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Government-Created Parking Externalities

April 27, 2017 By Emily Hamilton

In new research on parking policy in the Journal of Economic Geography, Jan Brueckner and Sofia Franco argue that residential developers should be required to provide more off-street parking in places where street parking contributes to traffic congestion. They argue that because traffic congestion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, parking, planning, Transportation Tagged With: Donald Shoup, parking

Building A Better BART

March 30, 2017 By Jeff Fong

In 2016, voters in San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa county approved a $3.5 Billion dollar bond to keep BART moving. Funds from the bond will be used to replace aging infrastructure throughout the system, but even three and half billion dollars will scarcely keep us running in place. … [Read more...]

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Addressing Local Knowledge

March 7, 2017 By Sandy Ikeda

Four years ago my wife and I decided to take our son to a special and slightly unusual restaurant to celebrate his birthday.  We were in Tokyo at the time and gave the taxi driver what we thought was the address for the restaurant – it had names and numbers on it.  Cabbies in Tokyo, and in Japan in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation, Transportation, Travel, World

Governing The Traffic Commons

February 28, 2017 By Sandy Ikeda

As an economics professor, I often witness the surprise of my students when I explain how something as important as the market for food or clothing is self-regulating.  True, there are quality and safety regulations that attempt to control potential hazards “around the edges” of these vital markets, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, Transportation, World

Donald Shoup Takes San Francisco

October 25, 2016 By Sandy Ikeda

 Every so often during his tenure as mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg tried to push through congestion pricing, in which drivers would have to pay to use city streets in Midtown and Lower Manhattan. That’s a popular solution to chronic overcrowding but, like drinking coffee to try to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parking, privatization, Transportation Tagged With: Donald Shoup

Episode 04: Anthony Ling on Brazilian Cities and the Future of Transportation

October 12, 2016 By Nolan Gray

Sao Paulo

My guest this week is Anthony Ling. Anthony is founder and editor of Caos Planejado, a Brazilian website on cities and urban planning. He also founded Bora, a transportation technology startup and is currently an MBA candidate at Stanford University. He graduated Architecture and Urban Planning at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Logistics & Transportation, market urbanism podcast, planning, Transportation, World Tagged With: anthony ling, brasilia, Brazil, caos planejado, driverless cars, favela, Sao Paulo, smart city, transit

When It Comes to Walkability, Mexico City Is Miles Ahead

August 29, 2016 By Nolan Gray

Pedestrian Street in Mexico City

 This piece was coauthored by Nolan Gray and Katarina Hall.It’s like Los Angeles, but worse. To many, that’s the mental image of Mexico City: a city of unending traffic, unbearable smog, and unrestrained horizontal expansion. Yet when one walks the streets of Mexico City, a distinct … [Read more...]

Filed Under: planning, Transportation Tagged With: bicycles, bus rapid transit, latin america, Mexico, Mexico City, parks, transit, Transportation, walkability

Buses and Trains: The Turtle and the Hare?

August 12, 2016 By Asher Meyers

 In America, there is an almost stifling consensus among pro-urban types—trains are good, trains are right, trains work. Trains have marked the upward surge of mankind—trains clarify and capture the essence of the American spirit. “Just look at Europe!” Yes, let’s look at Europe. What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Logistics & Transportation, Transportation

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