http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog daily 1.0 2026-03-21 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2026/3/21/initial-thoughts-on-the-measure-ula-analysis-by-bae-urban-economics monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/5c6a2cd0-8e78-4e17-b385-c5178354f188/fig5_development_scenarios.png Better Institutions - Initial Thoughts BAE Urban Economics' Analysis of Measure ULA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/9cb36f30-228d-44df-98c5-2f996fda8830/fig1_multifamily_transactions.png Better Institutions - Initial Thoughts BAE Urban Economics' Analysis of Measure ULA - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2026/1/27/comments-in-support-of-councilmember-ramans-measure-ula-reform-proposal monthly 0.5 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/9ead9819-4d39-441a-88ec-e0f2aef4e6b8/updated_ula_charts.png Better Institutions - Comments in Support of Councilmember Raman's Measure ULA Reform Proposal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/letter-to-california-senator-supporting-sb-79-and-ab-647 monthly 0.5 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/bd9b3fb1-9a6e-405a-a7d3-2b5625eb99bf/MPHA_building.jpg Better Institutions - A letter to my California state senator in support of SB 79 and AB 647 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/why-im-voting-against-californias-rent-control-initiative-proposition-33 monthly 0.5 2024-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/2dd0c42d-5ebe-4cd1-9132-020ce2babc59/prop33_language.png Better Institutions - Why I’m voting against California’s rent control initiative, Proposition 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/6d95e4cd-546a-4173-b7a3-81b4ad74021e/rent_control_effects_litreview.jpg Better Institutions - Why I’m voting against California’s rent control initiative, Proposition 33 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-no-growth-community monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/e4bef61d-d356-45f3-b4ac-ae7408a7f9fd/affordable_appealing_unchanging_pick_two.png Better Institutions - There's no such thing as a "no growth" community - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2021/10/11/why-advocate-market-rate-housing-development monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1634008983393-W262K0L63LLL41WTDJ47/LA-development.png Better Institutions - “Why do you spend your time advocating for expensive market-rate housing?” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1634009110710-UXPC5Q631LR39KE3U51D/podcast-covers-final_4-1-2.png Better Institutions - “Why do you spend your time advocating for expensive market-rate housing?” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2021/6/13/dont-expand-fire-district-1-eliminate-it monthly 0.5 2021-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1623641092222-ZS9YB4IZ27YUZW0BS7MJ/FireDistrict1.png Better Institutions - Don't expand Fire District 1. Eliminate it. - Make it stand out A map of areas covered by Fire District 1 in central LA. Source. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/shared-equity-rental-market-blueprint-regional-coops monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1621820281462-4IUTOA80QFOH50L2RJU9/athletesvillage_coophousing_vancouver.jpg Better Institutions - Blueprint for building a shared-equity rental market - Make it stand out Athletes Village co-op housing in Vancouver, BC. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2021/5/3/build-homes-prioritize-equity-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1619837718973-US2EP1NWWAZEDY2AX54Y/west-la.jpg Better Institutions - How to build more homes while prioritizing equity in Los Angeles Lots more housing belongs here. "West Los Angeles" by ATIS547 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1619836174304-S07HNZFMBPBUKV1K8JHF/UnitsbyDecade_CityofLA_2019_withRHNA.png Better Institutions - How to build more homes while prioritizing equity in Los Angeles Los Angeles is required to build 450,000 homes during the 2020s, dramatically more than it has built in the past, especially recent decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1619836338123-APVC1B3B801CUTALI4QW/rent-vs-inflation.jpg Better Institutions - How to build more homes while prioritizing equity in Los Angeles Allowable rent increases in Los Angeles have exceeded the inflation rate for most years of the past two decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1619836439084-MHOOSWHVP7Y7HTXSUPG6/upzone-sites.jpg Better Institutions - How to build more homes while prioritizing equity in Los Angeles Potential sites to prioritize new housing construction in Los Angeles, centered on neighborhoods with high incomes and quality transit access. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1619836544126-MJMMTWEN5G9PAJ87W3GV/rtc-results-nyc.jpg Better Institutions - How to build more homes while prioritizing equity in Los Angeles Evictions declined more than five times more in New York ZIP codes with right to counsel than in those without. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1619836674863-21TXL3P4BEVQYGTVZ0OU/hillside-villa.png Better Institutions - How to build more homes while prioritizing equity in Los Angeles The city offered the owner of the Hillside Villa apartments $124,000 per unit to extend the affordability covenants of its income-restricted units for just 10 years. The owner rejected the offer and LA is now considering acquiring the entire building through eminent domain. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2021/4/7/why-value-capture-shouldnt-apply-to-parking monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1617897440488-3OEIDPR0HU0VOPPIDW0V/34678-117508.jpg Better Institutions - Why we shouldn't apply "value capture" to parking reform Massive digging operations like this, which are often required to provide underground parking, plus the parking construction itself, can cost upward of $50,000 per space. Photo by City of Rain. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2021/3/25/what-housing-boom-an-updated-chart-of-housing-units-built-each-year-in-the-city-of-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2021-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1616719199866-QRYGGC9FHTDCP3JWIFUU/UnitsbyDecade_CityofLA_2019.png Better Institutions - What Housing Boom? 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(source) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1612243371951-6CB7876495PDASH4WQC2/image-asset.png Better Institutions - A "Rental Pension" Program to Compete with Homeownership Growth in home prices has outpaced household income growth for decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1612243537648-3FP2JU4BLNZQEGNVOC0X/monthly_benefit.png Better Institutions - A "Rental Pension" Program to Compete with Homeownership https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1612242989274-1YB89JLW1FUCDVXWO1DB/seattle_12unit.png Better Institutions - A "Rental Pension" Program to Compete with Homeownership The 12-unit property listed for $4.675 million in December 2020. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2020/9/20/yes-on-proposition-15-common-concerns-and-responses monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600641269304-8C2EJAZSXTHA61IR456C/yes15_0.png Better Institutions - Why You Should Vote “Yes” on Proposition 15: Responses to Common Concerns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600640108444-LSSMIOF9ZBBR9FPWT389/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Why You Should Vote “Yes” on Proposition 15: Responses to Common Concerns A Koreatown strip mall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600640789791-MS7ZTXN23FU4POYFIDP1/5-8-01-1080x675.jpg Better Institutions - Why You Should Vote “Yes” on Proposition 15: Responses to Common Concerns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600639342274-YTJ6H4STQK0TQB4543CA/Prop15language.png Better Institutions - Why You Should Vote “Yes” on Proposition 15: Responses to Common Concerns Language from Proposition 15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600640895952-57RSXE8EKZM80ALHUT2Y/prop15poll.png Better Institutions - Why You Should Vote “Yes” on Proposition 15: Responses to Common Concerns Proposition 15 polling from September 2020 (link). http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/subsidy-policies-affordable-city-book monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600111354897-JGEP6ZVF4SZXD770J9T1/WashingtonDChousing.jpg Better Institutions - Why Subsidies are Essential for Affordable Cities Housing in Washington, DC, built with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit funding. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/stability-policies-affordable-city-book monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600111142470-E4GJIF8P0GJSN9GK5M5A/eviction-1200x900.jpg Better Institutions - Why Stability is Essential for Affordable Cities http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/supply-policies-affordable-city-book monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600110888169-YBDT7AXTIV2SXVVJ7VBB/download.jpg Better Institutions - Why Supply is Essential for Affordable Cities http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/supply-stability-subsidy-the-affordable-city-book monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1600101287412-IEP5WH759IIKTUYZJ5D3/20200914_093304.jpg Better Institutions - Supply, Stability, and Subsidy are the Foundation of Affordable Cities (Book Release) http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2020/7/28/building-more-equitable-california-transfer-tax-reform monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1595989480529-D3NGIUWN1D0OC8VFW3TY/TransferTaxCover.png Better Institutions - 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LA could use a few more neighborhoods that look like this. How can we make sure they get built, and that they're affordable to residents across the income spectrum? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1488501526373-SKAYWBV6YR4W5QYLN54H/affordable_acquisition_vs_construction2.jpg Better Institutions - What Housing Policies Should Angelenos Be Advocating For, Post-Measure S? Potential growth rates of the traditional, construction-based affordable housing program (dark blue line) versus an acquisition-based program with equal annual funding. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1488503216119-6L8NHIPTGR08S8YO32E1/yucca-argyle.jpg Better Institutions - What Housing Policies Should Angelenos Be Advocating For, Post-Measure S? Tenants of the Yucca-Argyle apartments rally to oppose their eviction and redevelopment of their homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1488511458822-NF57E2K4M9450EADPFFG/Berlin+%281240%29.jpg Better Institutions - What Housing Policies Should Angelenos Be Advocating For, Post-Measure S? Emphasizing housing density and walkability can help us the types of neighborhoods that people love to congregate, and that make people—not cars—the top priority. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1488511764843-5V5J1KGZ5DP6SH7YI5EX/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What Housing Policies Should Angelenos Be Advocating For, Post-Measure S? A 12-story cross-laminated timber (CLT) building planned for Portland, OR. The city must create a path for developers to try out innovative, often less expensive materials like CLT that can increase the diversity of building aesthetics and reduce the costs of new housing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1488513408742-SX3A3FWHJ78HL9YTPQZ1/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What Housing Policies Should Angelenos Be Advocating For, Post-Measure S? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/3/2/election-update-los-angeles-voters-older-whiter-conservative-wealthy monthly 0.5 2017-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1488483226257-T54UFCDAX3TPIZTQYOJU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Election Update: So Far, People Voting Are Older, Whiter, Wealthier, and More Conservative Than Average LA Resident http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/2/20/los-angeles-complete-no-on-measure-s-reference-guide monthly 0.5 2017-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487478767747-XJFZNOFJXBCW50OH7E2O/MeasureS_PressConference1.jpg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487477875677-ZGL7Z98C3LZ7J6G7CIKL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th This site in the Arts District requires a general plan amendment to be converted from a literal trash heap into 500 homes, including 76 low-income units. If Measure S passes, it will continue to look like this for at least the next several years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487478878858-Y1VJESDH50DI4PMS3I2O/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th Vintage Westwood senior center, where residents are being threatened with eviction by new owners who want to upgrade the facilities for higher-income seniors. Bet Tzedek, an organization that offers free legal services to low income individuals and is representing the seniors at Vintage Westwood in their eviction defense, urges everyone to vote No on Measure S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487477428393-K868PHRR9KOX4FYF9K6Z/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th Mayor Garcetti speaks out against Measure S with other coalition members at Casa Heiwa, a 100%-affordable housing development in Little Tokyo that couldn't have been built if Measure S had been law. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487479085894-ZVOJV5CUCXU217U2U824/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th A 379-unit housing development proposed for 1100 S Main Street in downtown LA, half a mile from Metro's Pico station. It would include 42 units for low-income households and 26,000 sq ft of office and neighborhood-serving space, and would replace several one-story commercial buildings—no households would be displaced. This project requires a general plan amendment, zone change, and height district change to proceed. Even if this were 100% affordable, Measure S would still ban this from being built. And given that we're getting much-needed housing and 42 low-income units at no cost to the city, is this really the type of project we want to stop in Los Angeles? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487459663505-ZRX57XOPAL6LCF2BF6AW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th This is a blatant attempt to imply that Mayor Garcetti supports Measure S. He does not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487476986072-K8PG7FIVG8FR81N5LVTX/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th Michael Weinstein. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487483797654-CRTEEW0LF9T1DQJKESNG/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th His organization is also responsible for these billboards. So much for "neighborhood integrity." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487705660991-579301JOS22J9GCLQXAU/MeasureS_GetOut.jpg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Voters, Here Are All the Reasons You Should Be Voting NO on Measure S on March 7th A fitting juxtaposition. Photo by Alissa Walker. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/2/14/1300-affordable-homes-wont-be-built-if-measure-s-passes monthly 0.5 2017-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487144642478-U4PDDJ5H1LOYFQA7ZEFB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - 1,300 More Affordable Homes—Mostly in Downtown LA—That Won't Be Built if Measure S Passes If Measure S passes, it would indefinitely stop the redevelopment of this literal trash heap at 2117 E Violet St into 509 new apartments, including 76 units affordable to low-income households. Image source: Google Maps. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/2/13/ballot-initiative-voter-guide-los-angeles-march-7th-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1487057178608-K7MDLSZ7V9QYHT7GXB1G/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Ballot Initiative Voter Guide: City and County of Los Angeles, March 7th, 2017 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/2/8/los-angeles-housing-projects-banned-by-measure-s monthly 0.5 2017-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1486615888853-3ZRRB1YD27M8AUTK0RQW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - List of Housing Projects That Would Be Banned by Measure S — 19,000 Units And Counting... A 379-unit housing development proposed for 1100 S Main Street in downtown LA, half a mile from Metro's Pico station. It would include 42 units for low-income households and 26,000 sq ft of office and neighborhood-serving space, and would replace several one-story commercial buildings—no households would be displaced. This project requires a general plan amendment, zone change, and height district; if Measure S passed it couldn't be built because this area is currently zoned for "light manufacturing" only. