From Baruch Feisenbaum, who's the Reason Foundation's transportation analyst (disclaimer: I did an internship at Reason magazine a few years ago), surprising agreement with the American Planning Association's California branch on the parking minimum reform bill (or at least, it surprised me): The … [Read more...]
“This is the dirty secret of California’s Density Bonus law…”
Inclusionary zoning – everyone wants to talk about it! Dave Alpert at GGW started the discussion with his pro-IZ piece, and hot on the heels of Emily's post earlier today, I got an email from a California developer who wishes to remain anonymous: This is the dirty secret of California’s Density … [Read more...]
Florida East Coast looks to hook up with Orlando International
The mystery of why in the hell Florida East Coast Industries would want to start private passenger service from Miami to Orlando just got a little bit clearer: they may also be getting an intermodal freight connection to Orland International Airport! A press release from the airport … [Read more...]
Before the landmarks…
The other day I was stumbling around Wikipedia when I found pictures of what was apparently the first iteration of New York's Grand Central train station, called Grand Central Depot. The "depot" opened in 1871 and was built in the neo-Renaissance style that was popular back then (as opposed to the … [Read more...]
New York transit officials grudgingly consider using existing track more efficiently
Now that Chris Christie killed the ARC project, which would have built another rail tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan, Transportation Nation is reporting that MTA boss Joe Lhota is asking the different New York area railroads to do what they were supposed to do half a century ago when they … [Read more...]
TRD: Bushwick is staying industrial – no residential rezoning for East Williamsburg!
The Real Deal says that Bushwick, a neighborhood on the L that's seeing a lot of housing demand spill over from Williamsburg, is not getting a residential rezoning.TRD describes how the "sought-after northwestern area [...] is zoned for manufacturing, so residential building is largely banned … [Read more...]
Market urbanism vs. market suburbanism smackdown at Cato: “The Death and Life of Affordable Housing”
The debate you've been waiting for! Randal O'Toole, Matt Yglesias, Ryan Avent, and Adam Gordon participated yesterday in a discussion at the Cato Institute moderated by Diana Lind from Next American City/Forefront. (How had this never happened before??)Randal O'Toole did not disappoint, arriving … [Read more...]
APA California hints (strongly) at opposition to parking minimum reform bill
Minimum parking requirement reform bills have been floating around the California legislature for a while – last year it was AB 710, and this year it's AB 904, both authored by East Bay Asm. Nancy Skinner.This email blast to members from the American Planning Association's California chapter … [Read more...]