http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:31:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-7076 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:50:07 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/#comment-7076 Traffic congestion is a perennial problem with high very costs to society. I very much like congestion pricing. You set a rule that puts increasing costs on those creating an overload on the system (which has costly negative externalities). Then allow people to figure out how to adapt…

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-5911 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:21:45 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/#comment-5911 [...] urban planning aspects to optimize the land use seems to be lagging behind new construction). This urban planning is difficult but doing this well is what results in cities like Singapore, London, New York City instead of all [...]

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-5846 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:10:25 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/#comment-5846 [...] toward world standards (better public transportation, more walkable areas [improved sidewalks], intelligent land use planning… Getting the residence pass for talented expats so that it can be used by those that are not [...]

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-4788 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:37:17 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/#comment-4788 What is the aim of prison? To keep criminals locked up so they can’t commit crimes in society is another. Punishment, in order to deter people from committing crime is one reason they exist. And you would hope to mold prisoners so they do not commit crimes when they are freed…

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-4720 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:30:24 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/#comment-4720 Skytran is a very cool sounding transportation option. It promises, individual transportation modules traveling at 100 miles per hour within the city nonstop to many more points than light rail can service. The current non-solutions we have been attempting for decades of building more and more roads is not working…

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-4366 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:56:57 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/#comment-4366 “Stiff recently matched home resale values against commute times and found that in most of these major metropolitan areas, the trend is the same. The longer the commute, the steeper the drop in prices…”

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-3362 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:49:01 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/#comment-3362 Zipcar makes deals with local governments to secure zipcar parking near public transportation. They also have deals with universities, apartment buildings and businesses all of which provides a new level of easy customer access with cars available in many locations…

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:12:13 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/19/urban-planning/#comment-190 Walking to accomplish tasks (getting food, going to work, shopping, going to play basketball) provides a better quality of life than having to drive (getting stuck in traffic jams…) and saves money and protects the environment…

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