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/1/11/top-7-reasons-to-oppose-measure-s-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2017-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1484200784925-5V7CQMN3OD63XHAFU28Z/TargetonSunset.jpg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the Los Angeles "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" A Target store at Western and Sunset that has sat unfinished for three years as a result of a lawsuit by an anti-development neighborhood association. The association vowed to sue again if City Council reauthorized its completion. Photo by Edwin Folven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1484201002860-AVJTEX5MWFT9S3KUT9YU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the Los Angeles "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" Despite the claims that housing production in LA is booming, we're actually three decades into a historic slump. A few booming neighborhoods is not enough to make up for growing demand across the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1484201289019-LAC4KSPWCMU6NM8PH6D7/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the Los Angeles "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" Compared to cities across the country, LA has done a horrible job of adding enough housing to accommodate new residents. From the City of LA Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1484201326820-YWXO2WDF77M2B5B19P87/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the Los Angeles "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" Mr. Weinstein works in the tall building to the left, but is arguing that the two new towers in the middle and on the right are "out of scale" with the neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1484201687594-UCVVLJUIW3D98MMTC1LI/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the Los Angeles "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" Throughout the U.S., cities that increased parking spaces in one 20-year period saw proportional growth in in automobile mode share during the next 20-year period. Increases in auto mode share did not have nearly as great an impact on parking supply. Image from research performed by McCahill, et al. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1484201726753-978TQC0NYV6YJ4X9JIIC/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the Los Angeles "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" This is not the product of an oversubscribed infrastructure, but one that has been overbuilt and costs too much to maintain for the number of people living in the city. We should not preserve a system with a 300-year schedule to replace our water pipes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1486369076231-50CABB52KKJ3EV9LAMTH/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the Los Angeles "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/1/9/demand-more-dtla2040-community-plan-update-summary monthly 0.5 2017-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483944307918-NHLUPWYODIBEIVM8B7B9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - We Should Demand More Housing and Greater Flexibility From the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update A map of the proposed zones in the DTLA 2040 plan. Source: DTLA2040.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483944767068-JWKCVON4AV7N58WU5MZD/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - We Should Demand More Housing and Greater Flexibility From the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483946875623-CDPZLH6JZ7LWSWO991ZI/Caruso_333_S_La_Cienega.jpg Better Institutions - We Should Demand More Housing and Greater Flexibility From the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update The constant delays and NIMBY roadblocks thrown up in front of good projects outside of downtown are an excellent example of why we should take full advantage of as much housing as developers are willing to build in downtown LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483946459638-3D66CBVGP4WSUH4YLAFP/image-asset.png Better Institutions - We Should Demand More Housing and Greater Flexibility From the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update In addition to moderating rent increases and providing new supply, both of which reduce the incentives for landlords to utilize Ellis Act evictions, downtown can also try out innovative support programs that better mitigate the impacts of redevelopment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483946336650-QI0PPWIIQCL194XEK9ZQ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - We Should Demand More Housing and Greater Flexibility From the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update The proposed Southern California Flower Market redevelopment is a great example of development being used to not only create new housing, but to create the value needed to preserve historic, job-producing uses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483946247418-2Z0KAP8693TJ4NOHF4G8/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - We Should Demand More Housing and Greater Flexibility From the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update New developments can be designed to retain the heritage features of old structures, such as the facade seen here in a Seattle redevelopment project, while still allowing for growth and densification. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483946098221-QD7TXW5WT02OLHOYTO6F/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - We Should Demand More Housing and Greater Flexibility From the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Humans are horrible at predicting the future, and our growth plans should account for a range of possibilities that leave flexibility for if (and when) our predictions don't turn out as we imagine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483946062712-XL2D6EURN1K5MFGZA4BU/20161127_135237.jpg Better Institutions - We Should Demand More Housing and Greater Flexibility From the DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Limiting parking can also make it easier to fill in smaller parcels, and help create the kind of consistent streetwall that makes many of our historic streets so beautiful. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/1/9/dtla2040-community-plan-update-recommendations monthly 0.5 2017-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480284933341-ZHSQMWTDZULEL2E59M5J/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1479875739915-EBX2GJZTVRTFJJ2PPV8E/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update The two Community Plan Areas being updated through the DTLA 2040 effort, Central City and Central City North. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1479877583846-748LPYLPD8SHUBTMOHWY/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Downtown will grow by this much if we plan for it, sure—but is this all we want? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480051250992-A8WK5ANWYF5DT23LXTFI/Flower_market.jpg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update The proposed Southern California Flower Market redevelopment would "call for the demolition of one building to construct a 15-story residential tower with around 320 units, 10% of them below market rate," and would preserve and renovate the Flower Market itself. Source: LA Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480284643574-ZCTKQ8ZWAI8JLBL6K25E/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Downtown LA—particularly its west side—is one of the main economic engines for our region, and is increasingly important as a residential and cultural center as well. Why shouldn't we want the rest of downtown to follow suit, especially when doing so gives us the resources to solve many of the city's biggest challenges? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480116959558-NBJ472D1ESR7XV865OJE/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Figure from the 2015 Legislative Analysts Office report, "California's High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480193882919-1L8OLLUEWEXELNXA7HJ3/paris_above2.jpg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update At 54,000 people per square mile, Paris is the most dense city in Europe. Many neighborhoods in Paris house considerably more people per square mile. By comparison, Koreatown is LA's most dense neighborhood, at roughly 40,000 people per square mile. When done right, density is not something to be afraid of. We just need to make sure we're asking for the right things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480388917688-OMJTQM7ALZNE96CMS0CZ/zoning_capacity_LA.jpg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Chart illustrating LA's self-inflicted decline housing capacity over the past 50 years, from the dissertation of former UCLA Ph.D. student Greg Morrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480392647085-KTSSBQ0IGJHG3NDJ2XE2/yucca-argyle_press_conference.jpg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update A photo from the anti-Build Better LA press conference held on July 19th, 2016 at the Yucca-Argyle apartments, where 40 rent-stabilized units are set to be replaced by 39 low income and 152 market-rate units. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480397110501-GR3VU7HXEUJ5T5JDN4FL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Parklets are great additions to the urban fabric of a neighborhood, but they can't take the place of real, full-sized parks. Photo from DTLA Rising by Brigham Yen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480045400670-TKG6XP4Y4XUAITLWS6O2/Park1.jpg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Example park location #1 of 4. Tap the left or right arrows on the image to see other examples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480045400533-XGNUBD37FFCQLNL95H8M/Park2.jpg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Example park location #2 of 4. Tap the left or right arrows on the image to see other examples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480045402688-Q87CY50BCD024C2ZSGRE/Park3.jpg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Example park location #3 of 4. Tap the left or right arrows on the image to see other examples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480045402993-7LVHGMNISLJ3MFB5631F/Park4.jpg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Example park location #4 of 4. Tap the left or right arrows on the image to see other examples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480401179548-ATSMUUBVM8MOBLR9MBWV/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update The southern/central park of downtown needs its own version of the LA State Historic Park (Cornfields). The only way we're gonna get it is by building enough housing to raise the necessary funds and creating the demand necessary to support it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480401726318-RAJKU0AKX1CHI0MC1W1J/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1480050519377-UBMI8IQ9TD3FOGN29C5B/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Metro Rail (colored lines) will frame downtown on all sides: Red, Purple, Blue, and Expo Lines on the west and north; Blue on the south, and the future West Santa Ana branch line on the east. What services will be available to connect the areas in between and beyond? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1482116031992-T1MJYX1TYGF0WJQ9NQ7E/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update A new building in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, where the facade was maintained and 5 stories of housing were built above it. The pre-redevelopment business, a bar named Bill's Off Broadway, returned to its location on the ground floor when development was complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1482117430287-4IUQVZM1QOVT9T7SYMCB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Another example of a Seattle redevelopment with a retained historic facade, 3 blocks down the street from Bill's Off Broadway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1482125882662-8GVSIK22L5Q6TUDFPKI9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Analysis and Recommendations For the Proposed DTLA 2040 Community Plan Update Projects built in the Expo Corridor plan area would accrue a debt of "points" based on their zoning and inclusion of on-site affordable housing. This point debt is paid off by providing local amenities such as a "mobility hub," streetscape investments, childcare centers, and publicly-accessible open space. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2017/1/2/two-recent-updates-on-housing-progress-in-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2017-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483418559258-81CWBD9PVRHY0EAY7QE7/LA+Live+-+South+Park.jpg Better Institutions - Two Recent Updates on Housing Progress in Los Angeles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483418306158-CZOYRK4V4YE9AWHJ8REU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Two Recent Updates on Housing Progress in Los Angeles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483418410251-TRRU9KC84I642KC7HPOU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Two Recent Updates on Housing Progress in Los Angeles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483419217829-0T81WGDY8JY0KZN4K07A/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Two Recent Updates on Housing Progress in Los Angeles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483419179356-PKJ30G68QDEJE6LPOQ4C/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Two Recent Updates on Housing Progress in Los Angeles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1483419194243-KQZKXKUTCIY58EW72026/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Two Recent Updates on Housing Progress in Los Angeles http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/11/16/los-angeles-10-new-units-every-1-demolition monthly 0.5 2016-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1478124890766-P0ZNUXMVD4HMBICVJQ02/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Builds 10 New Multifamily Homes For Every One It Tears Down http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/10/25/downtown-la-parking-reform monthly 0.5 2016-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1477444335523-9FX6YJC0Y26IKGL90CS1/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Initial Thoughts on Proposed Downtown LA "Parking Podium" Reforms An especially heinous parking podium at the corner of Wilshire and Vermont. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/10/13/2016-ballot-initiative-voter-guide-cheat-sheet monthly 0.5 2016-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1476425237507-9S6RX8QFS4D1S1SHAWEG/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - 2016 Ballot Initiative Voter Guide Cheat-Sheet http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/10/13/ballot-initiative-voter-guide-california-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2016-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1476292926694-KS2F7Y7PU5MOLLKKCQ8U/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Ballot Initiative Voter Guide: California, LA County, and the Cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1476414657926-Z3XQGL6LQE2288TU4O04/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - Ballot Initiative Voter Guide: California, LA County, and the Cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica This GIF shows today's Metro rail network compared to the full build-out in several decades if Measure M is approved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1476425991759-UT2799RV2FXSGY6J4MPM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Ballot Initiative Voter Guide: California, LA County, and the Cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/9/11/rent-stability-part-2-rolling-rent-control monthly 0.5 2016-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1473625456563-2L904BQXRVR8GI3V3HF5/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Rent Stability, Part 2: How "Rolling" Rent Stabilization Might Preserve Affordability in LA A 45-unit apartment building in Koreatown at 535 S Hobart Blvd, built in 1986, which would become rent stabilized in 2017 with a change to a 30-year "rolling" rent stabilization law. