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February 28, 2017
Sponsors:
Recognizing Community SustainabilityWelcome to
@APA_Planning
@APAadvocates
#APAlive
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www.planning.org/tuesdaysatapa
planning.org
April 17 – Tuesdays at APA with Enterprise Community Partners
April 21-24 – NPC18 in New Orleans
April 25 – 2018 Great Places in America submission deadline
Important Dates
planning.org
Bike Sharing (PAS QuickNotes 61)• https://www.planning.org/media/document/9100472/
Creative Placemaking (PAS Memo, November 2016)• https://www.planning.org/pas/memo/2016/nov/
Inclusive Mobility (Planning, February 2018)• https://www.planning.org/planning/2018/feb/inclusivemobility/
APA Resources
A Lightning Presentation Night on Biking, Walking, and Citybuilding
March 20, 2018
Anna RayCommunity Activist and Connector
Food as Identityby Anna Ray
Siba El-SamraLandscape Designer/Planner
Toole Design Group
Darren BuckHead of Complete Streets Program
City of Alexandria
A virtuous bicycle
Video: Morning Ebb & Flow, jim.slade on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/141516172
Image: Bay Weekly Online http://bayweekly.com/old-site/year03/issueXI02/leadXI02.html
Image: Clark Vandergrift http://www.visitmaryland.org/list/15-golf-courses-maryland-you-have-play
Image: Chesapeake Bay Programhttps://www.chesapeakebay.net/news/blog/bernie_fowler_measures_a_sneaker_index_of_34_inches_at_annual_wade_in
Image: Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2013/11/oyster-farming-on-the-chesapeake-bay/#5
Chart: Chesapeake Bay Program https://www.chesapeakebay.net/state/underwater_grasses
Image: Dave Harp, Bay Journalhttps://www.bayjournal.com/article/average_dead_zone_expected_this_summer_despite_clearer_water
Image: Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/2012/12/the-oyster-harvest-in-the-chesapeake-bay-is-improving-with-reports-out-of-the-maryland-department-of-natural-resources-that.html
Image: Museum of the City of New York, via https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/wheelmen-of-19th-century-new-york/
Image: the Annandale Bloghttp://annandaleva.blogspot.com/2014/07/silver-line-adds-five-metro-stops-in.html
Image: Jonathan Maus/ BikePortlandhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/bikeportland/4973213624/in/photostream/
Image: People for Bikeshttps://peopleforbikes.org/blog/austins-quick-protected-lane-opens-a-bridge-to-student-biking/
Graph from 2014 Alliance for Biking and Walking Benchmarking Report
Image: From “Duck on a Bike” by David Shannon. Buy it! https://www.amazon.com/Duck-Bike-David-Shannon/dp/0439050235
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Rick RybeckDirector, Just Economics, LLC
Just Economics, LLC, 1669 Columbia Rd, NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20009 (202) 439-4176www.justeconomicsllc.com [email protected]
If Smart Growth Is So Smart, How Come There’s So Much
Dumb Growth?
Reversing Economic Incentives for Sprawl
APAMarch 20, 2018
OVERVIEW
• The Perversity of Infrastructure• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished• The Role of Land Speculation• Land Value Creation & Consequences• Land Value Recycling for Sustainability & Equity
Perversity of Infrastructure:
• Infrastructure is created to facilitate development.• But, it inflates the price of well-served land.• High land prices cause builders to develop cheaper
but more remote sites.• We run after development with more infrastructure,
but never catch up.• Ensuing sprawl harms the environment and impairs
our budgets due to expensive infrastructure duplication.
“No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”
• To help low-income communities:• Improve the schools• Reduce Crime• Enhance Transit
• If we accomplish any of these improvements, land prices rise, rents rise and the intended beneficiaries are displaced.
• Tax dollars, intended to help the poor, end up enriching Landlords (who tend not to be poor).
LAND SPECULATION• The ability of private landowners to appropriate publicly-
created land value is the fuel for land speculation
• Land speculation creates nothing of value
• Speculation does create• Artificial scarcity of developable land• Real increases in land prices• Periodic Real Estate Booms & Busts
INFLATED LAND PRICES
• Housing Affordability Problems• Labor & Material Prices Track General Inflation (CPI)• Since WWII, Land Prices Increased TEN TIMES FASTER Than CPI
• Sprawl• Inflated Land Prices Push Development to Cheaper, but more
Remote Sites
• Boom & Bust Cycles Create Hardships For Most• Speculators Outbid Land Users During Boom Times• Speculators Refuse to Sell At a Loss During Bust
LAND VALUE RETURN & RECYCLINGPROMOTES AFFORDABLE SMART GROWTH
• Did you learn something new about sprawl, affordable housing and job creation?
• What are you going to do about it?
Kim LucasBicycle & Pedestrian Program Specialist
District Department of Transportation
Me.
Heritage.
Arlington County
(Not a?)“Planner.”
http://apps.urban.org/features/OurChangingCity/demographics/#history
http://apps.urban.org/features/OurChangingCity/demographics/#history
Casey AndersonChair
The Montgomery County Planning Board
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Percentage of Weekly Trips by Mode/Year
Drive Alone Transit Carpool Bike/Walk Telework
Source: 2016 State of the Commute Survey Report, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board
Students who walk or bike to school – by school
<10% 11-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-90% >90%
Source: 2016 US Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
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Percentage of youth meeting physical activity recommendations, 2005-6
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Source: 2016 US Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
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Percentage of Adults 18 and over meeting federal physical activity guidelines
Female Male Total
Source: NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2016
