Pricing by Walter BlockDo Roads Pay for Themselves? by TxDOTFree Market … [Read more...]
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Market Urbanism MUsings July 15, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism Nick Zaiac contributed his first Market Urbanism piece: The Cato Institute Goes After Arbitrary Historic Preservation Lawsbetween municipalities they can vary, depending on the precedents set by different circuit courts. Now the Cato Institute, a libertarian … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings May 13, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism: Brent Gaisford contributed his first article, High Rent Sucks. Let’s Build More Houses and launched a new website: LA Rent Is Too Damned HighLet’s upzone our cities and build more houses. And not just a few. A lot. Let’s build a lot more houses.Jeff Fong … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings March 4, 2016
1. Where's Scott?Scott Beyer spent his second week in the Oklahoma City area, finding a place in the relatively wealthy northern college suburb of Edmond, OK. This week he wrote for Governing about New Orleans' music noise issue, and profiled a man in Forbes who escaped Cuba by raft for … [Read more...]
Book Review of Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi
I'm reviewing Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi by Steve Inskeep as part of a TLC Book Tour. Other bloggers are also reviewing the book throughout October, and you can find links to their reviews here. I received a complimentary copy of the book, and I'd like to send it to a reader if anyone … [Read more...]
Death and life in a changing neighborhood
A controversy in DC's Columbia Heights neighborhood exemplifies the common clash between NIMBYism and the achievement of Jane Jacob's ideals. Some residents are opposed to a new proposed diner, Margot's Chair, that would be open 24 hours a day. The owners already have three well-loved restaurants in … [Read more...]
The Little-Known History of “Light and Air”
"Light and air" is a very common excuse that people give for why we must have basic zoning laws, and while nowadays a lot of people mean it simply in an aesthetic sense – another way of saying "I like to be able to look out a window and not see another skyscraper 50 feet away" (though for some … [Read more...]