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Joe Cortwright

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Opinion: American Parking Policy Is the Real Socialism

By Joe Cortwright | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments
"There may be massive inequities in other aspects of life, but each citizen is guaranteed equal access to adequate parking spaces." - Joe Cortright
a vast parking lot full of cars
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It Shouldn’t Cost 31x More to Take Transit Than to Park a Car

By Joe Cortwright | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments
Everything you need to know about equity and privilege in urban transportation is reflected in how much we charge for parking compared to transit.
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Most Pedestrian Infrastructure Is Really for Drivers

By Joe Cortwright | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments
Big money “pedestrian” projects are often remedial and performative — and their real purpose is to serve faster car traffic.
Photo: Wikimedia Creative Commons
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Why Peak Period Road Pricing Is Fair

By Joe Cortwright | Oct 2, 2017 | No Comments
Peak hour car commuters in Portland have incomes almost double those who travel by transit, bike, and foot.
Net zero, provided you ignore what its used for. Photo: Haselden Construction
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How Green Is My Free Parking Structure? Not Very.

By Joe Cortwright | Jul 21, 2017 | No Comments
Why does the National Renewable Energy Lab give its employees free parking?
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Urban Myth Busting: Congestion, Idling, and Carbon Emissions

By Joe Cortwright | Jul 7, 2017 | No Comments
Increasing road capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will backfire.
Photo: Robert Jack Wikimedia CC License
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Yet Another Flawed Congestion Report From Inrix

By Joe Cortwright | Mar 1, 2017 | No Comments
Do the costs of congestion outweigh the costs of building wider roads? Probably not. Despite an impressive amount of data, Inrix falls into the same old traps with its congestion report.
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What the Price of Parking Shows Us About Cities

By Joe Cortwright | Oct 25, 2016 | No Comments
Cross-posted from City Observatory. Earlier, we rolled out our parking price index, showing the variation in parking prices among large US cities. Gleaning data from ParkMe, a web-based directory of parking lots and rates, we showed how much it cost to park on a monthly basis in different cities. There’s a surprising degree of variation: […]
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Comparing the Price of Parking Across U.S. Cities

By Joe Cortwright | Oct 21, 2016 | No Comments
This article was cross-posted from City Observatory. How much does it cost to park a car in different cities around the nation? Today, we’re presenting some new data on a surprisingly under-measured aspect of cities and the cost of living: how much it costs to park a car in different cities. There are regular comparisons […]
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McMansions Fading Away?

By Joe Cortwright | Sep 14, 2016 | No Comments
Just a few months ago we were being told—erroneously, in our view–that the McMansion was making a big comeback. Then, last week, there were a wave of stories lamenting the declining value of McMansions. Bloomberg published: “McMansions define ugly in a new way: They’re a bad investment –Shoddy construction, ostentatious design—and low resale values.” The […]
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Court: Don’t Spend Billions on Outdated Travel Forecasts

By Joe Cortwright | Aug 12, 2016 | No Comments
Cross-posted from City Observatory. Last week, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has ordered new ridership projections for the proposed Purple Line light rail line, which will connect a series of Maryland suburbs. Like any multi-billion dollar project that serves a densely settled metropolitan area—and this one connects some […]
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Sprawl and the Cost of Living

By Joe Cortwright | Jul 7, 2016 | No Comments
Cross-posted from City Observatory. Over the past three weeks, we’ve introduced the “sprawl tax”—showing how much more Americans pay in time and money because of sprawling urban development patterns. We’ve also shown how much higher the sprawl tax is in the US than in other economically prosperous countries, and how sprawl and long commutes impose […]
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