For all the talk about New Urbanism, “multi-modal transportation,” and the like, automobility not only remains the default option but also has been increasing over time.
While the Fed’s excessive monetary creation was a causal factor in the bubble, that didn’t explain why so much new credit ended up in housing rather than other investments.
Smart Growth policies are based on pervasive misunderstandings of how local economies function.
Davidson has gotten wealthier and whiter as it has implemented tighter land-use policies.
Growth-policy expert Randal O’Toole has an explanation for why some states had huge housing bubbles and other states didn’t.
Raleigh’s plan for future city development turns the democratic process upside down.
The problem is that planners so often venture underneath the hood of the local economic engine to tinker with its moving parts using tools entirely unsuited to the task.
Homebuyers in two North Carolina cities pay thousands of dollars in extra costs, thanks to aggressive growth management plans. That's the key finding in a new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation.
The Currituck Beach Lighthouse is back in the news after a long and bitter fight on the Outer Banks and in Washington. The latest controversy reflects poorly on both sides.
Fresh from expanding their purview far beyond its proper bounds in areas like smoking and gun control, North Carolina public health officials now have a new target for vilification: urban sprawl.
