Market Urbanism

Liberalizing cities | From the bottom up

“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.

Lazy link list

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by Stephen Smith Behold, a list of links that's turned into a list of short paragraphs: 1. The greater DC area is considering a "massive new toll system" – 1,650 miles of "variably priced" lanes – along with a "500-mile rapid transit bus system" along the toll roads (in my opinion, a BRT would … [Read more...]

Internalizing positive transit externalities

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by Stephen Smith The Wall Street Journal ran an article a few days ago claiming that the MTA's recent NYC transit cuts have lowered real estate prices along train and bus lines that have been axed. While it's not a quantitative study, the anecdotes are compelling: "The buyer who buys in Astoria … [Read more...]

Deregulating food

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by Stephen Smith Urban planners like to discuss heavy things – roads, buildings, cars, trains. Food, though an integral part of humans' lives, generally doesn't enter into the equation as more than a footnote. This may be because food service is governed by different departments than buildings, … [Read more...]

A few updates

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I added a few features to improve the reader experience: 1. I started using twitter (in addition to linking on delicious) to share links to related articles. You can follow the Market Urbanism twitter feed here. I think I'll eventually phase out the delicious feed, and use twitter … [Read more...]

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