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Can we do anything about Vermont's housing crisis? Most obstacles to affordable housing construction are local! Let's reform land-use regulations, allow denser infill construction in our town centers, and incentivize walk-able mixed use communities. brookings.edu/policy2020/big…

To improve housing affordability, we need better alignment of zoning, taxes, and subsidies |...

Jenny Schuetz proposes better alignment of three policy tools to address housing affordability: Zoning reform, land value taxes, and subsidies.

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Today the newly opened Huanggang Port was a bit swamped during peak hours with travellers taking advantage of the long weekend. It took almost 1 hour to cross at surge times. Bus routes B10 and B11 were each operating as frequently as every 5 mins to handle the high demand.
JR Urbane Network
@JRUrbaneNetworkOct 13
HK Gov: "When the new Huanggang boundary crossing building opens everyone please try and not go over at once on the first few days just for IG pictures." (Gov literally said this the day before opening) HK people: *floods in on opening day* 嘩~打卡位! 新屎坑喎~ 嘩~ 放上IG先!
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Why isn’t the Route 23 bus stop at Market St in front of the Jefferson station doors so people could wait inside when it’s cold or raining? Could understand not want to crowd the doors, but it’s a pretty large space with 6 doors, and not that many people use that entrance.
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This is a major bus stop, with over 1200 boardings a day, with no shelter, but with septa owned shelter just feet away. It serves more riders than the entire Cynwyd line, the Chinatown station on the BRS or all but 12 regional rail stations.
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Has to be a fire code thing about not having people hang out by the doors?
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Anyone know why they are installing a flooring system here in market east on Ludlow st? No permits posted yet.
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It’s honestly amazing to see places like Manhasset where 1920s farmhouses sell for $800 per square foot like it’s a condo in Boston’s back bay. This is a price that would support new 40 story towers but NY doesn’t have a market economy for housing.
sam
@sam_d_1995Oct 16
it’s actually crazy how bad the zoning is on Long Island. Look at all of these LIRR stations that are a ~30 minute train ride from Manhattan. all surrounded by parking lots, strip malls, mansions, and golf courses. we need to make it legal to build more housing here!
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Even in NY’s expensive construction environment, high end 5 over ones only cost like $500 per sqft, well under the market price for housing. So much would get built if NY state pre-empted zoning around transit stations.
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Oh boy, I hadn't looked at the prices of condos in Back Bay since before the pandemic, and they are not $800 per sqft anymore.
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It's so sad that while data analysis is becoming radically easier and cheaper, we've invested so little in data collection itself.
Alex Armlovich
@aarmloviOct 15
Ah! A fresh episode for my Twitter microseries: "We Still Don't Really Know What The Rent Is"
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Why aren’t state level elected officials outraged when commuter railroads have farebox recovery ratios of 20-30%? Why don’t they demand zoning reform around transit to help reduce the billions per year they provide in operating subsidy?
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Very good reporting on the political incentives that prevent Philly City Council from abolishing an office that so many outside observers have advocated eliminating
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Maybe not convincing to housing skeptics, but the developer here saying that 20% affordability requirements in University city has effectively killed the pipeline for more student housing is pretty unsurprising.
Philadelphia Business Journal@PHLBizJournalOct 15
The tallest student housing tower in University City opened in August, and its developer is weighing opportunities for its next Philadelphia project. bizjournals.com/philadelphia…

Developer eyes another Philadelphia project after opening 34-story apartment tower

Landmark Properties weighs another Philadelphia student housing project after opening The Mark, a 909-bed tower in University City.

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I’m not sure what the goal of west Philly housing policy is, but if it’s anywhere close to maximizing affordability by diverting students away from competing for housing in neighborhoods, it’s hard to think of a better land-use than a 35 story student housing tower.
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Hayden
@the_transit_guyOct 14
I believe that Long Island might be the only place in the world in which 200 trains a day could serve a self storage place and parking lot.
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Imagine if instead of begging the state government for one time infusions of operating revenue, SEPTA had a per rider subsidy they could plan around.
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How to property tax revenues benefit when less land is devoted to surface parking, when there is less air and noise pollution, when there are fewer crashes and emergency responses. These benefits aren’t infinite, but they also aren’t zero. And transit agencies should be rewarded
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I could imagine a pretty reasonable per passenger + per passenger mile subsidy, something in the range of $1 + $0.50 per mile. Give them strong incentives to improve service and collect more revenue for the benefit they provide.
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If we want agencies to pursue major capital projects that provide substantial benefits, we need stable long term incentives for them.
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IMO this is policy/incentive problem. We’ve trained transit agencies to be reliant on federal dollars for capital upgrades, and don’t reward agencies for reducing costs or increasing ridership.
Colin
@Colin_d_mOct 13
It's frustrating that not a single US transit agency cares about electrification. The MBTA won't even run electric trains on existing electrified tracks!
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