Economist Clifford Winston of the Brookings Institution outlines the surface transportation system of the future in a Wall Street Journal commentary, "Paving the Way for Diverless Cars." Winston notes "a much better technological solution is on the horizon" than high speed rail "as an effective way to reduce highway congestion" as the Obama administration in Washington and the Brown administration in Sacramento contend. read more »
Blogs
Will New York’s Economy Strangle Itself With Success?
Big cities have been on a bit of a roll in recent years. But sometimes you can have too much success, as we may be seeing in the case of New York. This week the New York Times reported that finance firms are moving mid-level jobs away from Wall Street to places like Salt Lake City and Charlotte. read more »
The Economist on the Costs of London's Green Belt
The Economist reminds readers of the economics of housing (or for that matter, oil or any other good or service): constraining the supply of a good or service in demand raises its price. In a 14-page feature on London, The Economist decries the high cost of housing in London. read more »
Portland Mixed-Use Condo Converts to Rentals, Mixed Use Nixed
The Oregonian reports that suburban Hillsboro's first mixed use condominium development is no more. Washington Street Station, was built near the suburb's small but historic downtown (see Note on Hillsboro). read more »
Core Cities Growing: Available Data Indicates Domestic Migration Losses
The Coming of Neo-Feudalism
Joel Kotkin's newest book The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class is now available to order. Learn more about this title and Joel's other books.
Infinite Suburbia
Infinite Suburbia is the culmination of the MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism's yearlong study of the future of suburban development. Find out more.
Recent blog posts
- Feudal Future: The Impact of Third-Party Candidates in Tipping the Election Scale
- Multiple More Jobs Accessible by Automobile Than by Transit
- Large Majority of Minorities Live in Suburbs
- Feudal Future: Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis & Protecting the Middle Class Dream
- Shift of Net Domestic Migration to Smaller MSAs and Outside CBSAs
- Feudal Future Podcast: Navigating the Global Politics That May Shape America's 2024 Elections
- YIMBY Can Populate Conference Halls (at Least)
- Feudal Future Podcast: Exploring the Impact of Catholic Schools on Underserved Communities
- Feudal Future Podcast: Exploring the Paradox of Peace and Economics in Taiwan-China Relations
- Feudal Future Podcast: Navigating the Future of Higher Education
Books
Authored by Aaron Renn, The Urban State of Mind: Meditations on the City is the first Urbanophile e-book, featuring provocative essays on the key issues facing our cities, including innovation, talent attraction and brain drain, global soft power, sustainability, economic development, and localism.
Read Michael Lind's new book, Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America.
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- Greater Manila 2020: The Evolving Urban Form
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- Women Ascendent: Where Females Are Rising The Fastest
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- Are Developers Greedy, Or Just Misunderstood?
Recommended Books
- The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050 By Joel Kotkin - Available Now
- The City: A Global History by Joel Kotkin
- Why is construction so backward? Co-authored by Ian Abley
- Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation Is Remaking America by Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais
- War on the Dream: How Anti-Sprawl Policy Threatens the Quality of Life by Wendell Cox
- Remembering the Twentieth Century Limited by Matthew Stevenson
- An April Across America By Matthew Stevenson
Blogroll and Partner Sites
- Burgh Diaspora
- Center for Economic Research and Forecasting
- China Urban Development Blog
- Chris Bradford - Austin Contrarian
- Houston Strategies
- LA Observed
- Multiplier Effect: Levy Economics Institute
- NDN
- Newsalert
- The Rural Blog
- The Urbanophile
- Patrick.net - Housing Crash
- Joel Kotkin
- Praxis Strategy Group
- American Association of Retirement Communities