What City Observatory did this week 1. You’re going to need a bigger boat. We’re excited that Minneapolis has pushed forward with the legalization of duplexes and triplexes in formerly single-family only zones, and that
The Week Observed, January 11, 2019 Read Post »
Don’t decry congestion pricing as inequitable until after you fix, or at least acknowledge, these ten other things that are even more inequitable about the way we pay for transportation. There’s a growing interest in
Ten things more inequitable than road pricing Read Post »
Eliminating exclusively single-family zones won’t provide enough density: Recognizing the limits of “missing middle” as a solution to urban affordability At City Observatory, we’re excited as anyone that there seems to be a growing groundswell
You’re going to need a bigger boat Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week Widening freeways doesn’t reduce crashes or crash related delay. The Oregon Department of Transportation is proposing to spend half a billion dollars to widen a mile-long stretch of Interstate
The Week Observed, February 15, 2019 Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Displacement by decline. Akron Planning Director Jason Segedy offers a guest post on our misplaced obsession with gentrification. He argues that pundits and urban policy people are fighting
The Week Observed, January 4, 2019 Read Post »
The Oregon Constitution exempts refunds and debt repayment from the limits on how revenue from taxing cars and fuel is spent Note: What follows is a hypothesis and a question. What’s presented here is not
Is Oregon’s road tax limit a paper tiger? Read Post »
