Market Urbanism

Liberalizing cities | From the bottom up

“Market Urbanism” refers to the synthesis of classical liberal economics and ethics (market), with an appreciation of the urban way of life and its benefits to society (urbanism). We advocate for the emergence of bottom up solutions to urban issues, as opposed to ones imposed from the top down.

Why does the Infrastructurist hate libertarians so much?

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by Stephen SmithAmong urban planners, libertarianism gets a pretty bad rap. Melissa Lafsky at the Infrastructurist goes so far as to call libertarianism "an enemy of infrastructure," and dismisses entirely the idea that private industry can build infrastructure with a single hyperlink – to a … [Read more...]

Correction, Reason.org’s Plug, and Glaeser on Jacobs

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In the comments of my most recent post, insightful commenter, OldUrbanism pointed out some items that need attention: The last two factors, legal costs associated with eminent domain and opportunity costs of land, are in fact often included in typical project cost estimates for both public and … [Read more...]

Reason.org’s Staley Not in Favor of Property Rights if…

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That is, he argues that private property should be subject to government planning restrictions if a developer building densely on its property creates a traffic burden on government roads.Wooten points out that any solution to Atlanta's traffic congestion has to focus on roads, not transit or … [Read more...]

Should the Government Build the Cars or the Roads?

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I tend to agree that there is some hypocrisy in the conservative/libertarian world when it comes to transportation, which is part of the reason I started this blog. A more free-market transporation system would certainly lead to a more urban land use pattern; something between pre-auto, … [Read more...]

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