Arbitrating Fairness: Potty Parity
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Planners are often involved in social equity analysis. How issues are defined and measured can affect what seems fair and just. Consider, for example, the fairness of toilet access.
Smarter Taxi and Ride-Hailing Policies
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Taxis, including new ride hailing services, play unique and important roles in an efficient and equitable transport systems. Let's support them with smart policies.
An Accurate Answer to an Interesting Question: Are Compact Neighborhoods Really Most Affordable?
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Contrary to recent claims, the evidence really does indicate that compact, multi-modal neighborhoods tend to be most affordable overall, considering both housing and transportation costs.
Selling Smart Growth
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Smart Growth can provide many direct benefits to residents, businesses and local governments. Our challenge is to better answer the question that many stakeholders ask, "What’s in it for me?"
Evaluating Affordable Housing Development Strategies
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There are many ways that communities can support and encourage affordable housing development. Let's compare them.
Smart Growth Policies for Urban Affordability and Fertility
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The new International Housing Affordability Survey contains various errors and biases. The author even claims that compact housing reduces fertility. Really? Smart policies can create affordable and family-friendly housing.
Implications for Planning Emerge From COP21
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The Conference of Parties (COP21) held during the last two weeks in Paris establishes ambitious climate change emission reduction targets. This will be a challenge and opportunity for planners. Here are some highlights.
Does Wendell Cox Realize He Just Supported Smart Growth?
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Smart Growth critic Wendell Cox recently endorsed White House Economic Advisor Jason Furman's criticisms of zoning codes that limit infill development, essentially endorsing Smart Growth policy reforms.
We Are Transport! We Have Solutions!
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Smart policies can provide significant greenhouse gas emission reductions in ways that help achieve other planning objectives, including economic development, social equity, and public health. Who will implement these policies? We will!
Complete Streets Concepts Are Now Being Applied Worldwide
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Dehli announced a major new Complete Streets program that will redesign urban roads to favor walking, cycling and public transport over car traffic. This is very good news. It shows that the Complete Streets concept is now being applied worldwide.,