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1473639346714-9UC1MPUB440XW64U2CPK/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Rent Stability, Part 2: How "Rolling" Rent Stabilization Might Preserve Affordability in LA The Palladium project will add hundreds of new houses one block from LA's most popular subway line, fix up the historic Hollywood Palladium theater, and will be just a few feet taller than its neighbor, 6255 Sunset, which was built over 40 years ago. Projects like this would not be built if the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative passed; if rent stabilization laws were passed arbitrarily and unpredictably, projects like this might never even be proposed—dramatically worsening the housing shortage afflicting LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1473636800119-VPDZT13IHP39J12S57CE/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Rent Stability, Part 2: How "Rolling" Rent Stabilization Might Preserve Affordability in LA A screencap from Omar Ureta's Built:LA map, highlighting all of the buildings constructed between 1980 and 2008. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/9/11/rent-stability-part-1-limits-of-stabilization monthly 0.5 2016-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1473138230586-IMAMPS5DFPIQ0SNG9Y23/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Rent Stability, Part 1: The Limits of Rent Stabilization In Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti announces an informational campaign on rent stabilization spearheaded by his office, Home For Renters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1473138347254-0EF5O1RZ8KP0VM4WUND1/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Rent Stability, Part 1: The Limits of Rent Stabilization In Los Angeles The simple terms in which some people view rent stabilization. Win for renters, loss for greedy landlords! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1473138400429-676JOARTQMXRB7ZG8K9H/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Rent Stability, Part 1: The Limits of Rent Stabilization In Los Angeles A work in progress map of all the rent-stabilized units in Los Angeles, being put together by Omar Ureta at theworks.la. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/8/24/downzone-single-family-neighborhoods monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1471993775482-HXGSA77M75O3FJ88XT36/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Look Backward, Not Forward! Downzone Single-Family Neighborhoods! Make way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1472053971166-K2A7VFC6H3H2VAX693UL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Look Backward, Not Forward! Downzone Single-Family Neighborhoods! Make LA Great Again! http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/8/16/boomers-paved-farmland-now-suburbs-off-limits monthly 0.5 2016-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1471410678059-FPE0Y8YK8OXYOUBKPQYN/image-asset.png Better Institutions - We Paved Over Farmland to Build the Suburbs; Now Those Neighborhoods Are Off-Limits to Any More Development Palo Alto, now and forevermore. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/8/14/down-with-population-forecasts-long-live-vacancy monthly 0.5 2016-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1471233599353-NN5RKTPW6UORB3LG2KND/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Population Forecasts and Housing Allocations Don't Work; We Should Replace Them With Vacancy Targets Growth in national vehicle-miles traveled started leveling off around 2004, but it took at least 6 years for the Federal Highway Administration to adjust to the new reality and begin reducing its projections for future growth (which were still too optimistic). Source: Frontier Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1471238777271-C5Q94MM7SGCBITXMX4TB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Population Forecasts and Housing Allocations Don't Work; We Should Replace Them With Vacancy Targets http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/8/8/hard-work-taxed-passive-housing-wealth-is-not monthly 0.5 2016-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470721982934-CF4V1HX3SXT2X1OKTNMM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Hard Work Is Taxed, Passive Accumulation of Housing Wealth Is Not A $2.2 million "teardown" in LA. Why does someone who lucked into phenomenal growth in the value of their land, despite not even maintaining their property, get to keep nearly 100% of the growth in that value—while the regular working Joe pays much of his income on tax? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470721135123-1ITOT64Z630C6GUN6UWJ/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Hard Work Is Taxed, Passive Accumulation of Housing Wealth Is Not Nearly two-thirds of all federal housing expenditures go to households earning over $100,000 per year, and effectively zero homeownership subsidies go to households earning less than $40,000 a year. Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/8/1/non-profit-housing-acquisition-tenant-mobility monthly 0.5 2016-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470121995245-X6879X916VD0STNAATYE/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Another Benefit of a Non-Profit Housing Acquisition Program: Tenant Mobility Here's a picture of a random Glendale apartment building, so that when this article is shared there's an accompanying image. Enjoy! http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/7/31/non-profit-housing-protect-displaced-residents monthly 0.5 2016-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470028208448-41DWGL8QNHFUFA1MBL5A/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How a Non-Profit Housing Acquisition Program Could Protect Displaced Residents This chart compares the amount of affordable housing created by new construction versus how much market-rate and affordable housing could be purchased and preserved with an acquisition-based program. While the acquisition-based program starts out slower it experiences exponential growth, whereas the construction program plateaus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470028913787-JSV5DQAX09VTSDYBB6ZM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How a Non-Profit Housing Acquisition Program Could Protect Displaced Residents Example of an ideal building for acquisition/preservation. Located in Koreatown, part of a 90-unit complex selling for $193,000 per unit, and high enough density that it is unlikely to be targeted for redevelopment in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470021364319-X76NJQKSLOW6YAXZ0XX6/image-asset.png Better Institutions - How a Non-Profit Housing Acquisition Program Could Protect Displaced Residents About 20,000 rent-stabilized units have gone off the market since 2001, but only a few thousand since 2008. Source: Los Angeles Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470029157148-4IHH8IAL50JY9548AM6X/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How a Non-Profit Housing Acquisition Program Could Protect Displaced Residents Eva Longoria was brought on board with Turner Impact Capital to raise awareness of their efforts. Source: BusinessWire. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/7/19/opposition-isnt-about-affordability-its-self-preservation monthly 0.5 2017-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1468979221418-GP8EJ0JHDE9VNV4TEVLU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Renter Opposition to New Housing Isn't About Keeping LA Affordable, It's About Self-Preservation (And That's Okay) A photo from the anti-Build Better LA press conference held at the Yucca-Argyle apartments on July 19th, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1468989103659-22F8AM5VKPEWVPJPKHY3/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Renter Opposition to New Housing Isn't About Keeping LA Affordable, It's About Self-Preservation (And That's Okay) Google Maps street view of the Yucca-Argyle apartments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1468976759437-7W9VF51ZQ3AAEGF91EYO/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Renter Opposition to New Housing Isn't About Keeping LA Affordable, It's About Self-Preservation (And That's Okay) This Koreatown apartment building was purchased for $7 million—$127,000 per unit—in 2015. It and thousands of other units could be acquired with public funds and used to house those displaced by new development. Source: MultifamilyBiz. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/7/6/pro-housing-anti-development-same-side monthly 0.5 2016-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467872827443-RYDV27GYOBWXVL7SVEHB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What Will It Take to Get Pro-Housing and Anti-Displacement Advocates on the Same Side? The Yucca-Argyle Apartments, which will be replaced by a 191-unit housing development, including 39 units affordable to low income households. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467874682345-TJN0U2FFPFS5B8V9TLTL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What Will It Take to Get Pro-Housing and Anti-Displacement Advocates on the Same Side? Here's a stock photo of roughly what I have in mind. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/7/5/los-angeles-more-happy-hours-please monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1466891140762-3VR3483EA8Q5XOTW0S6W/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - For the Future of Los Angeles—More Happy Hours, Please! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1466827101704-KDE6LFTO89TW09RI82CJ/image-asset.png Better Institutions - For the Future of Los Angeles—More Happy Hours, Please! The social network(s) of high-end business communities in Los Angeles and San Francisco were equally connected in 1982. Source: Naji P Makarem, Environment and Planning C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1466827131023-2XE4SNRCNL130PFJ0FZ8/image-asset.png Better Institutions - For the Future of Los Angeles—More Happy Hours, Please! By 2010, the social network(s) of in Los Angeles had fragmented and shrunk, while those in San Francisco remained intact. Source: Naji P Makarem, Environment and Planning C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467692870756-AYAFYMQHOMTE36A3KPIG/image-asset.png Better Institutions - For the Future of Los Angeles—More Happy Hours, Please! Share of firms that were a part of the largest network component in LA and SF in 1980, 1995, and 2010. While the largest network declined dramatically in LA, it remained strong in San Francisco over the 30-year period.Source: London School of Economics, US Centre. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/6/30/planning-great-parks-of-the-future monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467346802699-ZWV63IJUVLBVSMDEA21V/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Long-Term Planning For the "Great Parks" of the Future A section of the Japanese Garden, located in Washington Park, a "Great Park" in Seattle. Photo by Paul Randal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467353099883-53Z6FLO73CJITPEBLSL4/great_park_compton.jpg Better Institutions - Long-Term Planning For the "Great Parks" of the Future A hypothetical "Great Park" area bounded by Firestone Blvd, Graham Ave, E 92nd St, and Hooper Ave, immediately adjacent to Firestone Station on the Metro Blue Line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467357109767-D24ZGD1EHKDQ5IRTRKNP/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Long-Term Planning For the "Great Parks" of the Future A map of the Emerald Necklace parks and parkways stretching throughout Boston. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/6/29/developers-not-building-empty-luxury-apartments monthly 0.5 2016-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467301280846-NY482M0T2V634B4LBQAA/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - No, Developers Are Not Tearing Down Los Angeles to Build Half-Empty Luxury Apartment Buildings The AVA apartments under construction in Little Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467303403230-7NPTPBSVQNT3QNQ5I592/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - No, Developers Are Not Tearing Down Los Angeles to Build Half-Empty Luxury Apartment Buildings Sunset Gordon Tower, one of the few new buildings in LA that truly is vacant, after a court ordered all tenants to vacate. Photo by Jesse Lingenfelter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467252536699-JYVKBJCNB4ZXBQQ2YGJN/image-asset.png Better Institutions - No, Developers Are Not Tearing Down Los Angeles to Build Half-Empty Luxury Apartment Buildings The Department of City Planning's 2014 Growth and Infrastructure Report shows that there were 1,868 multifamily homes demolished between 2010 and mid-2014, and 19,255 new multifamily units constructed. Source: Department of City Planning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1467303909353-CO7CHVJG1OK6Y76DZZFZ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - No, Developers Are Not Tearing Down Los Angeles to Build Half-Empty Luxury Apartment Buildings Partial map of zoning areas in LA. Salmon/pink-colored zones were affected by Proposition U, and could produce a massive supply of affordable housing at no cost to the public. Map from Property Shark. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/6/19/private-development-public-ownership-housing-affordability monthly 0.5 2016-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1466402352391-LGEHYMD5KYYZL0XN88TH/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Private Development, Public/Non-Profit Ownership: Recipe For Long-Term Housing Affordability Apartments along Fountain Avenue in West Hollywood were sold to an investor for $293,000 per unit, and will be upgraded over time as residents move out—leaving fewer unsubsidized "market-rate affordable units" on the open market. Source: Azzi Advisors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470115105883-3GI07MLZFVMBBBKSF6FN/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Private Development, Public/Non-Profit Ownership: Recipe For Long-Term Housing Affordability An acquisition-based affordable housing program would be slow to grow at first, but would result in exponential growth over time. A construction-based building program would plateau without consistent funding increases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470115393835-T5PRAQ5XS5IT0ZZBBC45/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Private Development, Public/Non-Profit Ownership: Recipe For Long-Term Housing Affordability An acquisitions-based affordable housing program starts slow, but grows exponentially, is fully self-sustaining, and exhibits a trend in which per-unit subsidies fall over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1470115830247-F1JWZLTEK9E534R7XA60/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Private Development, Public/Non-Profit Ownership: Recipe For Long-Term Housing Affordability A construction-based affordable housing program plateaus early, and long-term costs only grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1466401116747-GLNKVI4K7YCAR11ZEZPR/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Private Development, Public/Non-Profit Ownership: Recipe For Long-Term Housing Affordability Median asking price for multifamily housing in the city is approaching $260,000 per unit—still far less than new construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1466402783518-217LSA30UYWS1U5U45B1/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Private Development, Public/Non-Profit Ownership: Recipe For Long-Term Housing Affordability A common example of an existing building that is unlikely to be redeveloped, but will feel pressure to be renovated to appeal to a higher-earning demographic without an adequate supply of new housing—and which could be protected if it were purchased for non-profit ownership and management. This Koreatown apartment building was purchased for $7 million—$127,000 per unit—in 2015. Source: MultifamilyBiz. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/6/4/reframe-density-bonus-market-rate-penalty monthly 0.5 2016-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1465187133780-SA3UKPGMQRNKLAS0LEPL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Maybe We Should Re-Frame the California Density Bonus as a "Market-Rate Penalty" Rendering of TCA Architect’s Camden Glendale apartments, which received a 32.5% density bonus in exchange for building a number of affordable units. