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Yes To Infill, No To Nuisance, Michael Lewyn
Yes To Infill, No To Nuisance, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
This article argues against the use of private nuisance suits to exclude apartments from residential neighborhoods, based on the public interest in affordable housing and walkable infill development.
Sprawl And The Law, Michael Lewyn
Sprawl And The Law, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Powerpoint used as basis for speech explaining legal issues related to suburban sprawl, focusing on legal rules (such as single-use zoning, minimum parking requirements, and subdivision regulations encouraging wide streets and long blocks) that contribute to sprawl.
Learning From Detroit, Michael Lewyn
Learning From Detroit, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Reviews a recent book about Detroit's problems.
How To Make America Walkable, Michael Lewyn
How To Make America Walkable, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Review of Walkable City, by Jeff Speck
Suburban Sprawl: Weaker But Still Alive, Michael Lewyn
Suburban Sprawl: Weaker But Still Alive, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Review of The End of the Suburbs, by Leigh Gallagher.
How Real Is Gentrification?, Michael Lewyn
How Real Is Gentrification?, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Some commentators argue that gentrification is turning many cities into a playground for the rich. This article rejects that view, pointing out that even relatively affluent cities are still poorer than the average suburb.
How Comprehensive Planning Makes Suburbia More Sprawling, Michael Lewyn
How Comprehensive Planning Makes Suburbia More Sprawling, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Many commentators associate comprehensive land use planning with smart growth- but in fact, municipal plans can be used to further sprawl as well as smart growth.
Judaism And Urbanism: Jewish Communities React To Suburbanization, Michael Lewyn
Judaism And Urbanism: Jewish Communities React To Suburbanization, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
This speech addresses both how Jews should react to suburbanization and how they in fact have reacted in a variety of metropolitan areas.
Why Leave It To The Liberals? Conservative Views On Smart Growth, Michael E. Lewyn
Why Leave It To The Liberals? Conservative Views On Smart Growth, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Part of panel discussion on "Why Leave It To The Liberals? Conservative Views on Smart Growth"
Why (And How) Conservatives Should Support Smart Growth, Michael Lewyn
Why (And How) Conservatives Should Support Smart Growth, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Conservatives have generally been critical of the smart growth movement, because they often fear that smart growth is synonymous with overregulation of land use. This article explains why sprawl threatens conservative values, and suggests conservative-friendly smart growth policies that can both make government less intrusive and make America more walkable.
Sprawl In Canada And The United States (Powerpoint), Michael E. Lewyn
Sprawl In Canada And The United States (Powerpoint), Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
PowerPoints for a speech explaining that sprawl in Canada is (1) less extensive than in the USA and (2) caused partially by government regulation.
What Would Coase Do (About Parking Regulation)?, Michael E. Lewyn
What Would Coase Do (About Parking Regulation)?, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Like many government regulations, municipal minimum parking requirements exist to prevent externalities- most notably the congestion, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that occur when motorists drive around a city searching for scarce parking. But because such regulations make parking (and thus driving) cheaper and make walking more difficult, such regulations may in fact increase driving, thus increasing congestion, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Five Myths About Sprawl , Michael E Lewyn
Five Myths About Sprawl , Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
In Sprawl: A Compact History, Robert Bruegmann, an art historian, has painted a superficially convincing case for the status quo, asserting that sprawl is “a natural result of affluence that occurs in all urbanized societies.” Bruegmann's book has generated glowing media publicity. This article suggests that Bruegmann overestimates the universality of sprawl, by overlooking the differences between pedestrian-friendly cities with some sprawling development and cities in which automobile-dependent sprawl is the only choice available to most consumers. In addition, Bruegmann understates the harmful social effects of sprawl, especially the effect of automobile-dependent development upon non-drivers. Bruegmann also consistently underestimates the …
How Government Regulation Forces Americans Into Their Cars: A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn
How Government Regulation Forces Americans Into Their Cars: A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Shows how zoning law in Jacksonville contributes to automobile dependence.
"Thou Shalt Not Put A Stumbling Block Before The Blind": The Americans With Disabilities Act And Public Transit For The Disabled, Michael E Lewyn
"Thou Shalt Not Put A Stumbling Block Before The Blind": The Americans With Disabilities Act And Public Transit For The Disabled, Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ordered local governments to make bus and train systems more accessible to the disabled. The ADA imposed costly requirements upon local public transit systems but did not give local governments funds with which to satisfy this mandate. By reducing the funds available to transit systems, the ADA has sometimes forced cutbacks in transit service for everyone (including, ironically, the disabled to the extent that disabled people were able to use public transit before the ADA's enactment). Thus, the ADA has occasionally been counterproductive.
The root cause of the ADA's inadequacy is that the ADA …
Suburban Sprawl: Not Just An Environmental Issue, Michael E Lewyn
Suburban Sprawl: Not Just An Environmental Issue, Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Explains why conservatives should be concerned about suburban sprawl, and how market-oriented solutions can mitigate sprawl.
Are Spread Out Cities Really Safer? , Michael E Lewyn
Are Spread Out Cities Really Safer? , Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
One of my first articles. A discussion of the gap between perceptions of crime and the reality of crime, noting that sprawling Sun Belt cites were erroneously perceived as safer than they really were, while older, denser northern cities were erroneously perceived as more dangerous.