Which cities move the fastest? Does it matter? The raison d’etre of the highway engineer is making cars go faster. That’s reflected in chronic complaints about traffic congestion, and codified in often misleading studies, like
Speed: Fast cities Read Post »
Alan Ehrenhalt is alarmed. In his tony suburb of Clarendon, Virginia, several nice restaurants have closed. It seems like an ominous trend. Writing at Governing, he’s warning of “The Limits of Cafe’ Urbanism.” Cafe Urbanism
Are restaurants dying, and taking city economies with them? Read Post »
For a long time, we’ve been critical of the way we commonly talk about housing affordability. Â We’ve published a three–part series about why the way we measure housing affordability is all wrong. In particular, we
Affordability beyond the median Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Shrinking offices: What it means for cities. Its not just you’re imagination: offices are becoming less common and smaller, and a variety of space-sharing and space-saving practices are
The Week Observed, March 10, 2017 Read Post »
La-La Land voters deal a crushing defeat to a “NIMBYism on steroids” The latest returns show Los Angeles’ Measure S–the self-styled “Neighborhood Integrity Initiative”–failing by a 31 percent “Yes” to 69 percent “No” margin. If it
Twilight of the NIMBYs? LA’s Measure S Fails Read Post »
Today, partly as a public service, we’re going to dig into the academic literature on an arcane policy topic: rent control. We also have a parochial interest in the subject: the Oregon Legislature is considering
What we know about rent control Read Post »
