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.

Agenda: Dynamic congestion pricing for autonomous vehicles

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Autonomous vehicles work. They are already replacing full-time service drivers in Uber, Lyft, and taxis.https://twitter.com/aarmlovi/status/1857439087843516481Delivery vehicles might come soon. Corporate fleet vehicles. And the big jump, of course, will be when they're available as … [Read more...]

Private Buses: Econtalk Takes A Second look at Santiago

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Back a couple years ago, I noted an Econtalk podcast with Russell Roberts and Duke University Professor Mike Munger on the private bus system in Santiago, Chile.  This week's episode starts with Munger's update on the Santiago transportation system after visiting for three weeks and spending a lot … [Read more...]

Urban[ism] Legend: Traffic Planning

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Mathieu Helie at Emergent Urbanism posted a link to a interesting game created at the University of Minnesota. Mathieu explains it better than I can:The game begins in the Stalinian Central Bureau of Traffic Control, where a wrinkly old man pulls you out of your job at the mail room to come … [Read more...]

How Pricing Tolls Right Eliminates Congestion

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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...]

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