My Other Bike is a Public Transportation System by Greg Beato at Reason.com:
A bike delivers a strong sense of autonomy, too—stronger even than a car in many ways. It doesn’t, for example, require a license, registration, insurance. You aren’t beholden to routes or schedules. You go where you want, when you want. Unless the bike [...]
So, you think the planners in your area are taking something a little too far? Be glad you aren’t in Venezuela…
I wish I could link to the article by Michael Mehaffy in The Urban Land Institute’s May edition of Urban Land titled “Venezuela’s New Socialist Cities”, but ULI doesn’t provide the online edition to non-members. [...]
Matthew Yglesias: Parking
How much will they pay? Well, it’s hard to know in advance which is why you need markets.
But that’s what you should have — as much parking as the market will bear. Not government-mandated parking, and not government-provided free or discount parking. Let people build garages and if it’s more economical to [...]
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