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Yet another town moves from parking minimums to maximums with no stop in between

January 10, 2011 By Stephen Smith

Despite its ridiculously biased opening sentence ("Fairfax County residents will have a harder time finding a free parking space in some neighborhoods if transportation planners get their way"), the Washington Post actually has a relatively informative article on potential new parking maximums in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: dc, Donald Shoup, libertarianism, parking

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November 12, 2010 By Stephen Smith

Recently I've been delaying posting a few things because I wanted to wait till I had more time to cover them, but I'm realizing that I'll probably have new things to write about on the 15th (which is when regular posting will hopefully resume), so have at it – your first ever premium link … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bangladesh, Bay Area, Bucharest, Donald Shoup, India, mortgage interest deduction, nyc, parking, taxes

Matt Yglesias’ proposal for reforming DC’s ANC’s

October 28, 2010 By Stephen Smith

At the risk of turning Market Urbanism into Reblogging Matt Yglesias, here's another interesting post from the blogosphere's most famous market urbanist about reforming DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) system. After discussing a recent decision by an ANC incumbent to deny Five Guys … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: dc, Donald Shoup, Matt Yglesias, parking

Midnight parking round-up

October 20, 2010 By Stephen Smith

1. Donald Shoup makes up for last week with an interesting piece on how America's tax structure biases employers towards providing parking for their employees, similar to how untaxed employer-provided healthcare shapes that industry.2. Back in August Randal O'Toole asked for proof that minimum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parking Tagged With: Donald Shoup, parking, Randal O'Toole, Stephen Smith, Urban Planning

Midnight links

October 19, 2010 By Stephen Smith

1. Cap'n Transit weighs in on the ARC debate, and shows that Chris Christie is more interested in shifting resources to his suburban constituents than to cutting spending. Here's the best part: Editorial board member: What’s the difference between a gas tax hike and a fare hike, besides who it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parking, zoning Tagged With: dc, Donald Shoup, height restriction, New Jersey, Stephen Smith

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