No Such Thing as a Free . . . Parking Space?
An excellent article in today's Seattle Times documents the sundry carrots and sticks that businesses use to reduce solo driving.
Few things are less sexy but more powerful than parking--a point Sightline has been making for some time. (This op-ed ticked off Rush Limbaugh, despite the fact that our argument--that parking should be deregulated--comes straight from the free-market playbook.)
The federal tax code should stop subsidizing parking and local governments should strike mandatory parking from building and zoning codes.
Red and Blue Counties?
The Austin, Texas, American-Statesman is running an important series of stories on American politics. The trend it reveals appears to be unfolding in Cascadia, too.
The rub: American politics is more polarized than ever because Americans have spent the last three decades sorting themselves geographically by their political leanings. Counties, not just states, have split between red and blue.
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