At this point in my career I have learned, implemented, and written sections of a number of zoning codes in a few different...

Parking minimums of any kinds are problematic when based off of some ostensible causal relationship with land use. Bike parking minimums...

Are a bunch of cars in the driveway of a single family home a manifestation of a strong preference for motor vehicles, or an indicator of...

Anyone who has ever been involved with or given comment on any sort of road expansion project knows that departments of transportation...

It shouldn't need to be said, but if an old single family dwelling gets torn down and replaced with something newer or bigger, it...

The planners' desk reference from the 1960s reveals the early missteps that led to the automobile-centered built environment of today. It...

Boise decision makers scratching their heads about how to get more housing. When it comes to meaningful land use reform and better...

Substitute "parking spot" for "housing unit" and these two policies are essentially the same. I work in housing, and I am generally...

The concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD), relies on the thinking that if you build enough housing/retail/whatever close to...

People are always trying to build more housing, but it's the system of zoning, land use rules, and complaints from nearby residents with...

The technological and regulatory basis for autonomous vehicle (AV) development will cement modern-day automobile individualism into our...

Policy makers who say "our residents won't walk that far" may be missing the fact that many of their constituents regularly do. Las...

If anyone is serious about the racial wealth gap, the only way to fix it is by sharing wealth directly. Say a guy goes to prison for 50...

Urbanists of all types love to hate on snout houses, but the solutions proposed by most zoning codes (and discussions of the problem...

In the late 1840s, a physician named Ignaz Semmelweis was working in the maternity ward of Vienna’s general hospital when he noticed that...

Urban planning is a fascinating field, except when you have to deal with it at the local level. But it's not even the planners that are...