car dependence

Parking regulations matter

AustinContrarian  Tue, 08/17/2010 - 4:30pm

I'm a big fan of Donald Shoup.

 The High Cost of Free Parking lays out the theoretical case against minimum parking requirements.

 It's a compelling one.  Minimum parking requirements waste land, shrink buildings, increase congestion and car-dependence and hurt the environment.



 

Parking regulations matter

AustinContrarian  Tue, 08/17/2010 - 4:30pm

I'm a big fan of Donald Shoup.

 The High Cost of Free Parking lays out the theoretical case against minimum parking requirements.

 It's a compelling one.  Minimum parking requirements waste land, shrink buildings, increase congestion and car-dependence and hurt the environment.



 

The geography of carbon dioxide emissions

AustinContrarian  Mon, 03/10/2008 - 12:04pm

Economists Ed Glaeser and Matthew Kahn have written a new paper estimating the differences in carbon emissions across different metropolitan areas.



 

What RG4N cost us: part two

M1EK  Mon, 12/24/2007 - 9:14am

Another casualty of Responsible Growth For Northcross' year-long tantrum has been the truth.

Yes, you heard me. People all over the city now believe varying combinations of the following absolutely incorrect, but truthy, narratives.