After my post on charter cities, I received some interesting feedback from Michael Strong, CEO of MGK Group, the company investing in Honduras' charter cities and Brandon Fuller, a Research Scholar at NYU's Urbanization Project. The Urbanization Project is headed by Paul Romer who is no longer … [Read more...]
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Opportunity for States to Protect Land Use
If this season's political campaign rhetoric has demonstrated anything, it's that governors love to take credit for job creation. What I haven't seen any governor mention, though, is that there is huge opportunity for economic growth in relaxing zoning codes. Most obviously, allowing new … [Read more...]
Urban Development in Charter Cities
In light of approval in Honduras for three new charter cities (REDs), much has been written recently on their potential to improve economic development. Economist Paul Romer makes a compelling case for the potential of charter cities, asserting that countries with institutions that impede economic … [Read more...]
David Gunn on Amtrak’s $151bn NEC plan and how he rebuilt the Harrisburg line
First order of business: I wrote two articles for Bloomberg View (the opinion counterpart to Bloomberg News) on the high cost of US transit – one on private-sector gouging, and one on public-sector gouging. Secondly, I've been talking to former Amtrak president David Gunn a lot recently – at … [Read more...]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Centrally Planned City
On my last post about Ayn Rand's views on cities, I received feedback in the comments that obviously she loved cities and on Twitter that obviously she did not. I think I come down on the side that she likely saw cities, and particularly skyscrapers, as embodiment of human achievement. However Frank … [Read more...]
Ayn Rand on Urbanism
Ayn Rand's recent appearances in the news made me think about her position on urban issues. Some of her novels suggest that she is anti-city, believing that individualism can only be achieved by living in remote areas. In Anthem, for example, her protagonist lives in a type of dorm where people are … [Read more...]
Selling the Rights to Greater Density
At Next American City, Mark Bergen has an interesting long-form piece on municipal infrastructure financing. He argues that the property owners who benefit from public policies, such as infrastructure investment, should be required to fund these policies. He suggests infrastructure improvements … [Read more...]
The High Cost of Free Parking Preface and Afterword
This is the last post in the series on Donald Shoup's The High Cost of Free Parking. Previous can be found here: Chapters 1 - 4 Chapters 5 - 9 Chapters 10 - 14 Chapters 16 - 18 Chapters 19 - 22 Preface In these two chapters, which Donald Shoup added for the paperback edition of … [Read more...]
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