In a comment to yesterday's post on land use in Texas, baklazkhan notes that in spite of the libertarian myth of Houston as a completely (or even relatively) laissez-faire city with regards to land use, it actually has pretty strict parking minimums: Additionally, it's interesting to compare the … [Read more...]
A far-too-long rebuttal of Randal O’Toole on parking
Donald Shoup and Randal O'Toole – they just can't get enough of each other! Donald Shoup, you may recall, is the granddaddy of free market parking policy, and Randal O'Toole is the self-styled Antiplanner. Though they both claim to be libertarians, they seem to have some pretty fundamental … [Read more...]
Joel Kotkin doesn’t know what a “garden city” is, but he knows he loves it
Longtime Market Urbanism readers will know that we're not huge fans of Joel Kotkin. But his most recent article on megacities (spoiler: the "triumphalism" surrounding them "frankly disturbs me") sets a new low for sheer factual inaccuracy. I'm speaking specifically of his policy prescription, which … [Read more...]
Links
1. Private companies are offering to build Hamburg a 3.2-mile cable car line connecting the red light district of St. Pauli with two other tourist destinations. 2. Alex Block links to a video about NJ Transit's new commuter rail trainsets. Apparently the trains are so heavy because of uniquely … [Read more...]
NYC’s horrible parking privatization plan
In the past, Market Urbanism has not been very pleased with municipal parking privatization schemes. While we are pro-privatization in theory, in practice, many of the schemes turn out to be seriously deficient in market credentials. For one, true privatization would mean giving the "owners" full … [Read more...]
A reader comment on census data
Sorry for the light (/lack of) posting. Hopefully that'll change soon. In the meantime, here's a reader comment from a post a few weeks ago on whether or not dense areas are gaining population: I worked for the US Census Bureau in Central Los Angeles last year. Census Bureau management hired about … [Read more...]
If we’re in an urban renaissance, why are cities still losing population?
Despite the general feeling among urbanists that the city is making a comeback after half a century of neglect, I still read from a lot of suburbanists (a catch-all term I'm using to describe Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox [see comments], etc.)—and even the mainstream media—that cities are still losing … [Read more...]
Alon Levy on Downtown Brooklyn
In my last post about the geometry of cities and the importance of downtowns, it looks like I understated the extent to which Downtown Brooklyn was built up during New York's market-driven boom during the turn-of-the-century. Quoteth commenter Alon Levy: I think you are essentially correct, but … [Read more...]
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