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“The answer: Freedom.”

November 25, 2008 By Adam Hengels

I related to this particular post by Michael Lewyn at Planetizen, Why I fight: Occasionally, someone familiar with my scholarship asks me: why do you care about walkability and sprawl and cities? Why is this cause more important to you than twenty other worthy causes you might be involved … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sprawl Tagged With: freedom, Michael Lewyn, mobility, Planetizen, sprawl, suburbia, Urbanism, walkability

Weekend Reading: Jane Jacobs, Agglomeration, Farms, NIMBY Songs

August 29, 2008 By Adam Hengels

During my early college studies in Architecture and Urban Design, I became loosely familiar with the ideas of Jane Jacobs, one of the most celebrated urbanist intellectuals. Sanford Ikeda's FEE lectures [mp3] have inspired me to learn more about Jane Jacobs from a Free Market Urbanism point of view. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Jane Jacobs, sprawl Tagged With: Ed Glaeser, Farmland, FEE, free market urbanism, Gene Callahan, Ikeda, Jane Jacobs, libertarian, Mathew Kahn, Professors, Sanford, Urban Economist, Urbanism

Links and Weekend Listening

August 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

I've been swamped in my day job, but want to share the following:The blog, Agents of Urbanism recently gave praise to Market Urbanism. Thanks Matthew! Please check out Agents of Urbanism and Life Without Buildings, who followed up on Agent of Urbanism's praise. I enjoy both blogs.Carl … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Jane Jacobs, sprawl Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Carl Close, Fillmore District, Jane Jacobs, San Francisco, sprawl, Urban Planning, urban renewal, Urbanism

Video: Driven to the Brink

July 22, 2008 By Adam Hengels

I enjoyed this short video that compares Chicago's Lincoln Square, where I have lived and Buffalo Grove, which is a suburb similar to where I grew up.The video was produced by CEOs for Cities, a Chicago based organization that advocates for cities. Their website gives this description: A new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sprawl, video Tagged With: buffalo grove, Chicago, congestion, lincoln square, sprawl

Neighborhood Walkability Scores

July 19, 2008 By Adam Hengels

A recent Wall Street Journal blog post refers to a website called Walk Score. Walk Score will let you know the walkability of a neighborhood based on the address you type in. The site also features ranking of cities and neighborhoods.Here are the city rankings: 1. San Francisco, CA 2. New … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sprawl Tagged With: Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee, neighborhood, new york, nyc, walkability

$5 Gas and Commuting Costs

July 3, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Environmental and Urban Economics - Commuting Cost ArithmeticWhen people work in the suburbs, will they save many gallons of gasoline if they move to the center city? Yes, they will be closer to their center city friends and stores but they will still need to reverse commute by car to their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, sprawl, Transportation Tagged With: CBDs, Economics, gas, gasoline, land, Urban

Krugman: Stranded in Suburbia

May 19, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Paul Krugman wrote an op-ed this morning how the US living and transportation patterns will not cope with high oil prices as well as European cities: Changing the geography of American metropolitan areas will be hard. For one thing, houses last a lot longer than cars. Long after today’s S.U.V.’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sprawl Tagged With: infrastructure, Oil, paul krugman, public transit, suburbia, suburbs, Transportation

Video: Gridlock

April 13, 2008 By Adam Hengels

Drew Carey discusses private alternatives to socialized highways that promote sprawl. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: sprawl, Transportation, video Tagged With: congestion, Drew Carey, Gridlock, highways, LA, privatization, reason, sprawl, tolls, video

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