National Links: ‘We Buy Houses’ Fails Everyone
This week: billboard bans in France, Chicago’s bus battery troubleshooting and how an Arizona town wound up waterless.
Category: Housing
National Links: Induced Demand Justifies Freeways
Induced demand denial, local solutions for affordable housing, “Livable Streets 2.0” and more in this week’s National Links.
National Links: Best New Bike Lanes in the Country
Top bike projects of 2022, rent control in Boston, aligning climate priorities with city budgets and more national links for the week of February 5, 2023.
St. Paul City Planners Are Ready for Missing Middle Housing
Two recent reports show that St. Paul’s city planners have made their decision: They’re ready to legalize neighborhood-scale density.
National Links: Reducing Lithium Mining and Low Traffic Neighborhoods
A comprehensive study on the effectiveness of low-traffic neighborhoods in London and how reducing and reusing lithium can curb climate change – these topics and more on this week’s compilation of National Links.
Rep. Steve Elkins Has a Plan for Housing Abundance
In the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, Rep. Steve Elkins (DFL-Bloomington) is pitching a comprehensive and complementary set of housing policies.
National Links: Yes, Your Neighbor’s Noises Annoy You
Why noisy neighbors bother us, where cities will be building next, Los Angeles’ warmer future and other (inter)national links for January 9th, 2023.
‘De-Lyton’ in My Time in the North End
Another St. Paul adventure with Wolfie Browender, another set of splendid city views from empty parking ramps.
National Links: Owner Occupancy Required
An argument against free transit, a mapping project of neighborhood-level climate impacts, and more national links for the week of December 26th, 2022.
St. Paul and the Problem of Arterial-Only Housing Development
In St. Paul, we have confined the majority of our housing development to heavily trafficked streets, forcing residents to bear the consequences.