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“Order Without Design”, a new guide to urban planning

December 5, 2018 By Anthony Ling

This book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding. This is how Jane Jacobs opened her 1961 classic “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”. It wouldn’t be an inappropriate opener for Alain Bertaud’s upcoming “Order Without Design”.While Jacobs was an observer of how cities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Economics, housing, planning, Policy, Transportation, zoning Tagged With: alain bertaud, books, order without design

Three Policies for Making Driverless Cars Work for Cities

November 6, 2018 By Emily Hamilton

Some urbanists have become skeptical about the future of autonomous vehicles even as unstaffed, autonomous taxis are now serving customers in Phoenix and Japan. Others worry that AVs, if they are ever deployed widely, will make cities worse. Angie Schmitt posits that allowing AVs in cities without … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, parking, Policy, Transportation Tagged With: autonomous vehicles, Donald Shoup, driverless cars, parking

California Legislation Threatens to Become Law and Build More Housing

September 5, 2018 By Martha Ekdahl

BART train at the platform

On August 23rd, a California assembly bill aimed at increasing transit-oriented development, like housing, was passed by the state senate, confirmed by the assembly, and headed to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk for signing. The bill, AB 2923, specifically targets the San Francisco Bay Area—making it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, infrastructure, Transportation, zoning Tagged With: ab 2923, BART, Bay Area, San Francisco

Turn New York’s Speed Cameras Back On

August 15, 2018 By Nolan Gray

On June 24 in Brooklyn, a driver in an SUV struck and killed four-year-old Luz Gonzalez, with many onlookers claiming the incident was a hit-and-run. The New York Police Department disagrees, and has refused to prosecute the driver, sparking multiple street protests. Beyond seeking justice for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation, Transportation, Travel Tagged With: brooklyn, New York City, pedestrian safety, school zone, schools, speed cameras

Why Autonomous Vehicles != Endless Sprawl

July 18, 2018 By Jeff Fong

There’s been an ongoing debate in urbanist circles about whether autonomous vehicles (AVs) will damn us to perpetual sprawl and super commuting. I don’t believe that they will. In the first place, the business conditions under which AVs could conceivably induce more sprawl are unlikely. And in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Logistics & Transportation, planning, sprawl, Transportation Tagged With: autonomous vehicles, self driving cars, sprawl

The “Old People Need Cars” Argument- Myth or Fact?

May 23, 2018 By Michael Lewyn

The needs of the aged are often a political football in disputes over transportation policy.  On the one hand, defenders of low-cost parking and other car-oriented policies argue that older people all need cars because they can’t be bothered to walk.  On the other hand, smart growth types argue that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michael Lewyn, parking, Transportation Tagged With: seniors

Mini review: Suburb, by Royce Hanson

January 17, 2018 By Michael Lewyn

Suburb: Planning Politics and the Public Interest is a scholarly book about planning politics in Montgomery County, a (mostly) affluent suburb of Washington, D.C.  The book contains chapters on redevelopment of inner ring, transit-friendly areas such as Friendship Heights and Silver Spring, but also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation, Michael Lewyn, NIMBYism, planning, Transportation, zoning Tagged With: downzoning, level of service, Washington

Liberty Machines™

December 31, 2017 By Jeff Fong

During an urbanist twitter free-for-all last week, the thoroughly awesome term "liberty machines" was used to describe the virtues of the car. The claim was made that cars let individuals go wherever they want, whenever they want and are therefore a ‘freedom enhancing’ form of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation, sprawl, Transportation, Uncategorized Tagged With: infrastructure, libertymachines, Transportation

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