density

The Glaeser/Redlick paper I discussed yesterday really is worth a read.

 It makes two very interesting points about the benefits of density:

A very nice chart depicting the distribution of U.S. census tracts by density.  Just eyeballing it, it looks like most Americans live at a density of 2,500+ ppsm. (The area under the curve represents total U.S.

I've been bashing density bonuses lately because they raise the price of density downtown. But there are rare occasions when they make sense.

The new development off Barton Springs Road, near Zilker Park, is one of them. We ought to...

I've been bashing density bonuses lately because they raise the price of density downtown. But there are rare occasions when they make sense.

The new development off Barton Springs Road, near Zilker Park, is one of them. We ought to...

In a past post, I discussed the density-bonus plan being floated around City Hall. (Council will consider the Downtown Design Commission's recommendation tonight.) I'll discuss density bonuses in more detail in future posts.

But the gist is that the City...

If you are interested in downtown development, pay attention: There is growing support for adopting a system of "density bonuses" downtown.

The idea has been recommended by the Density Bonus Task Force of the Austin Design Commission, which was created...

Doing this really fast since I'm working outside and almost out of power, but wanted to get this out today.

Starting a new category - "This Week In The Chronicle" where I post a short response to a couple of articles matching my subject matter here.

Subtitle for this category should be "In which M1EK performs the critical analysis that we used to rely on the Chronicle to do, instead of just fleshing out Capital Metro / city press releases".

Both about The Domain today, which is actually a pretty nice little project in the middle of suburban crap.