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Full-Text Articles in Law
Judaism And Sprawl, Michael E. Lewyn
Judaism And Sprawl, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
A speech explaining the relationship between suburban sprawl, Jewish values and Jewish observance.
Regulated Into Automobile Dependence: How City Hall Mandates Sprawl And What Planners Can Do About It, Michael E. Lewyn
Regulated Into Automobile Dependence: How City Hall Mandates Sprawl And What Planners Can Do About It, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
A brief (about 20-minute) speech explaining why government regulation promotes automobile-dependent development.
Alternative Learning Formats In A Land Use Seminar, Michael E. Lewyn
Alternative Learning Formats In A Land Use Seminar, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
A symposium piece on my use of field trips and guest speakers in my seminar on sprawl and the law.
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.
Alternative Learning Formats In A Land Use Seminar, Michael E. Lewyn
Alternative Learning Formats In A Land Use Seminar, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
A discussion of my use of field trips and guest speakers in my seminar on sprawl and the law.
2011 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2011 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
What Would Coase Do? (About Parking Regulation), Michael E. Lewyn
What Would Coase Do? (About Parking Regulation), Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
American municipalities typically require landowners to provide visitors and guests with ample amounts of parking, in order to prevent externalities such as cruising (drivers wasting gasoline and polluting the air while searching for scarce parking). However, minimum parking requirements may create social harms that outweigh this benefit. By artificially increasing the supply of parking, minimum parking requirements effectively subsidize driving, thus increasing rather than decreasing pollution and congestion.
2010 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2010 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Sprawl In Canada And The United States, Michael E. Lewyn
Sprawl In Canada And The United States, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
The purpose of this paper is to ascertain (1) whether suburban sprawl is as widespread in Canadian metropolitan areas as in their American counterparts, and (2) whether Canadian government policies, and in particular Canadian municipal land use and transportation policies, encourage sprawl. The thesis concludes that sprawl is less widespread in two respects. First, Canadian central cities have not declined to the same extent as American central cities. Second, urban and suburban Canadians are less dependent on automobiles than are Americans. The thesis goes on to point out that in Canada, as in the United States, government land use and …
Public Transit: Myth And Reality, Michael E. Lewyn
Public Transit: Myth And Reality, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Rebuts myth that public transit is inherently unpopular by pointing out that where development is compact and streets are walkable, transit ridership tends to be higher.
Keep It Local, Michael E. Lewyn
Keep It Local, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Criticizes state-imposed limits on local taxation on the ground that state governments have no legitimate interest in setting local tax rates.
A Tale Of Two School Systems, Michael E. Lewyn
A Tale Of Two School Systems, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Explains that suburban schools are more popular than urban schools primarily due to their more socially homogenous student bodies, and suggests that urban school systems seek to retain students through expanded magnet school programs.
2009 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2009 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
2008 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2008 Planetizen Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
2008-09 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2008-09 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Why Pedestrian-Friendly Street Design Is Not Negligent, Michael E. Lewyn
Why Pedestrian-Friendly Street Design Is Not Negligent, Michael E. Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
American streets are typically designed for fast automobile traffic. As a result, those streets are often dangerous for pedestrians.
In part, the anti-pedestrian design of American streets is a result of transportation planners' perceptions of American tort law. In negligent street design cases, courts and juries sometimes rely upon guidelines set by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), a national association of government transportation officials. Because AASHTO's street-design rules have historically favored wide streets built to accommodate high-speed traffic, planners sometimes assume that in order to avoid liability, they must do the same.
The purpose of …
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.
Planners Gone Wild: The Overregulation Of Parking, Michael E Lewyn, Shane Cralle
Planners Gone Wild: The Overregulation Of Parking, Michael E Lewyn, Shane Cralle
Michael E Lewyn
A review of Donald Shoup's book, The High Cost of Free Parking (to be published in William Mitchell Law Review).
How City Hall Causes Sprawl - A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn
How City Hall Causes Sprawl - A Case Study, Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
A book review addressing the city of Atlanta's pro-sprawl transportation, zoning and urban renewal policies.
Sprawl, Growth Boundaries And The Rehnquist Court , Michael E Lewyn
Sprawl, Growth Boundaries And The Rehnquist Court , Michael E Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
This article addresses the constitutionality and wisdom of Oregon's urban growth boundary (UGB) program. The article concludes that the program is constitutional under current precedent, and that (contrary to claims made by UGB critics) there is little evidence that the UGB has caused Oregon's runup in housing prices. On the other hand, UGB supporters may have exaggerated the UGB's positive environmental results.
"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 …