Infrastructure: A DefinitionAs President Biden continues to promote the administration’s historic proposed $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan (aka “the infrastructure…Apr 16, 20212Apr 16, 20212
Published inGENThe White House Could Be Forcing You To Take a LoanThanks to Trump, millions of Americans might unwittingly take a loan they didn’t ask for in the first placeAug 31, 20205973Aug 31, 20205973
No one is banning your suburb, calm downIn response to Mr. Stanley Kurtz and National Review.Jul 1, 202060Jul 1, 202060
Commercial real estate has a whiteness problem[This article was originally published on Greater Greater Washington]Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
An anti-racist reading list for urbanists and real estate professionalsI am without words after seeing communities of color speak out — act out — against decades of inequality. The brutal, senseless killing of…Jun 1, 202031Jun 1, 202031
DC development will continue when we recover, and it marches eastA lot of talk about economic recovery in cities has been something like this: there was a NY Times shot across the bow blaming density for…May 26, 20203May 26, 20203
Real wages post non-historic growth in 2019, bolstered by state minimum wage increasesOne common measure of “the economy” is the wages of American workers who are not managers or supervisors, and their inflation-adjusted…Feb 3, 2020Feb 3, 2020
For Housing Affordability, Warehouse the RichLocal residents might complain about cranes and “luxury” developments, but the truth is that cities with the strongest economies have not…Apr 10, 201912Apr 10, 201912
The Growth as an Opportunity MachineThis review covers four urban scholarly works that explore questions of growth and its consequences. First, there is the seminal work of…Mar 1, 2019Mar 1, 2019
Let’s Teach Children PlanningOriginally published on Planetizen.com, WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 24, 2009Mar 1, 2019Mar 1, 2019
Why is that house or storefront vacant?Originally published on Greater Greater Washington, WASHINGTON, D.C., August 27, 2018 By Tracy Hadden Loh and Michael RodriguezMar 1, 2019Mar 1, 2019
Electric scooters join the dockless bikeshare experiment. Is it now a revolution?Originally published on Greater Greater Washington, WASHINGTON, D.C., April 18, 2018 By Tracy Hadden Loh and Michael RodriguezMar 1, 2019Mar 1, 2019
Virginia’s $40 tolls stir debate on equity impactsOriginally published on Smart Growth America Blog. WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 12, 2017 — Virginia recently introduced new rush-hour tolls on…Dec 12, 2017Dec 12, 2017
Amazon’s hunt for a second HQ is likely to end in a vibrant, walkable, urban placeOriginally published on the Smart Growth America blog, WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 8, 2017Sep 8, 2017Sep 8, 2017
The Uber Benevolent Dictator ProblemPeople love Uber, and I’ve personally been delighted in the past by the efficiency and “magic” of the service. It is amazing that one can…Aug 28, 2014Aug 28, 2014
The Most Useless Crosswalk Ever Is In McLeanThis is a story of bad pedestrian design of the worst sort. I live in the Tysons / McLean area, and so I frequently use the GW Parkway…Jan 17, 2014Jan 17, 2014
Fanfare for JoseI’d like to share with you one of my college admissions essays from when I was 18. An aside from transportation stuff: my father retired…Jul 1, 2013Jul 1, 2013
There Are 1.75 Mil. People Inside the Beltway & Cool MapsI noticed the Inside the Beltway geography is often not explored an isolation, so I’m here to provide some cocktail-hour conversation…Mar 17, 2013Mar 17, 2013
VA question 1: Bad for infrastructure, bad for communitiesMy post and thoughts on Virgina Question 1, published in GGW.Nov 5, 2012Nov 5, 2012
