Peak hour car commuters have incomes almost double those who travel by transit, bike and foot The Oregon Legislature has directed the state’s department of transportation to come up with a value pricing system for
Transportation equity: Why peak period road pricing is fair Read Post »
Developers stampeded to get grandfathered before new requirements took hold, will the pipeline run dry? In December, Portland’s City Council adopted one of the nation’s most sweeping inclusionary zoning requirements. Â Most new multifamily housing projects
Portland’s Inclusionary Zoning Law: Waiting for the other shoe to drop Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. What price autonomous vehicles? Â It’s easy to obsess about the cool technological details of autonomous vehicles: their sophisticated computers, LIDAR systems, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication. But for economists, the
The Week Observed, September 22, 2017 Read Post »
The wealth of black families lags far behind whites, and housing markets play a key role There’s a great article from The New York Times’Â Emily Badger about a new study that shows just how much
Racial wealth disparities: How housing widens the gap Read Post »
It’s easy to focus on technology, but pricing will determine autonomous vehicles impact. Everyone’s trying hard to imagine what a future full of autonomous cars might look like. Sure, there are big questions about whether
What price for autonomous vehicles? Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Cash prizes for bad corporate citizenship. Â The urban world is all abuzz, handicapping the city vs. city vs. city race to land Amazon’s HQ2, a rich prize of
The Week Observed, September 15, 2017 Read Post »