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1465273845933-D7RI00SW05MSLPDRY9GR/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - Maybe We Should Re-Frame the California Density Bonus as a "Market-Rate Penalty" These two scenarios are equivalent, but people are more likely to gamble when presented with the second scenario, which is framed as a certain loss. From research by Tversky and Kahneman. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/5/25/governor-browns-affordable-housing-bill monthly 0.5 2016-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1464235910660-JL013Z0W6OYY3MDBKF5A/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What Does Governor Brown's Proposed Housing Bill Mean For Affordability in California? Governor Jerry Brown with Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti and others. Photo by Neon Tommy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1464662514809-9LJ2VY48WNL4CO6YQ6LX/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What Does Governor Brown's Proposed Housing Bill Mean For Affordability in California? Diagram of "missing middle" housing types, by Opticos Design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1464662666008-BBYXLC91N0J0YK8O5WZ3/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What Does Governor Brown's Proposed Housing Bill Mean For Affordability in California? Increased participation in the density bonus can yield more market-rate and affordable housing, even with lower thresholds. Table by author. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/5/16/keep-los-angeles-affordable-repeal-proposition-u monthly 0.5 2016-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1463464249811-DPEMATXXE86ERHZ9663Q/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Keep Los Angeles Affordable by Repealing Proposition U A map highlights the zoning designations for parcels in Los Angeles and adjacent cities. The pink/salmon colored parcels are zoned for commercial use, and were the primary targets of Proposition U in 1986. Image from Property Shark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1463463799358-B82B5HUIVGC0EZYH7YWI/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Keep Los Angeles Affordable by Repealing Proposition U LA and its voters dramatically reduced the residential zoning capacity of the city over the 30-year period from 1960 to 1990, creating an artificial housing scarcity that has helped drive up housing prices for decades. Prop U was one contributing factor in that reduction. Chart from dissertation of UCLA PhD student Greg Morrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1463463971804-JZ3R1CB851KWAS4FKVYR/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Keep Los Angeles Affordable by Repealing Proposition U A concept plan for the polycentric growth of Los Angeles, approved in 1974. Proposition U made the development of many of these corridors illegal, making the plan impossible to implement. Image from Recode:LA. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/neighborhood-integrity-initiative-lying-to-you monthly 0.5 2016-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1463021999083-BES5153D1GIOO7V4VK6Q/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Neighborhood Integrity Initiative is Lying to You http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/4/28/whos-greedy-los-angeles-home-values monthly 0.5 2016-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1462858005352-R4YYA3D87OYYULNB0SD2/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Wait, Who's Greedy? Many LA Homes Going Up In Value More Than Average Angeleno's Annual Income Billboard paid for by the Coalition to Preserve LA, the anti-growth organization backing the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1462410802904-X2WT9ETX6P2ET842XD3A/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Wait, Who's Greedy? Many LA Homes Going Up In Value More Than Average Angeleno's Annual Income In San Francisco, people under 50 are desperate for solutions to improve housing affordability. Boomers and older: "Not our problem!" From Bay Area Council 2016 Report. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1462858061844-DFYRNZ8L41I8IZNC1NV3/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Wait, Who's Greedy? Many LA Homes Going Up In Value More Than Average Angeleno's Annual Income More accurate version of what the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative would achieve in LA, and what arbitrary limitations on new housing achieve in general. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1462843182578-DUYTAW5K85UJ7EEY8941/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Wait, Who's Greedy? Many LA Homes Going Up In Value More Than Average Angeleno's Annual Income Left: ZIP codes included in analyses of median home price changes; Right: map of City of Los Angeles border. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/4/24/its-the-vacancy-rate-stupid-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2016-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1461566877499-IN1452GE2WZA145QYNUO/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's the Vacancy Rate, Stupid: Why New Development Has Little to Do With Rising Rents Is construction in downtown LA somehow responsible for rent increases in neighborhoods like Venice and West Adams, where rents have gone up just as fast despite essentially no new homes being added? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1461554760411-5NW1NRX29A2MBXIJHUOB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's the Vacancy Rate, Stupid: Why New Development Has Little to Do With Rising Rents The slightly upward-moving trend line drops even further when downtown LA outliers are removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1461561314100-YVYD7VQOBZH8MASRN7IB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's the Vacancy Rate, Stupid: Why New Development Has Little to Do With Rising Rents Cities like Boston, LA, New York, and San Francisco have some of the most expensive housing in the country—and some of the lowest vacancy rates. Chart from the NYU Furman Center. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/3/27/liberal-cities-housing-policy-hypocrisy monthly 0.5 2016-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1461214361179-NRJ7CRQLIGPSDSZ5A2XG/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Disconnect Between Liberal Aspirations and Liberal Housing Policy is Killing Coastal U.S. Cities New housing under construction. Photo by Stephen Rush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1460523777881-9X2FDA5C511ETOO3GE7C/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Disconnect Between Liberal Aspirations and Liberal Housing Policy is Killing Coastal U.S. Cities Rents rose faster than incomes in more liberal, coastal U.S. cities, while incomes rose faster than rents in more conservative cities such as Houston and Atlanta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1460600795093-HHFG8PT3N3YCEWDBRATX/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Disconnect Between Liberal Aspirations and Liberal Housing Policy is Killing Coastal U.S. Cities Average annual carbon emissions per household in the New York metro area. Dense, "dirty" New York City produces about half as many emissions, per household, as the "green" suburbs beyond. Image from Berkeley's CoolClimate maps site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1461041133276-EPZ29MNVXJLWIX0O45OB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Disconnect Between Liberal Aspirations and Liberal Housing Policy is Killing Coastal U.S. Cities Wrong for the U.S.-Mexico border, but okay for cities. We shouldn't complain about people coming to our country with different cultures and values, but it's okay in our neighborhoods. Photo from World Tribune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1461210020606-WKTTW5WPWA81SIRO3FDD/image-asset.png Better Institutions - The Disconnect Between Liberal Aspirations and Liberal Housing Policy is Killing Coastal U.S. Cities When you look at capital income as a share of all income, the gains of the past 40 years essentially disappear when you remove housing from the equation. In other words, almost 100 percent of the increase in wealth in equality can be attributed to housing. Chart from Brookings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1461216961473-UPGUC1CU5S84H2EVBDJ7/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Disconnect Between Liberal Aspirations and Liberal Housing Policy is Killing Coastal U.S. Cities Atlanta skyline. A city with less economic opportunity than many coastal cities, but where owning a home or paying an affordable rent is still within reach to moderate-income households. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/3/15/downsized-what-to-make-new-neighborhood-integrity-initiative monthly 0.5 2016-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1458106448723-F9DSKECWIWBKGWSGX4ZU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Downsized: What to Make of the Updated Neighborhood Integrity Initiative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1458105264939-ORYO68P88DRNZ63DX973/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Downsized: What to Make of the Updated Neighborhood Integrity Initiative Still true: When vacancy goes down, rent goes up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1458105436510-TYP3P8JJOH2FBAI291RO/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Downsized: What to Make of the Updated Neighborhood Integrity Initiative NII: An empty garage for every tower! http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/3/5/questions-you-should-ask-supporters-los-angeles-neighborhood-integrity-initiative monthly 0.5 2016-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1457337725649-SX2QF52F7PDYINB6XI7C/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Questions You Should Ask Supporters of LA's "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" We know what The Coalition to Preserve LA's future city doesn't look like, but what is their actual vision for the future, and how will the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative help them achieve it? Image from AIDS Healthcare Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1457337241228-DSGOEK84XC0YDWR4G5JV/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Questions You Should Ask Supporters of LA's "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" San Francisco: Great character and "integrity"—but a city we want to mimic? Photo by Andrew Napier. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/3/1/top-7-reasons-oppose-los-angeles-neighborhood-integrity-initiative monthly 0.5 2017-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1456904061128-VATWBG6KGSC6MHSVN6Y5/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the "Los Angeles Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" A Target store at Western and Sunset that has sat unfinished for three years as a result of a lawsuit by an anti-development neighborhood association. The association vowed to sue again if City Council reauthorized its completion. Photo by Edwin Folven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1484249226889-ORQBG1L8B4JJLEUIBWW4/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the "Los Angeles Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" Despite the claims that housing production in LA is booming, we're actually three decades into a historic slump. A few booming neighborhoods is not enough to make up for growing demand across the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1456900736877-7YW15X54PBD291M44UPI/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the "Los Angeles Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" Compared to cities across the country, LA has done a horrible job of adding enough housing to accommodate new residents. From the City of LA Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1456901515252-BVYVOC8GJIATDYB1ITN9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the "Los Angeles Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" Mr. Weinstein works in the tall building to the left, but is arguing that the two new towers in the middle and on the right are "out of scale" with the neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1456902124966-QFRSH9Q7WNUKBZY6IUGW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the "Los Angeles Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" Throughout the U.S., cities that increased parking spaces in one 20-year period saw proportional growth in in automobile mode share during the next 20-year period. Increases in auto mode share did not have nearly as great an impact on parking supply. Image from research performed by McCahill, et al. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1456902919642-L9I6OGAYLKL804LZIATM/ucla-water-main-break-flooding-01.jpeg Better Institutions - Top 7 Reasons to Oppose Measure S, the "Los Angeles Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" This is not the product of an oversubscribed infrastructure, but one that has been overbuilt and costs too much to maintain for the number of people living in the city. We should not preserve a system with a 300-year schedule to replace our water pipes. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/2/10/how-to-pay-for-the-los-angeles-homeless-strategy monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1455162751194-3O6R8D2UDZVQS3RD5IMB/LA_county_homelessness_costs.jpg Better Institutions - How to Pay For the Los Angeles Homeless Strategy Expenditures on services for homeless individuals in LA County, FY 14-15 [report]. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1455164269423-ACG9WXNR8RGSKV7WTFQ9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How to Pay For the Los Angeles Homeless Strategy New Pershing Apartments, a supportive housing development in Downtown LA. Image from National Equity Fund, Inc. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/1/12/los-angeles-comprehensive-homeless-strategy-housing-part-3 monthly 0.5 2016-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1452646135945-I9U4MQEKP6EV9YE7YGLY/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Reviewing LA's Homelessness Report, Pt. 3: Key Housing Recommendations Current and proposed resources for several homelessness intervention strategies. Table from Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1452646180730-NCX4HMCSFZKK2EMFMWRK/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Reviewing LA's Homelessness Report, Pt. 3: Key Housing Recommendations Projected annual unit production trends over a 10 year period. Graph from Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1452646319668-V1IFFIQAEEZQKTRFU846/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Reviewing LA's Homelessness Report, Pt. 3: Key Housing Recommendations The 28th Street Apartments are an adaptive reuse of a former YMCA facility, now equipped with an employment and youth training program and 49 units of supportive housing for the chronically homeless, the mentally ill, and youth exiting foster care. Photo from Architect Magazine. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/1/12/los-angeles-comprehensive-homeless-strategy-housing-part-2 monthly 0.5 2016-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1452645312486-U4PG8VM4QWYC3SENHOSE/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Reviewing LA's Homelessness Report, Pt. 2: Efficacy and Cost of Housing Strategies Retention rates over 6 and 12 months for chronically homeless residents in Permanent Supportive Housing. Table from Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1452645386748-ZOU86THFZM5Q0UO74LN7/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Reviewing LA's Homelessness Report, Pt. 2: Efficacy and Cost of Housing Strategies Summary of estimated annual costs for several housing programs. Table from Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1452716538911-HLSGOYGHMIVLXIAC2W64/santa_clara_county_homeless.jpg Better Institutions - Reviewing LA's Homelessness Report, Pt. 2: Efficacy and Cost of Housing Strategies In Santa Clara County, homeless residents with public costs in top 5% accounted for 47% of total costs spent on services for the homeless, and individuals averaged over $100k in costs, per person, per year. Chart from Economic Roundtable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1452645427222-SJ41PUNKWLMS92RIPEC7/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Reviewing LA's Homelessness Report, Pt. 2: Efficacy and Cost of Housing Strategies Summary of City's capital, service, and rental subsidy costs for several housing programs. Table from Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/1/12/los-angeles-comprehensive-homeless-strategy-housing-part-1 monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1452383205710-43SJ6Z8DGQ0UQPR2XJOT/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Reviewing LA's Homelessness Report, Pt. 1: Background on Housing Programs Photo of Alejandro Varas, by Martin Schoeller. Image from the Comprehensive Homeless Strategy. