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    The NIMBY 5th Column: Planners in Local Government
    yorro
    • Dec 5, 2021
    • 6 min

    The NIMBY 5th Column: Planners in Local Government

    At this point in my career I have learned, implemented, and written sections of a number of zoning codes in a few different...
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    The Problem with Minimum Bike Parking Requirements
    yorro
    • Oct 21, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Problem with Minimum Bike Parking Requirements

    Parking minimums of any kinds are problematic when based off of some ostensible causal relationship with land use. Bike parking minimums...
    107 views0 comments
    Failures of The Misobserver
    yorro
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Failures of The Misobserver

    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...
    44 views0 comments
    Taking On Your Local DOT
    yorro
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Taking On Your Local DOT

    Anyone who has ever been involved with or given comment on any sort of road expansion project knows that departments of transportation...
    27 views0 comments
    The Myth of the "Affordable" Tear-Down
    yorro
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Myth of the "Affordable" Tear-Down

    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...
    99 views0 comments
    Why Is the US Transportation System So Bad? Clues from 1968
    yorro
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 5 min

    Why Is the US Transportation System So Bad? Clues from 1968

    The planners' desk reference from the 1960s reveals the early missteps that led to the automobile-centered built environment of today. It...
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    Boise Boomtown: Missing the Bigger Picture
    yorro
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 8 min

    Boise Boomtown: Missing the Bigger Picture

    Boise decision makers scratching their heads about how to get more housing. When it comes to meaningful land use reform and better...
    59 views0 comments
    Parking Minimums: The Only Truly Effective Form of Inclusionary Zoning
    yorro
    • Aug 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    Parking Minimums: The Only Truly Effective Form of Inclusionary Zoning

    Substitute "parking spot" for "housing unit" and these two policies are essentially the same. I work in housing, and I am generally...
    65 views0 comments
    The Presence of Transit Doesn't Make Driving Not Convenient
    yorro
    • Aug 6, 2020
    • 7 min

    The Presence of Transit Doesn't Make Driving Not Convenient

    The concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD), relies on the thinking that if you build enough housing/retail/whatever close to...
    67 views0 comments
    How The System Suffocates The Natural Production of Housing
    yorro
    • Jun 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    How The System Suffocates The Natural Production of Housing

    People are always trying to build more housing, but it's the system of zoning, land use rules, and complaints from nearby residents with...
    50 views0 comments
    Individualist Auto Culture: Gaps at the Heart of Autonomous Vehicle Safety
    delorme
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 5 min

    Individualist Auto Culture: Gaps at the Heart of Autonomous Vehicle Safety

    The technological and regulatory basis for autonomous vehicle (AV) development will cement modern-day automobile individualism into our...
    154 views0 comments
    Walmart--a metric for walkability?
    pugsley
    • Jun 15, 2020
    • 4 min

    Walmart--a metric for walkability?

    Policy makers who say "our residents won't walk that far" may be missing the fact that many of their constituents regularly do. Las...
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    Homeownership & Disparities in Wealth
    yorro
    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 8 min

    Homeownership & Disparities in Wealth

    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...
    37 views0 comments
    Snout Houses Aren't The Problem
    yorro
    • May 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    Snout Houses Aren't The Problem

    Urbanists of all types love to hate on snout houses, but the solutions proposed by most zoning codes (and discussions of the problem...
    1,185 views2 comments
    Trip Generation is Nonsense
    yorro
    • May 27, 2020
    • 11 min

    Trip Generation is Nonsense

    In the late 1840s, a physician named Ignaz Semmelweis was working in the maternity ward of Vienna’s general hospital when he noticed that...
    63 views0 comments
    Why a New American Planning?
    yorro
    • May 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    Why a New American Planning?

    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...
    47 views0 comments

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