What City Observatory did this week 1. If your corporate campus has 10,000 parking spaces, it isn’t really “walkable.” With great fanfare, American Airlines has announced its building a new corporate campus in Fort Worth.Â
The Week Observed, November 16, 2018 Read Post »
We can’t have empathy for those we can’t encounter due to the way our cities are built Editor’s Note: Last month, our friend Carol Coletta spoke to the Kinder Institute in Houston about the critical
You can’t feel ’em, if you can’t see ’em Read Post »
If so many people live in suburbs, it must be because that’s what they prefer, right? But the evidence is to the contrary. One of the chief arguments in favor of the suburbs is simply
The myth of revealed preference for suburbs Read Post »
A suburban campus with 10,000 parking spaces and virtually no transit isn’t walkable A recent news item caught our eye:Â The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported that American Airlines was putting a premium on promoting
Why suburban office campuses aren’t really walkable Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. There will be two HQ2, just as we predicted. Back in January, we took a close look at the Amazon HQ2 location contest. We said that the decision
The Week Observed, November 9, 2018 Read Post »
Road pricing is inherently fairer to the poor because it speeds up buses As economists, we’re keen on the idea of road pricing. The reason we have congestion and delay is because we charge a
Why road pricing is inherently equitable: Faster buses Read Post »
