In North Carolina, people want to “be in the driver’s seat.” Good transportation policy begins by respecting that choice. This may be a hard reality for community reshapers and media…
Earlier this week, Carolina Journal’s Leonard Robinson reported on the proposed Durham-Orange Light Rail Project that was unanimously voted down this past April. His reporting showed how this rejection of…
John Hood argues that light-rail transit doesn’t fit the preferences and lifestyles of North Carolinians: If you live somewhere other than the western side of North Carolina’s Research Triangle region,…
Interesting op-ed in today’s News & Observer from Clean Air Carolina executive director Julie Blotnick urging Gov. Roy Cooper to pull the plug on extending the I-540 loop around Raleigh…
Interesting News & Observer op-ed from former N&O columnist Nicole Brodeur, who now makes her living in Seattle, where Amazon’s “urban campus” employs 40,000 people. Should Raleigh land Amazon’s HQ2,…
Gracy Olmstead of the Federalist explains why there’s no good reason to blame Houston’s zoning rules for the devastation linked to Hurricane Harvey. This was a big storm. It was…
The next time you hear someone decry “urban sprawl,” you might want to reacquaint yourself with key findings from the research of Randal O’Toole of the Cato Institute. Growth management…
Have you heard of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)? What if I call them backyard cottages? You know, a small building behind the house or over the detached garage that’s essentially…
Charlotte meaning the city itself as well as the suburbs where many people that work there live, has expanded out over the past decades to the north (Huntersville, Iredell County…
Per the UPoR, this happened Wednesday night: That flood of growth is what drew more than 50 people to Snug Harbor in Plaza Midwood on Wednesday night to talk about…
View in your browser. Consensus denial persists, according to Paul Krugman (to cite one who is highly experienced in denial), because "there are powerful groups with a strong interest in…
Asheville City Council approved a 12-story hotel for downtown. Plans for the hotel had survived the rest of the design approval process, but they were challenged by a lawyer who…