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Planning
No Amount of Money is Too Much
by Randal OToole 11/20/2023
Is there any transit construction project that is so expensive that a transit agency will say, “Let’s not do this”? The Antiplanner has argued that the answer is “no” read more »
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Planning In Reverse: Rethinking Housing Targets
by Rob Burgess 11/15/2023
When it comes to setting housing targets, rather than threatening local government with the removal of its powers, State premiers would perhaps be better served by ensuring the targets they set are achievable. read more »
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Out For Growth
by Randal OToole 11/13/2023
A new report on housing decries the fact that many unaffordable housing markets have gotten even less affordable in the last few years. read more »
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Why H.I. Should Not Be Replaced By A.I.
by Rick Harrison 11/02/2023
I have been serving the land development industry with software technology since the late 1970’s. Back then, off-the-shelf software was rare, and every computer came with instructions on how to create programs. read more »
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HSR: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone
by Randal OToole 10/29/2023
The Mineta Institute — named after a San Jose congressman who was Secretary of Transportation in 2001 through 2006 — has a new report claiming that high-speed rail will produce huge economic and environmental benefits. read more »
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A Polycentric Plan for Portland
by Randal OToole 10/22/2023
Portland’s TriMet transit agency is attempting to serve a 2020s urban area with a 1910 transit system, says a new report published by the Cascade Policy Institute. read more »
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Michael Bloomberg's $1 Billion Assault on the Electrical Grid
by Robert Bryce 10/20/2023
Climate-related philanthropy in America has been hijacked by a radical agenda that will hurt the affordability, reliability, and resilience of the U.S. electric grid. read more »
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"New" Cities? An Old Idea
by Pete Saunders 10/18/2023
As a kid I used to draw imaginary cities all the time. I was inspired by a trip to Disney World when I was 11 years old and I saw the Magic Kingdom’s Main Street USA and EPCOT. Without even knowing the truth I realized they were designed environments, meant to evoke certain feelings from visitors. read more »
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A Polycentric Plan for St. Louis
by Randal OToole 10/15/2023
St. Louis has more miles of light rail than any other Midwestern urban area, yet fewer people rode St. Louis transit in 2019 than in 1991, before the region opened its first mile of light rail. read more »
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