May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
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- September 12, 2013
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Here We Go Again0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 22, 2011
Density is good. That’s the message from Ryan Avent, a writer for The Economist, whose new ebook, The Gated City, received a boost from a promotional op ed in the New York Times. Density, according to Avent, makes people wealthier, happier, and more productive. The data he uses to support these ideas, however, are suspect. […]
READ MORESorry Smart Growthers, Baby Boomers Aren’t Interested0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 21, 2011
One of the articles of faith among smart-growth advocates is that retiring baby boomers will want to move into downtown or suburban high-density, mixed-use developments. In 2009, “Chris” Nelson himself came to Damascus, a very low-density suburb of Portland, to tell residents how wonderful it would be if they rezoned their city for high-density housing. […]
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Another LRT Exceeds Minimalist Expectations0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 19, 2011
Norfolk Virginia finally opened its light-rail line, and ridership “exceeds expectations” at 5,600 riders a day. Considering they run 212 trains a weekday, that’s just over 26 passengers per train. How many 40-passenger buses would have been needed to handle all that traffic? Of course, the rail line exceeded expectations in many other ways as […]
READ MOREBe Careful What You Wish For0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 16, 2011
A House Natural Resources Committee bill would turn national forests into fiduciary trusts mandated to produce both a minimum amount of timber and a minimum amount of revenues for the counties in which the forests are located. Thus, the Antiplanner’s original proposal to turn federal lands into fiduciary trusts become increasingly warped. A fiduciary trust […]
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