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2016/1/2/map-a-parking-lot-with-all-of-la-countys-186-million-parking-spaces monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1451934295703-WZAHCXWXZRKB6T92DFNU/parking_crater_LA_county2.jpg Better Institutions - Mapped: All 200 Square Miles of Parking in LA County, As One Giant Parking Lot Giving "parking crater" a new meaning: All 18.6 million parking spots in LA County would take up enough space to create a parking lot 16 miles in diameter, obliterating a huge number of the communities and institutions that make LA such an attractive place to live, work, and visit. Even spread throughout the region, these parking spaces extend the distances between our destinations, raise prices and housing costs, and discourage healthier forms of transportation like walking and biking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1451792135293-9K4FX63Y7NRRCZ32IXIM/copenhagen_parking.png Better Institutions - Mapped: All 200 Square Miles of Parking in LA County, As One Giant Parking Lot Click for larger version of image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1451862006515-4PSTYQ0BL9M0T9CEYP1M/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Mapped: All 200 Square Miles of Parking in LA County, As One Giant Parking Lot Total parking spaces in LA County over time. Chart from JAPA article by Mikhail Chester, et al. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/12/2/low-vacancy-high-unemployment-demands-urgency monthly 0.5 2016-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1449119658693-0QP9HI7591MZJBE1FZCR/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Low Vacancy Rates Should Demand the Same Urgency as High Unemployment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1449119690751-D3C5EHC1VJ603CIKCPC9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Low Vacancy Rates Should Demand the Same Urgency as High Unemployment Vacancy rates versus rent increases in Seattle. One goes up, the other goes down. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/10/14/los-angeles-metro-tap-card-fare-cap monthly 0.5 2015-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1444887988386-YUHIBJBMD9S6JLR61BW9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - LA Metro: It's Time For a More Convenient and Equitable Fare Structure LA Metro TAP cards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1444535252024-1ESWPX3FZ8JRODQU5FLO/christchurch_fare_caps.jpg Better Institutions - LA Metro: It's Time For a More Convenient and Equitable Fare Structure Fare structure for the Metrocard in Christchurch, New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1444888237201-IF1GN4DGFERRS1EG8VGU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - LA Metro: It's Time For a More Convenient and Equitable Fare Structure LA Metro fare prices. Image source: The Travel Guru. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/08/grow-economy-reduce-driving-decoupling monthly 0.5 2015-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794781525-N36I0FDDTOA72N5CX9JM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - If We Can Grow Our Economy With Fewer Carbon Emissions, We Can Grow it With Less Driving, Too More people are driving—let's all celebrate!! And/or let's build even more roads to encourage more people to join us in our miserable commute!!! Photo by Kim Scarborough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794789629-CJ0JUZ0620FX66JEBZGZ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - If We Can Grow Our Economy With Fewer Carbon Emissions, We Can Grow it With Less Driving, Too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794709731-MKI3THPL8WMU04YIZS9I/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - If We Can Grow Our Economy With Fewer Carbon Emissions, We Can Grow it With Less Driving, Too http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/07/irony-of-selling-oil-reserves-to-fund-highways monthly 0.5 2015-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794708031-XFRR3RMCHIRVL40JTI80/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Irony of Selling Oil Reserves to Pay for Highway Expansion The Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve site, one of several in the U.S., is capable of holding 226 million barrels of oil. Source: The Center for Land Use Interpretation. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/07/route-performance-index-every-los-angeles-metro-bus monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/07/prop-13-california-broken-property-tax-part-2 monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794735931-J09EKQBSTJQ1IO2ADJFI/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Prop 13, Part 2: How to Fix California's Broken Property Tax Law Image source: Capital and Main. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794741533-1XVXTNJL2VNEH3CFH04X/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Prop 13, Part 2: How to Fix California's Broken Property Tax Law Money is currently being transferred from newer to older residents, and from younger to older and non-white to white homeowners. This is a system very clearly in need of fixing. Source: Dowell Myers, Urban Planning Research. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/07/prop-13-california-broken-property-tax-part-1 monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794808526-9I3F0YWGU6EH14WTHVXK/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Prop 13, Part 1: California's Property Tax Law is Completely Broken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794802330-HB85AVPS4BJQVEBL8UQO/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Prop 13, Part 1: California's Property Tax Law is Completely Broken It's believed that the growth in wealth inequality across the world may be driven by increasing housing costs, and Prop 13's transfer of wealth to older, wealthier property owners exacerbates this. Image source: Matthew Rognlie, Brookings Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794811428-GLFWTKNZ5SEXBMELTC75/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Prop 13, Part 1: California's Property Tax Law is Completely Broken Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2008 Panel Wave 10, 2011. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/06/los-angeles-affordable-housing-density-bonus monthly 0.5 2015-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794786032-XUF8EUYCF0Z6F04BV8N1/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How to Get More Bang for the Affordable Housing Buck Table illustrating how reducing the amount of units provided per project can actually increase the amount of market-rate and affordable units provided each year, all at no cost to the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794780837-IQGKGN764BR9Q4K80OKG/image-asset.png Better Institutions - How to Get More Bang for the Affordable Housing Buck Public funding for affordable housing has been on the decline in Los Angeles and in cities throughout the country. New ideas are needed for how to create new affordable homes with limited public resources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794795132-I9M8MKEWQ0QDN3GYK2BM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How to Get More Bang for the Affordable Housing Buck The median asking price for multifamily units in Los Angeles is about $220,000, while new units typically cost upwards of $300K-$350K each. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/06/san-francisco-is-doomed-a-cautionary-tale monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794709842-UM2U69DIEG5NX72XUV28/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - San Francisco is Doomed: A Cautionary Tale for Growing U.S. Cities Graffiti on a development rendering in San Francisco's Mission District. Photo by Flickr user Torbakhopper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794705628-ALV3F8SGSUQV1UN6NN6Z/image-asset.png Better Institutions - San Francisco is Doomed: A Cautionary Tale for Growing U.S. Cities 20-Year new housing construction trends from 1995 to 2014, from the 2014 San Francisco Housing Inventory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794707530-3EM75GT4J3HKL9PZY4ET/image-asset.png Better Institutions - San Francisco is Doomed: A Cautionary Tale for Growing U.S. Cities Rental affordability is clearly related to the supply of new housing, captured here by the housing "permits per 1,000 new residents" metric. Graph from Zillow. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/04/manhattanization-isnt-happening-in-your-city monthly 0.5 2015-09-22 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/02/seattles-sound-transit-hostage-situation monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794720182-LKLGT6RRQSS3JC5GO2J6/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Seattle's Sound Transit Hostage Situation Joe Fain giving himself a high-five after stealing money from the Seattle region to fund wasteful highway projects in rural and suburban Washington. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/02/uber-lyft-successful-because-they-broke-law monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794730329-1TH2I4F7FSLI11AG0C7T/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Why Uber and Lyft Wouldn't Have Succeeded If They'd Tried to Follow the Law If you can fly a school bus in space, why can't you drive it from Oakland to San Francisco? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/02/center-for-american-progress-roadway-funding monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794728147-06AXHDN3Q6M2Y0PKYVWA/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - About 50 Percent of Major Roads Don't Even Produce Enough Revenue to Cover Maintenance The High-Five Interchange in Dallas, TX. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794765149-JX7CNSCHZZ7R5257T2J7/image-asset.png Better Institutions - About 50 Percent of Major Roads Don't Even Produce Enough Revenue to Cover Maintenance The "Loss" row shows the number of miles in each geographic area where interstates and principal arterials are bringing in less revenue than it takes to maintain them. The number that are able to pay for maintenance and up-front construction costs are probably even lower. Screenshot from CAP report. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/01/millennial-housing-preference-housing-affordability monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794776885-S5E61MMO8GP8PUFCQ3OB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Housing Preference Doesn't Matter When You Can't Afford to Live Where You Prefer Living in the suburbs vs the city isn't as simple as choosing which you prefer and moving there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794754250-7375Y6KUCA44SWBRWT23/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Housing Preference Doesn't Matter When You Can't Afford to Live Where You Prefer A site adjacent to Beacon Hill Station in Seattle left vacant due to poor planning following a major light rail investment. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/01/california-cap-and-trade-gas-prices-up monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794750332-J37REQQTJVVXTMDGE8AB/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - California Cap-and-Trade Drives Up Gas Prices... By About 3 Cents... Maybe... Fear the tail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794762327-F0C2ROZ8C8K8ESKH2WZT/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - California Cap-and-Trade Drives Up Gas Prices... By About 3 Cents... Maybe... Oklahoma gas prices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794757698-J6NHJQ6WP6Y4DOSB70T6/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - California Cap-and-Trade Drives Up Gas Prices... By About 3 Cents... Maybe... Washington State gas prices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794806044-CTM829TBKIJHR73F5W5Q/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - California Cap-and-Trade Drives Up Gas Prices... By About 3 Cents... Maybe... New York gas prices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794801281-2CHVKCFM9KUBBYVV8DC6/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - California Cap-and-Trade Drives Up Gas Prices... By About 3 Cents... Maybe... Washington, D.C gas prices. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2015/01/uber-should-provide-insurance-directly-to-drivers monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794810482-ELF3Z83RLBHM6MG074Y2/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Maybe Uber Should Just Provide Its Own Insurance to Drivers http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/12/hotel-subsidies-in-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794780560-1ZSRZZQY3S22R2DC1FPL/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Hotels Make Los Angeles Way More Money Than New Housing, Even After Big Subsidies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794782925-R5E1CEOLVQ3JHU14ZMV4/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Hotels Make Los Angeles Way More Money Than New Housing, Even After Big Subsidies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794791835-6JE0QHGQNDRJFKDI2DRY/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Hotels Make Los Angeles Way More Money Than New Housing, Even After Big Subsidies http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/12/california-high-speed-rail-40-billion-profit monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794709425-SM0NDJODHSL0PL3R3U27/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - California High Speed Rail Could Earn the State Over $40 Billion in Profit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794705529-DA3XRO5VCP4QTIN40Q2S/image-asset.png Better Institutions - California High Speed Rail Could Earn the State Over $40 Billion in Profit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794716228-I5AD53VC13FHXO252EO1/image-asset.png Better Institutions - California High Speed Rail Could Earn the State Over $40 Billion in Profit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794713724-P98NQ6Z5L43B0803NUS2/image-asset.png Better Institutions - California High Speed Rail Could Earn the State Over $40 Billion in Profit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794697543-B3J7VLEDVTCU1B41KARI/image-asset.png Better Institutions - California High Speed Rail Could Earn the State Over $40 Billion in Profit http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/11/video-how-to-maximize-parking monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/11/green-webs-connecting-not-containing monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794772201-OMDRLAWVQ17Z7C7DACH5/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Beyond Green Belts: Connecting Rather Than Containing Our Cities The London green belt, one of the world's most famous. Image from cobhamgreenbelt.org.uk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794753732-GIWBY6QAHXI8G7Y5N1L6/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Beyond Green Belts: Connecting Rather Than Containing Our Cities In the Emerald Necklace Vision Plan, green space connects residents throughout Los Angeles. Image from Amigos de los Rios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794752192-OQBZX4XQGRZJOK04GMDY/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Beyond Green Belts: Connecting Rather Than Containing Our Cities Rough example of a London green web, in which much of the outside green space could be opened up for development. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/11/inevitable-takeover-of-autonomous-vehicles monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794803839-S3JXSVD6KQ8L25VF69AO/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How to Be Prepared For the Inevitable Takeover of Autonomous Vehicles: A Letter to Jeff Brandes "I sure hope no one else gets in here." Photo from Car and Driver. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/10/vehicle-drives-into-apartment-building monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/10/bicyclist-killed-by-vehicle-no-driver monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/09/poor-roads-cost-los-angeles-driver-955 monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794783043-UGUX53AK42GTIRX956VE/image-asset.png Better Institutions - It's Cheaper to Fix LA's Roads Than to Keep Fixing the Damage They Cause Our Cars. A Lot Cheaper. