What City Observatory did this week 1. Copenhagen’s cycling success hinges on tax policy and pricing, not just bike lanes. The New York Times offers up yet another postcard view of cycling in Copenhagen, where riding a bike to school…
Once again, Carmaggedon doesn’t materialize; this time when Seattle started asking motorists to pay a portion of the cost of their new highway tunnel Initial returns suggest that tolling reduced congestion by reducing the overall volume of traffic in downtown…
What City Observatory did this week A two cent solution to climate change? Around the world, plastic bags are an environmental scourge, both in the form a litter (a nuisance) and as a threat to wildlife. In response, many cities…
Let’s put a price on using the atmosphere as a garbage dump for carbon It works for plastic bags; let’s use the same idea for carbon Consider the plastic bag: It’s a highly visible environmental problem, one that we all…
What City Observatory did this week 1. Tim Bartik explains business incentives. States and cities spend about $50 billion a year on tax breaks and other incentives to try to influence business location decisions. The nation’s leading scholar on the…