Simply put, urban economics is the study of buildings and cities and why they develop the way they do. Urban economics help us to determine why certain places are so much more vital than others through the exploration of land-use, zoning, employment patterns, and the price of land. Over the last century cities have experienced massive change. With the arrival of the … [Read more...] about Urban economics.
Mobility
Equity and parking requirements.
Zoning, which dictates minimum off-street parking requirements for new and old buildings alike, has led to over 30% of our cities being given over to parking lots. While these parking requirements make for better parking, they make everything else worse. There is no science to parking requirements. Every city adopts its own zoning rules and parking requirements. If you ask a … [Read more...] about Equity and parking requirements.
The high cost of free parking.
Various studies indicate that approximately 30 percent of city land in the United States is allocated to parking. The Department of Urban Planning has estimated that New York City alone has approximately three million on-street parking spaces. Interestingly, only 3 percent of them have meters. Let’s get this straight. While housing costs are rising, often because of the cost … [Read more...] about The high cost of free parking.
One year. 49 conversations.
49 amazing people. 49 inspiring conversations. Josh McManus. Tom Murphy. Avra Jain. Liz Faletta. Eric Kronberg. Christine Mondor. Lorenzo Perez. John Perfitt. Jason Neville. Molly McCabe. Jonathan Tate. Scott Choppin. Matt Hoffman. Rebecca Foster. Brian Gaudio. Thibault Manekin. Jeremy McLeod. Kris Daff. Marc Koehler. Brian Murray. Josh Lavrinc. Emerick Paul Patterson. … [Read more...] about One year. 49 conversations.
Parking not required.
Donald Shoup’s large body of work centers on the connected urban issues of parking, transportation, public finance and land economics. A Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA, he is perhaps best known for two books: The High Cost of Free Parking (2005), which turned an otherwise academic topic into a significant policy issue; and as the editor of Parking and the City (2018), … [Read more...] about Parking not required.