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/09/downtown-los-angeles-building-a-fifth-of-housing monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794791133-B3H9FC68DJER8BJ5NS8W/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Since 1999, Downtown LA Has Built a Fifth of All Housing In Los Angeles Downtown makes up one percent of the land area in Los Angeles, but it's accounted for twenty percent of new residential construction since the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance in 1999. Chart by Shane Phillips. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/09/vehicle-miles-traveled-vmt-still-not-increasing monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/08/reason-foundation-high-speed-rail monthly 0.5 2015-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794703231-1YMTQ8CSIM82NUFFUCPL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Reason Foundation's Broken Logic, Summed Up in Two Sentences Real-life American humans waiting to ride a high-speed rail train (!!!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794734229-IX7H50V653TCC5DO818A/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Reason Foundation's Broken Logic, Summed Up in Two Sentences Taken from the June 2014 Amtrak Monthly Performance Report, page C-1 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/07/subtle-progress-on-urban-freeways monthly 0.5 2015-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794757328-J0K0Y2WOVJEV14LX3MVB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Subtle Signs of Progress in the Urban Highway Debate A rendering of Denver's planned I-70 widening, bury, and cap. Photo from I-70east.com. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/07/nature-lovers-should-live-in-city monthly 0.5 2015-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794780226-WF2GU3O2XLMKLU2LKHU3/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Why Nature Lovers Should Live Apart From Nature http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/07/preparing-for-las-future-fewer-parking monthly 0.5 2015-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794794337-YDH740SI1UKK7JLERIZL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Preparing for LA's Future: Fewer Parking Podiums, More Car-Share Spaces A parking podium under construction at Wilshire & Vermont in Koreatown. Photo by Muji. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794710147-IPLNVG8N69FA1JP2TA9Q/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Preparing for LA's Future: Fewer Parking Podiums, More Car-Share Spaces Each car-share vehicle is estimated to take between 9 and 13 (and up to 32) privately owned cars off the road. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/07/los-angeles-parking-meter-reform monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794703232-WZY9EP2ZM75X9IPKNF7N/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Los Angeles Parking Meter Reform, Reasonable Edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794733830-KCERNC4BY29FFWS6ZYUK/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Los Angeles Parking Meter Reform, Reasonable Edition No. Inappropriate. Photo by Reddit user IntelligentYinzer. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/06/reduce-speculation-and-limit monthly 0.5 2015-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794742244-SBG8MZ3T18DCIKJUF9H2/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Reduce Speculation and Limit Gentrification: Penalize Absentee/Pied-à-Terre Owners The 1004-foot, 90-story One57 Tower in Midtown Manhattan is home to just 155 residential units. Photo from New York YIMBY. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/05/multifamily-residential-construction-is monthly 0.5 2015-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794769190-OHQ2TODIZJJKYQ34T4M6/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Multifamily Residential Construction is Booming, But There's a Long Way Yet to Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794765424-GLN65KRJN6TPJCZIAXPL/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Multifamily Residential Construction is Booming, But There's a Long Way Yet to Go http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/05/housing-in-la-is-unaffordable-in-many monthly 0.5 2015-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794773431-XSQ3J78S0BYH5THLXLI3/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Housing in LA Is Unaffordable in Many Places; Transportation in LA Is Unaffordable Everywhere Maps from the Center for Neighborhood Technology's H+T Affordability Index. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794753026-6XA6P3DXDCDO5JT47PZ9/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Housing in LA Is Unaffordable in Many Places; Transportation in LA Is Unaffordable Everywhere Can you spot the yellow census block groups? Because I can't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794749627-A210JPAQ7NEN6R3FEYU9/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Housing in LA Is Unaffordable in Many Places; Transportation in LA Is Unaffordable Everywhere http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/05/30-percent-of-income-isnt-realistic monthly 0.5 2015-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794761335-U6SU2F2K95Y9GGRYFBNY/image-asset.png Better Institutions - 30 Percent of Income Isn't a Realistic Measure of Housing Affordability Image from Reconnecting America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794756830-D4ICU5277STIOOYR64GL/image-asset.png Better Institutions - 30 Percent of Income Isn't a Realistic Measure of Housing Affordability http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/05/ten-years-and-400-billion-in-federal monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794803329-8SQCSZ66ZV1N4OBHJ4KW/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Ten Years and $400 Billion in Federal Highway Spending Later, Are We Any Better Off? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794813174-586J8C1P7KUPTI5QHBEL/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Ten Years and $400 Billion in Federal Highway Spending Later, Are We Any Better Off? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/05/unaffordable-housing-sucks-but-money-we monthly 0.5 2015-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794746135-C3AGHREEEQX5IP280ZGL/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Unaffordable Housing Sucks, But the Money We Waste on Transportation is Still the Biggest Problem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794741630-765D6LGAG4E40M1W4Z54/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Unaffordable Housing Sucks, But the Money We Waste on Transportation is Still the Biggest Problem http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/04/owning-home-is-really-great-way-to monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794778090-ISLERZQJWAECGKUPK0HY/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Owning a Home is a Great Way to Spend Your Money http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/04/time-to-hand-over-your-car-lanes monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794754592-9SNRDBUZQN3LA31VDEEW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Time to Hand Over Your Car Lanes, Seattle Drivers http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/04/is-it-time-to-go-eyman-on-washington monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794751124-1ALI5H5CKTFV50ZAUSMM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Is It Time to Go Eyman on the Washington State's Transportation Funding Authority? King County Metro is headed downhill after tonight's vote. Photo from this video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794760131-1X6918EZ1HV0QCI1LF27/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Is It Time to Go Eyman on the Washington State's Transportation Funding Authority? Photo fro kirotv.com. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/04/urban-density-were-not-all-goldilocks monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794758456-0I86S7E29QMFRJUJ3KEE/image-asset.png Better Institutions - On Urban Density: We're Not All Goldilocks, We Don't All Want the Same Porridge Photo adapted from "Urban Canyon" by Diego Torres Silvestre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794802527-E3RYZRUI4MLV9NM9PXIU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - On Urban Density: We're Not All Goldilocks, We Don't All Want the Same Porridge No one is forcing these people to be here! Photo by Bon Adrien. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/04/do-you-know-what-gentrification-means monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/04/why-high-speed-rail-isnt-less-cost monthly 0.5 2015-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794781030-HP1QKKBQD6YBH54Z7MTF/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Why High-Speed Rail Isn't Less Cost-Effective Than Other Transit Investments (Part Two) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794797311-FXJOSIU6LGY66KNUB79A/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Why High-Speed Rail Isn't Less Cost-Effective Than Other Transit Investments (Part Two) Projected capital costs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794789610-VZT9467T7WS6MVGGBH1W/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Why High-Speed Rail Isn't Less Cost-Effective Than Other Transit Investments (Part Two) Projected operating and maintenance costs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794708434-HD0JYUJICPMBC0KUIMQ8/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Why High-Speed Rail Isn't Less Cost-Effective Than Other Transit Investments (Part Two) Projected lifecycle costs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794705960-4G9C8IWUYP7TDEHBPELK/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Why High-Speed Rail Isn't Less Cost-Effective Than Other Transit Investments (Part Two) Projected revenues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794714228-PJ561B03PQIFLY2XVCIB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Why High-Speed Rail Isn't Less Cost-Effective Than Other Transit Investments (Part Two) A vision of LA's Union Station in 2050, from Bustler. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/03/how-car-free-is-your-neighborhood-every monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794698730-X1RWE9DIOP10EU2UUU1A/image-asset.png Better Institutions - How Car-Free is Your Neighborhood? Every Census Tract in the US, Mapped. 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Downtown Los Angeles, view from Ace Hotel roof. Photo by Shane Phillips. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/02/a-bicycle-tax-would-do-nothing-for monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794783418-OEY92S72UCC7GB8LWW9W/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - A Bicycle Tax Would Do Nothing for Bicyclist "Credibility" http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/02/low-income-communities-are-already-green monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794710186-IVY6UXWP2CQYFZZUSXS7/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Low-Income Communities Are Already 'Green' It's probably more environmentally friendly to walk to Safeway than to drive here. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/02/whats-goal-of-neo-liberal-housing monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794706040-T0NGQVO3YRTRXV3EB3F5/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What's the Goal of Neo-Liberal Housing Policy? Actually Solving the Problem. Bellevue, WA doing what it takes to keep housing affordable. Photo from the City of Bellevue. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/02/vindication-in-seattle-as-new monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794712330-DDXK4YS1U8UZ4KJ5CO4P/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Vindication! In Seattle, As New Apartments Go Up, Rents Go Down Thanks, giant new apartment buildings! http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/02/the-chart-that-says-almost-everything monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794697655-E0Y859CEBQ2ANFYR5SCA/image-asset.png Better Institutions - The Chart That Says (Almost) Everything You Need to Know About Housing Affordability This chart shows is the median sale price per foot compared to the amount of construction relative to existing housing stock since 1990. Source: Trulia. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/01/sometimes-transit-isnt-solution monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/01/seattle-transit-service-hasnt-gotten monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794738339-RTIDR6FRAGBM778B9LVD/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Seattle Transit Service Hasn't Gotten Worse, It's Just Different (And Probably Better) Photo from The Northwest Urbanist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794734337-7TLCXVLKBTYZNY4N4WUE/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Seattle Transit Service Hasn't Gotten Worse, It's Just Different (And Probably Better) http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/01/tax-repatriation-financed monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/01/look-at-amount-of-space-in-seattle monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794727133-OA989IMIUBA7XGX9XCQC/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Look at the Amount of Space in Seattle Dedicated to Single-Family Housing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794728937-A1IAVPOFPAV3BG66N211/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Look at the Amount of Space in Seattle Dedicated to Single-Family Housing http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/01/quote-why-we-need-more-growth-in-cities monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/01/is-bicycling-more-emotionally-fraught monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794757218-CISV2G4FUMHQ7VFX1N2F/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Is Bicycling More Emotionally Fraught Than Other Transportation Modes? Critical Mass in Baltimore, from the Baltimore Sun. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/01/planning-for-detroits-next-hundred-years monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794796418-L6PUOBTBOG84JXTLN1A7/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Planning For Detroit's Next Hundred Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794793953-49TGAL848LOJ7TDMF8XX/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Planning For Detroit's Next Hundred Years Google Maps image of part of the Core City neighborhood in Detroit, MI. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2014/01/stop-charging-me-for-other-peoples-free monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794706468-GJEL3468T4CD8098M7BM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Stop Charging Me For Other People's Free Gas Convert your non-biodegradable plastic bag directly into carbon dioxide and particulate matter! http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/12/deficit-decreasing-new-markets-tax monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794746726-QR1ZGAAFAB1ODTC9GGD9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Deficit-Decreasing New Markets Tax Credit Under Threat A former North Carolina textile converted into an office and research facility with the help of New Markets Tax Credit funds. Photo from WNC & Associates, Inc. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/12/the-part-of-rent-increases-that-really monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794722237-6CKEXJR4K7RA1KRN2NU2/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The Part of Rent Increases That Really Is Rich People's Fault Luxury London townhouses, from Luxist.com. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/12/cities-and-unions-are-bargaining-away monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794805741-WQ3KQ0VEMLOM2R1HKNVJ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Cities, and Unions, Are Bargaining Away Other People's Futures Boeing employees strike in September, 2008, photo from the Seattle Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794812124-3IY4BD29M64RKZSG3PX6/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Cities, and Unions, Are Bargaining Away Other People's Futures Residents protest development in West New York,photo from Hudson Reporter. