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“Market Urbanism” refers to the synthesis of classical liberal economics and ethics (market), with an appreciation of the urban way of life and its benefits to society (urbanism). We advocate for the emergence of bottom up solutions to urban issues, as opposed to ones imposed from the top down.

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Rothbard the Urbanist Part 3: Prevention of Blockades

June 18, 2009 By Adam Hengels

In the last post, we discussed the first paragraphs of chapter 11 of Murray Rothbard's For A New Liberty. (available free from Mises.org as pdf, web page, and audio book) Those paragraphs discussed the private ownership of all land, including streets and roads. Rothbard clearly and concisely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, privatization, Rothbard The Urbanist Tagged With: For a New Liberty, Murray Rothbard, privatization

Rothbard the Urbanist Part 2: Safe Streets

June 2, 2009 By Adam Hengels

The recent post, Public Education’s Role in Sprawl and Exclusion generated some interest and fantastic comments.   I recommend reading Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty in its entirety.  It is elegant in its consistently radical application of principles.  It is available for free from the Mises … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, infrastructure, planning, privatization, Rothbard The Urbanist, Transportation, Zoning Tagged With: For a New Liberty, Jane Jacobs, Murray Rothbard, private streets, privatization, safety

Block vs Poole: The Public-Private Partnership Debate

May 7, 2009 By Adam Hengels

The Orange County Register’s Freedom Politics website (check out my rent control article FreePo published in March) features articles discussing two differing takes on road privatization from notable scholars Walter Block and Robert Poole. In Robert Poole’s article, he discusses the merits of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: corruption, Economics, infrastructure, privatization, Transportation Tagged With: Private Roads, privatization, Public-Private Partnerships, socialism, Walter Block

How Pricing Tolls Right Eliminates Congestion

April 23, 2009 By Adam Hengels

Chris Bradford over at Austin Contrarian has been making some solid points in favor of congestion pricing. (here, here, here and here)  Chris’s core argument in favor of congestion tolling is that: congestion pricing does more than relieve congestion.  Congestion pricing tells us when a road needs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, infrastructure, privatization, sprawl, Transportation Tagged With: congestion, congestion pricing, Private Roads, traffic, Transportation

20/20 Segment on Private Roads (& Some things to ponder while in traffic)

March 16, 2009 By Adam Hengels

Some other things to ponder for the next time you are sitting on a congested highway… When I talk to people about tolling roads, most people immediately reject the idea entirely.  I like to ask them to think about it next time they are in a traffic jam.  Hey, if you sit in traffic, you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: privatization, Transportation Tagged With: congestion, congestion pricing, highways, Private Roads, privatization

Private Roads Work

January 2, 2009 By Adam Hengels

Bart Frazier wrote a brief article for the Future of Freedom Foundation on private roads. He begins by discussing how most Americans remain strongly opposed to privately owned roads, while at the same time many have warmed to private education, medicine, and social security. This first part of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: privatization, Transportation Tagged With: highways, libertarian, Private Roads, roads

Yes, Virginia, government roads really are government subsidized, and no, they don’t approximate freed-market outcomes

December 22, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Recently, I came accross an article by Charles Johnson, who blogs at Rad Geek.  The article had linked to a Market Urbanism post about how user fees and gas taxes fall well short of funding road use in the US. Charles' article further debunks the Urbanism Legend asserted by free-market imposters … [Read more...]

Filed Under: privatization, Transportation Tagged With: Economics, eminent domain, gasoline, highways, infrastructure, Interstate Highway System, libertarian, privatization

Chicago Privatizes Parking Meters

December 2, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Of course, Chicago is just privatizing the revenue from meters, not the actual parking spaces. Plus, the city will regulate rate increases, but it's a step in the right direction. (right?) For today's politicians, this is a great way to get windfalls of money today for revenues of future … [Read more...]

Filed Under: privatization, video Tagged With: Chicago, parking, parking meters, privatization

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