The Antiplanner will be speaking in Golden, Colorado tonight at the Independence Institute. I’ll be presenting an updated version of my analysis of rail transit’s impact on energy consumption and greenhouse gases. I’ll be joined by Jessica Corry, who will talk about eminent domain issues involving transit in the Denver area. The reception begins at 5:30 and our presentations begin at 6 pm.
Tomorrow, the Antiplanner will be in Bismarck, North Dakota, speaking about smart growth on behalf of the North Dakota Policy Center. The session begins at 7 am at the Best Western Doublewood Inn.
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Anyway, if you are in the Denver or Bismarck areas, I hope to see you at one of these events.
Should we be looking for housing prices in Bismarck to skyrocket in the next year or so because of the antisprawl policies…?
North Dakota may be one of those places where it’s safer to take public transit.
Speaking of safety:
Automobile crashes cost the U.S. $164.2 billion annually, or $1,051 per person, according to a report AAA plans to release today.
The automobile association says that even though drivers tend to focus more on how traffic congestion hurts productivity and makes travelers miserable, the actual cost of crashes totals more than twice the cost of congestion. The human toll is also more daunting: 42,642 people died in automobile crashes in 2006, which equates to about 117 deaths per day and almost five per hour.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120468598041712629.html
How come the Antiplanner never rails against the dangers of automobiles?
Have a safe trip (and stay warm).
My granmda lives in North Dakota. In her eyes, Fargo is a boomtown a la Las Vegas. Now we know from the numbers that is not the case. It’s seen modest growth but nothing that is threating to eat up the countryside. Of course when you have people looking at it thinking it’s growing out of control even though the numbers clearly show it’s not it’s easy to feed them the lie that there is sprawl, let alone sprawl that threatens to eat up farm land.
D4P: Right, because if cars were outlawed we’d all be $1,000 richer. Perhaps we can total up the cost of slip and fall accidents as part of efforts to ban walking. There’s no end of the riches we create in this manner. I might be missing something, such as a costs-benefits analysis, but probably not…
I’ll keep an eye on Bismarck. If growth restrictions pass, I’ll look into buying a house there and renting it out as home prices start climbing from the restricted supply. Once house prices become high enough that they discourage newcomers, economic growth will start saturating (and with it home appreciation will also saturate) and then I’ll sell. With the profits, I should then be able to buy 2 houses in another city where growth restrictions are about to be implemented. 1 house becomes 2-4-8-16 you get the idea.
I don’t like regulation, but since I cannot beat it I’ll at least profit from regulation (I’m good at that, I’ve had lots of training in Europe). So why not pump some money out of people who will want to move to Bismarck, as well as existing Bismarck residents who will have to pay higher and higher prices to move to better houses around their city.
P.S. Hopefully some of the readers of this blog will use the same method and also buy houses in Bismarck. The more people engage into this method, the more the momentum, the faster home prices will rise in Bismarck, and the faster we’ll all make our profits.
“42,642 people died in automobile crashes in 2006, which equates to about 117 deaths per day and almost five per hour.”
To bad the West line of Fastracks isn’t up and running… A.P could take the Light Rail to his presentation. RAIL TRANSIT SAVES LIVES! =)
Ettinger, you confuse me. How do you advocate and demonize land use regulation all in 4 sentences. Walk the walk for Christ sake. Don’t sell out your cause!
Well, since this thread has become serious, there are some safety issues unique to public transit.
Bennett, I did not advocate it. I’m a just a realist. While I love freedom, I recognize that humans have an instinct for collectivism/regulation and so I take advantage of it. Do you not take actions to lower your tax bill just because you believe in government subsidies?
Regulation is imposed on me whether I want it or not. Profiting from it sweetens the pill.
The irony is, that the very people whom the public tends to hate and tries to regulate (the rich, the greedy achievers etc.) are primarily the ones who have the brains to eventually take advantage of the very regulation that the public supports.
And a side note for public transit safety: My realatives in Europe have 3-4 colds and flus every winter, most likely because they ride mass transit every day. Immagine taking the airplane every day. The voice of mothers still resonates in my ears “don’t touch this, don’t touch that, wash your hands…â€Â
“The irony is, that the very people whom the public tends to hate and tries to regulate (the rich, the greedy achievers etc.) are primarily the ones who have the brains to eventually take advantage of the very regulation that the public supports…”
or has the stupidity to perpetuate the regulations that they hate.
A positive correlation between wealth and stupidity?