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/11/la-man-wants-cheaper-parking-economics monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794786503-GLCDH4TQYGCYWQLBGVOZ/image-asset.gif Better Institutions - 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Burden of Affordable Housing Funding Falls Disproportionately on New Residents, Pro-Growth Neighborhoods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794795333-IC19SQ56CECG1EG2EYNN/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Burden of Affordable Housing Funding Falls Disproportionately on New Residents, Pro-Growth Neighborhoods http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/10/cul-de-sacs-build-community-but-what monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794736639-HR2DYP9VI5AFIFJMB3LY/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Cul-de-Sacs Build Community, But What Kind? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/10/long-commutes-justify-more-expensive monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794720652-E5JPJHEQWF7B27VBZK4T/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Long Commutes Justify More Expensive Cars (And That's a Bad Thing) http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/10/living-in-city-isnt-just-cheaper-its monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794754602-TQY3O5Y76JZIVJEU1RR2/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - 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Cranes busy putting up new buildings in Washington, D.C., from Bloomberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794788604-TJGPUOW5243Y2KE16HDW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Who Cares About Average Rent? Subliminal messaging? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/09/banks-can-play-major-role-in-promoting monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794797644-C6A8RKC409MDBL47QCDA/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Banks Can Play a Major Role in Promoting Smart Growth, If They Want To https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794791746-4R7MADPWW79V5R12MVY0/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Banks Can Play a Major Role in Promoting Smart Growth, If They Want To http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/09/its-not-just-crazy-drivers-la-streets monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794708028-LKM7WH96FHJRXE23VG9M/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's Not Just Crazy Drivers: LA Streets Are Designed For Road Rage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794713426-8SZ2ABKC529KL2M58MS5/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's Not Just Crazy Drivers: LA Streets Are Designed For Road Rage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794700926-18YSIHCDTDIMHIEBHQKL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's Not Just Crazy Drivers: LA Streets Are Designed For Road Rage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794697540-B7W6L7F1427UX9ARK9RE/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's Not Just Crazy Drivers: LA Streets Are Designed For Road Rage http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/09/what-do-solar-power-affirmative-action monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794769039-89SRPXSAL2IUGLMD44ZW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What Do Solar Power, Affirmative Action, and Urban Planning Have in Common? 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Anyway, no deal." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794751631-2USCTYKKAWPQFLKIKSY6/image-asset.png Better Institutions - GOP to Obama on infrastructure, tax reform: "Yes, those ideas sound nice. Anyway, no deal." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794757583-0KB8LL5ACHHYFNQ8WUTH/image-asset.png Better Institutions - GOP to Obama on infrastructure, tax reform: "Yes, those ideas sound nice. Anyway, no deal." http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/news-roundup-july-24-2013 monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794803515-UU76238PIROI336QP3R4/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - News Roundup: July 24, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794805725-DS0PISGJUTXI3O4O6OU0/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - News Roundup: July 24, 2013 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/more-highway-funding-double-standards monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794810312-3CMNNRYL9OMEXIBWI5T3/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - More Highway Funding Double Standards http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/can-longer-leases-protect-us-from monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794780401-09NPS6UNY3DPH5VQNQ7I/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Can Longer Leases Protect You From Gentrification? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794782626-AW7H6VDIO2ZA3KRT8UQ9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Can Longer Leases Protect You From Gentrification? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794794337-BKHRUUYE6U9VMW79W1H0/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Can Longer Leases Protect You From Gentrification? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/news-roundup-july-19-2013 monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794706018-RYJFB8P05S2RKKI8ZXRJ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - News Roundup: July 19, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794708038-WONY8Q0UYLC8S611YDQF/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - News Roundup: July 19, 2013 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/extreme-temperatures-are-affecting monthly 0.5 2015-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794698942-ISAQWDWO55ICQFPQE36F/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - 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Claiming space for buses on corridors where transit users outnumber drivers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794722440-74JJO7SRDVIQUE6GK1QA/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Claiming space for buses on corridors where transit users outnumber drivers http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/news-roundup-july-15-2013 monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794726530-BSOBKRSYONNCQ6R0N6T0/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - News Roundup: July 15, 2013 Guerrilla lanes installed by Reasonably Polite Seattleites, before SDOT removal and replacement. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/silver-lining-for-impending-king-county monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794765341-VGFXGE9EY8BC1KEBX9S8/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Silver lining for the impending King County Metro service cuts RapidRide and Standard Metro buses, photo from westseattleblog.com. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/new-roundup-july-10-2013 monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794778227-GMZXTYQQEO9A4LM1B1B7/image-asset.png Better Institutions - New Roundup: July 10, 2013 Comparison of the road networks in LA and Paris using the new tool "Urban Observatory." http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/freeway-expansion-doesnt-improve monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794753130-G2RKRB6B1VO2T8ASYDV9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Freeway expansion doesn't improve freeway traffic, but it does make local traffic worse Columbia River Crossing from Vancouver, WA to Portland, OR in 1965, photo from WSDOT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794749642-TIJHN2QEWH86BW92XD0J/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Freeway expansion doesn't improve freeway traffic, but it does make local traffic worse Car use rises to meet increased highway capacity, and this has negative impacts on local traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794751432-N6L05A6VRBT3AZ96QN7E/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Freeway expansion doesn't improve freeway traffic, but it does make local traffic worse Photo by Complete Streets. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/news-roundup-july-8-2013 monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794746335-W86PC9Y4A5A8S4IQZQMB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - News Roundup: July 8, 2013 Ferry passengers waiting in line on second day of BART strike, photo by Steve Rhodes. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/news-roundup-highway-edition monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794723895-SS6F1RX2FA4TJTVY6LD2/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - News Roundup: Highway Edition Wisconsin DOT's $1.7 billion "Zoo Interchange" proposal. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/07/safe-routes-to-school-needs-more-than monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794720870-3QYAT7T3H56VH8NPEIEL/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Safe Routes to School needs more than funding to be successful National Center for Safe Routes to School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794730836-OGV76RTK7LPS6SMJQ77I/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Safe Routes to School needs more than funding to be successful Loyal Heights Elementary principal Wayne Floyd leading a bike train, photo by Clint Loper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794728725-5VI5Y5WAXDFXEE7T9CFW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Safe Routes to School needs more than funding to be successful 61% of students less than 1 mile away are driven to school! http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-29-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-07-16 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-25-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-26 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/study-americans-have-no-idea-what monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794760529-0T85UQX9VE1F4783OU5C/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Study: Americans have no idea what they're talking about, might hate selves Gas tax protesters in Boston. Photo from Boston.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794756860-6K9QTWC55MABC4XTHMMZ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Study: Americans have no idea what they're talking about, might hate selves Blue bars represent percentage sums of "strongly support" and "somewhat support." Adapted from MTI report. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794807694-10BF9GN3HTEOGBJLJGPH/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Study: Americans have no idea what they're talking about, might hate selves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794803097-0DABNVS4DLM7NZIQI8SH/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Study: Americans have no idea what they're talking about, might hate selves http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/anti-vaccine-zealots-turn-their monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-21-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-22 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/as-economic-stimulus-usps-is-incredible monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794709433-WIIID1P6QUQ6QRJ0BSW6/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - As economic stimulus, the USPS is an incredible deal Photo by Graeme Pow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794706006-KYX23FVWUZ8OU51CUICU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - As economic stimulus, the USPS is an incredible deal How many federal workers do you know whose wages are mostly covered by user fees? Photo by komunews. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/private-transportation-no-operations monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794714189-VGST09J67FOO6RCA4PKW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Private transportation: no operations subsidy, but at what cost? Northwest Airlines, now owned by Delta, from Cliff1066. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794699310-TGXILOBSFIQREGD47F2E/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Private transportation: no operations subsidy, but at what cost? Red line is airline profits before tax, blue line is profits after tax http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-19-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-20 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-17-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-18 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/do-remote-state-capitals-produce-less monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794733529-1LY2PCVUM0DWV0R4CIR3/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Do remote state capitals produce less effective governments? Albany's pretty far from NYC, but its state capital building is pretty cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794735590-BUFKTDIX6YVVESC6OSI3/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Do remote state capitals produce less effective governments? Austin's urban capital building in the background. (source) http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-14-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-15 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-12-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-13 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/34th-and-stone-burke-gilmans-most monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794726429-UQ32LE4AET9K3R91ECAB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - 34th and Stone: the Burke-Gilman's most dangerous intersection? Westbound view. A = Burke-Gilman trail, B = car lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794728241-YDI2WXPD1OVVI5PO2NRA/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - 34th and Stone: the Burke-Gilman's most dangerous intersection? Eastbound view, with crosswalk displaying walk symbol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794765038-N2RN6PUF8D28Y0ADOXXS/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - 34th and Stone: the Burke-Gilman's most dangerous intersection? View from eastbound car lane. The trail is behind the Solsticio building, and the presence of bicyclists on both sides of it may further confuse drivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794766766-K18XYLSG9O8GE63Q4YJR/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - 34th and Stone: the Burke-Gilman's most dangerous intersection? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-10-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-11 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-06-2013_6.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-07 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/dual-court-rulings-reaffirm-bloomberg monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794759030-PM7AVO43WI497EWTIKF2/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Dual court rulings reaffirm Bloomberg taxi service goals, consumers benefit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794801335-2CEJB48FA70GXC1AFIBQ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Dual court rulings reaffirm Bloomberg taxi service goals, consumers benefit Taxi medallion price appreciation since 2004, from Carpe Diem. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-05-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-06 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/infrastructure-investment-is-about monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794810533-2YJM1N0AZEZ1CBXUDS1B/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Infrastructure investment is about safety and mobility, not construction jobs The Columbia River Crossing proposal, in Portland, Oregon. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-07-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-06 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/tterinstitutions.com/2013/06/news-roundup-june-06-2013.html monthly 0.5 2013-06-06 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/06/bicyclists-still-dont-have-their-fair monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794707237-36H64T7WUA7OVLY0499A/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Bicyclists still don't have their fair share of road space in New York City Bicyclists on the Prospect Park West bike lane. From Inhabitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794713931-VK5J8X8SKMOZPP7J3T84/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Bicyclists still don't have their fair share of road space in New York City It doesn't look like we've reached the point of diminishing returns just yet. From NYC.gov. