Market Urbanism

Liberalizing cities | From the bottom up

“Market Urbanism” refers to the synthesis of classical liberal economics and ethics (market), with an appreciation of the urban way of life and its benefits to society (urbanism). We advocate for the emergence of bottom up solutions to urban issues, as opposed to ones imposed from the top down.

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1. PlaNYC 2.0 may try to tackle off-street minimum parking requirements for new development, though Transportation Alternatives and Tri-State Transportation Campaign are skeptical.

2. The TLC has been cracking down on illegal livery cab street hails as the Bloomberg administration considers allowing the black cars to pick people up off the street in the outer boroughs (and maybe Manhattan above 96th St.). Other than when Bloomberg first proposed it in his 10th State of the City, though, I haven’t seen any progress on that initiative.

3. The LPC is considering a proposal for a new East Village historic district “containing nearly 300 buildings,” and according to my quick Google Map’ing, a few completely non-historic post-war buildings and a gigantic parking lot.

4. More on the California redevelopment agencies that Jerry Brown is trying to kill.

5. The blog ArlingtonGOP chides county Democrats’ “failure to require adequate parking at new development projects,” which I guess means they are not in favor of free markets in off-street parking. I’ve emailed the Arlington GOP for clarification and further comment and will post it if I receive it.

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  1. Non-historic buildings (and parking lots) in an historic district are called “non-contributing” and they are not protected.

  2. Non-historic buildings (and parking lots) in an historic district are called “non-contributing” and they are not protected.

  3. I’m pretty sure anything new built still has to go through a design review process where anything the commissioners don’t like can still be shot down though, no?

  4. Love the quote from Yassky: “We’re just not going to tolerate anymore the prevalence of illegal street hails”. Spoken like a true kingpin. His state-granted monopoly creates artificial scarcity, inflated profits, and a gross mismatch between supply and demand – and he likes it just fine that way.

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