Why the Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction Has Got to Go
The mortgage interest deduction costs the federal government more than all rental subsidies combined. All that money promotes sprawl by encouraging people to buy more house, while transferring wealth to the upper tiers of the income ladder.
April 17, 2017
Tesla’s Parking Problem Says a Lot About Elon Musk’s Brand of Tech Saviorism
It's fitting that the Palo Alto headquarters for Elon Musk's flagship company, Tesla, has an epic logistical problem caused by the spatial inefficiency of its core product.
April 14, 2017
Get Ready for More PSAs Blaming Traffic Violence Victims for “Drunk Walking”
This week, the Governors Highway Safety Administration issued a press release telling state DOTs that instead of telling people not to drink and drive, they should tell everyone, including pedestrians and cyclists, not to drink and go anywhere.
April 13, 2017
The “Jaywalker” Brutalized By Sacramento Police Was Stopped for No Reason at All
When the line between a legally justifiable stop and outright harassment is so thin, it can easily become a pretext for racial profiling.
April 13, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Boston Using MIT Data to Overhaul Its Bus System (CityLab) Still No Carmaggedon in Atlanta Now That Spring Break Is Over (AJC) Carmakers Back to Supplying Americans With Big, Gas-Guzzling SUVs (NYT) Tesla Will Pay Employees to Bike to Work After Slew of Embarrassing Parking Problems (CBS SF) AT&T Insists on Road Diet to Keep Headquarters in … Continued
April 13, 2017
Mexico City May Abolish Its Parking Minimums
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera is pursuing a sweeping overhaul of the city's parking policy that's expected to do away with minimum parking requirements and generate revenue for transit and affordable housing. If enacted, the reforms could set an important precedent for cities in North and South America.
April 12, 2017
We Know the Solution to Transit’s Last Mile Problem — It’s Walking
To solve the "first and last mile problem," there's no substitute for walkability.
April 12, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Can Neighbors Stop Colorado From Expanding a Hated Denver Highway? (Governing) Denver’s Airport Train One Year In: Some Glitches But Strong Ridership, says RTD (Denver Post) The Man With All the Answers, Elon Musk, Can’t Figure Out His Employee Parking Lot (Wall Street Journal) Support for Tolling Rises in Massachusetts (Planetizen) Slate Reviews Richard Florida’s New Book Consultants Predict … Continued
April 12, 2017
Denver Is Your 2017 Parking Madness Champ!
Denver's monster parking crater is a classic of wasted urban potential: a huge swathe of land close to downtown, served by three light rail stations, and overwhelmed by massive parking lots for sports stadiums that barely get used much of the year.
April 11, 2017
Is Your Local Government Falling for the Hyperloop Fantasy?
There are no functional, real-world examples of a Hyperloop, Tesla founder Elon Musk's long-distance transport concept that involves shooting people through vacuum-sealed tubes in pods that travel at up to 760 mph. And yet a surprising number of government agencies are treating the Hyperloop as a serious proposition.
April 11, 2017