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794701332-C2NDVOE6STUH4YDV7QTG/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Bicyclists still don't have their fair share of road space in New York City One-way road with bike lane and zero reduction in automobile lane-miles. From Complete Streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794697547-SXTJGB9C9SJZN1CIZUCN/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Bicyclists still don't have their fair share of road space in New York City I just like this picture. From Treehugger. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/05/john-norquist-most-interesting-man-in monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794701847-Q7SJTU658CYNQQIZNCLP/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - John Norquist, the Most Interesting Man in the World http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/05/the-repatriation-financed monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794738941-CG1ZSGJD8YYT9T99OSXG/image-asset.png Better Institutions - The repatriation-financed infrastructure bank plan, as structured, is a TERRIBLE idea The new iPad, and a bunch of money, from appadvice.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794733502-4WVOBAYNWG7LM3WNJUDH/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - The repatriation-financed infrastructure bank plan, as structured, is a TERRIBLE idea "Hey." http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/05/cities-dont-aspire-to-gentrification monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794741404-3QN1CTVT1TNBRCMTG4DH/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Cities don't "aspire" to gentrification https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794722613-ZDILF4DQ5TDCJ7FO0GXA/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Cities don't "aspire" to gentrification Unsanctioned attempt at option #3. From griid.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794719689-Y0VC6VXS06SEOGAPVQ8W/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Cities don't "aspire" to gentrification More expensive than it needs to be. From westinsf.com. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/05/seattle-city-council-falls-short-on monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794727705-HM3AI1190BY0ATLYFZJZ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Seattle city council falls short on affordable housing, again South Lake Union concept art, from Studio 216. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/05/with-new-study-air-travel-subsidies-get monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794769232-5XHD8WOC2LBUVCLU8IL4/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - With new study, air travel subsidies get another pass Plane taking off from Decatur airport. Photo from decatur-parks.org. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/04/how-do-we-address-sunk-cost-bias monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794772489-JXWTFNUTAIK5L716PAI6/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How do we address "Sunk Cost Bias"? From NYdailynews.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794754046-BLCXXM9NTMR3KLSUOME4/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - How do we address "Sunk Cost Bias"? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/04/pro-car-populism-is-about-protecting monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794814327-USTBC2O8VLCNE7VU47L9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Pro-car populism is about protecting cars, not people https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794810178-21374FLTCI67DUVRQOZP/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Pro-car populism is about protecting cars, not people Choose: more of this... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794788268-W9H8WZDZRUHQN2QZA8A2/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Pro-car populism is about protecting cars, not people ...or this? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/04/owning-car-doesnt-cost-average-person monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794797130-BBC023KW6EYKY3A3FZNO/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Owning a car doesn't cost the average person $9,000 a year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794791429-B769NPJXJ49KSR0616CX/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Owning a car doesn't cost the average person $9,000 a year Cost estimates from AAA's "Your Driving Costs" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794712259-9T9ZP5T19CT21COC8YYW/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Owning a car doesn't cost the average person $9,000 a year "What about me?"--Tesla Roadster, From TopSpeed.com http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/04/hey-amtrak-dont-shelve-that-151b-hsr monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794712729-BOUMYWDOX3U2PW0BEF49/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Hey, Amtrak: don't shelve that $151b HSR plan just yet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794699111-02PTS87SL6UDY0Y1JRJ9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Hey, Amtrak: don't shelve that $151b HSR plan just yet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794697639-HKR7BG79239KPNK4WFXQ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Hey, Amtrak: don't shelve that $151b HSR plan just yet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794701730-2XDARJX146ACA01KCGL9/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Hey, Amtrak: don't shelve that $151b HSR plan just yet The 2012 Vision is the one referred to in this blog post http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/04/what-do-we-get-in-return-for-ultra monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794722731-1H0H8GLWE48GMDMZS1EU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What do we get in return for ultra-strict train safety regulations? BEEFCAKE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794719130-STPIUDBUPMC6AU5YT0RF/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What do we get in return for ultra-strict train safety regulations? From the National Safety Council's report, Injury Facts, 2011 edition. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/04/improving-credit-not-relaxing-standards monthly 0.5 2016-01-08 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/04/luxury-apartments-and-condos-are-good monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794752732-S5UOT1V9WYWK7ZKEJ8QA/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - "Luxury apartments and condos are a good thing, my friend" From the American Public Transportation Association [PDF]. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794750029-ST7IP4H7B8TA9FCNYMPQ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - "Luxury apartments and condos are a good thing, my friend" From "The Demographics of Transit" at Sightline.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794751835-SO0ZG2W6Y8NDLK8VWT1J/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - "Luxury apartments and condos are a good thing, my friend" From "Study Reveals The Geography of Charitable Giving" at NPR.org. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/04/want-housing-that-doesnt-break-bank-for monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794807797-YDVW55ZTC7DOCV1KUEA1/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Want housing that doesn't break the bank for lower-income residents? Get rid of some parking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794803623-IHM9ZB1RVFOT3MML38QX/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Want housing that doesn't break the bank for lower-income residents? Get rid of some parking. From Reconnecting America and the Center for Transit-Oriented Development's report, TOD101 [PDF]. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/03/even-with-poor-infrastructure-rail monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794718520-B7P69XKYQ6G800XXCMGU/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Even with poor infrastructure, rail exceeds air market share in many domestic corridors http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/03/what-should-light-rail-to-northwest monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794746989-A0PMRGRNMGTC4QDNNZZQ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What should light rail to northwest Seattle look like? Trip start/finish map - green is start, red is end; image from Ballard News-Tribune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794742500-QUJ4ZRRMT04RQAN96AZ4/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What should light rail to northwest Seattle look like? My first idea for a subway route, which I've since disavowed and am slightly embarrassed to have ever considered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794722499-P2HB1TSKRWVN3O5CFBCB/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What should light rail to northwest Seattle look like? Cropped from Seattle Subway image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794718616-0PV72VHY02Y1DYRUYJFS/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - What should light rail to northwest Seattle look like? Red line represents subway route, black circles represent station locations. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/02/is-man-covery-responsible-for-2012s monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794773734-9QI73ICMC0HN51USOFO1/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Is the "man-covery" responsible for 2012's increase in vehicle deaths? From the NHTSA's FARS Encyclopedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794753588-S2V0KMT9AOZIMUOX7I2H/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Is the "man-covery" responsible for 2012's increase in vehicle deaths? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794749914-YLMTXWKKBZQ5G0CSK8QM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Is the "man-covery" responsible for 2012's increase in vehicle deaths? From the NHTSA's FARS Encyclopedia. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/02/shameless-self-promotion-i-was-on-radio monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794761854-HNXEHYHB347GI8AIY4E1/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Shameless self-promotion: I was on the radio! Proof! From KUOW.org. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/02/rankings-that-matter-which-cities-save monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/02/a-possible-solution-to-sr-99-tunnels monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794721017-23SA0UJV3WBATA0QKXTL/image-asset.png Better Institutions - A possible solution to the SR 99 tunnel's projected tolling shortfall From the Advisory Committee on Tolling and Traffic Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794725916-PN1MM4MFU9AVF9ITA3NI/image-asset.png Better Institutions - A possible solution to the SR 99 tunnel's projected tolling shortfall From the Advisory Committee on Tolling and Traffic Management. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/01/thoughts-on-income-tax-as-source-of monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794770674-LAZUZM497PK4J1CE63QQ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Thoughts on income tax as a source of transportation funding Technically, we already pay income tax into the Highway Trust Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794778154-JXB15KYIRFOQGRMOY054/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Thoughts on income tax as a source of transportation funding http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/01/property-tax-deductions-like-mortgage monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/01/mileage-fees-are-great-idea-in-addition monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794803270-S8GGD5S15ZYYVBWIHIAJ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Mileage fees are a great idea -- in addition to gas taxes, not in place of them From GAO. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/01/governor-of-virginia-offers-worst monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794811862-CKG01L3GY81H8LFUYYVC/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Governor of Virginia offers worst transportation funding proposal in modern memory From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2013/01/drunk-driving-prevention-is-difficult monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794785834-1QZ10SVVQA64P5AZOWB8/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Drunk driving prevention is difficult, but we already know how to do it Crash risk vs. BAC, from NHTSA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794781223-ZZOZT5BG9B9YS7POX1QQ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Drunk driving prevention is difficult, but we already know how to do it From National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/12/infrastructure-stimulus-is-different monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/12/with-driverless-cars-on-way-smarter monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794707824-JR0EHA81J8BMIC1GRYW6/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - With driverless cars on the way, smarter transportation investment is needed Patcharinee Tientrakool, Columbia University. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/12/is-our-programs-working-do-we-even-wanthtml monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/12/downtown-brooklyn-considers-reducing monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/12/improving-downtown-driving-experience monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/11/parking-free-apartment-buildings-arent monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/11/in-washington-state-at-least-gas-tax-is monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/11/we-need-better-system-for-delivery-of monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794806339-YL2IZMV1QY2YLV1RUCYM/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - We need a better system for delivery of commuter tax benefits Commuter tax benefits since 2007. 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From Wikipedia. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/10/its-time-for-capitol-hill-to-get-its monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794713631-5QSD3EV11EZLYWL16YP6/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's time for Capitol Hill to get its first pedestrian plaza Pike street between Broadway and 12th Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794701132-W7GOW7IEKHBJL4BTTI7J/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - It's time for Capitol Hill to get its first pedestrian plaza Capitol Hill Block Party: more fun than parking. 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Right on. http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/09/increased-apartment-housing-in-seattle monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794745753-RCTBPGR3TQ5A6USRDWCZ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Increased apartment housing in Seattle likely to stabilize rent prices https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794743789-5WA2XHQ0SIHO2SFEYFG4/image-asset.png Better Institutions - Increased apartment housing in Seattle likely to stabilize rent prices http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/09/why-would-we-want-to-privatize-one monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794729998-6U3IXT0UQ07E6HX6SF0S/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Why would we want to privatize the one profitable Amtrak service? http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/09/with-bike-share-coming-can-single-stop monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/09/texas-caters-to-private-toll-road monthly 0.5 2016-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794766240-2HN0OBNOPLIQ3UMI3DMQ/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - Texas caters to private toll road operators at the expense of the public http://www.betterinstitutions.com/blog/2012/09/la-county-hoping-to-speed-up-transit monthly 0.5 2016-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55ff4befe4b029a3a1975b6c/1442794772052-PDU9DQZBQLNOPBCQK6DY/image-asset.jpeg Better Institutions - L.A. County hoping to speed up transit infrastructure construction An Expo Line test train rests at the La Cienega station, with the downtown L.A. skyline in the distance. 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