Comments on: Interview with Alain Bertaud https://marketurbanism.com/2015/01/19/interview-with-alain-bertaud/ Liberalizing cities | From the bottom up Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 By: Pedro B. Ortiz https://marketurbanism.com/2015/01/19/interview-with-alain-bertaud/#comment-20600 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=4225#comment-20600 Bravo Alain!

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]]> By: Bob Johnson https://marketurbanism.com/2015/01/19/interview-with-alain-bertaud/#comment-20324 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=4225#comment-20324 I love your work about zoning laws. Their are so few good books criticizing zoning laws out their (shoup’s, talen’s, and william tucker’s “the excluded americans” are the only ones I can think of). Could you publish “the libertarian smart growth agenda” at a mainstream publising house so it’s less expensive? Could you write another book?

]]> By: Michael Lewyn https://marketurbanism.com/2015/01/19/interview-with-alain-bertaud/#comment-20323 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:19:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=4225#comment-20323 It seems to me that Bertaud’s first priorities are, in his own words, “mobility and housing affordability.” “Mobility” often means “making it easier for cars to go fast” and “housing affordability” means increasing land supply.

]]> By: Miles Bader https://marketurbanism.com/2015/01/19/interview-with-alain-bertaud/#comment-20322 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 04:24:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=4225#comment-20322 I didn’t read him that way… I don’t think he’s saying the dominant transit mode should be ignored, I just think he’s saying they’re over-emphasizing “BRT-friendless” when making decisions. There are many factors to consider, and the most BRT-friendly design may not be the most optimal overall, if for instance if the result has an excessively negative impact on pedestrians or bicyclists etc.

For instance, it may be better for BRT if they build very wide fenced-off roads with few crossings (just an example, I have no idea), but it would also be very pedestrian hostile, and the result would be an unpleasant place to be. That isn’t to say that BRT shouldn’t be accommodated, just that there are other things to think about as well.

The U.S. makes similar mistakes with its over-emphasis on cars, with the result that many newer cities in the U.S. are truly awful places…. ><

]]> By: alain Bertaud https://marketurbanism.com/2015/01/19/interview-with-alain-bertaud/#comment-20321 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 02:48:00 +0000 http://www.marketurbanism.com/?p=4225#comment-20321 Property taxes are not normally related to Henry George theory.

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