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How Enabling Conditions Can Make the Switch to Sustainable Parking More Feasible
Land use and urban planning scholars from around the world have proposed innovative strategies to make parking more sustainable. Adaptive reuse policies allow parking areas to be transformed into spaces for other uses, such as housing, farming, and shopping. Local...
“Woke” Capitalism and Its Dissidents: Legal Strategies to Counter Anti-ESG Laws
Introduction In recent years, states across the U.S. have threatened to cut ties with banks and asset managers that incorporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) screening into their accounting, or otherwise screen for climate risk. Although this movement...
The Problems with the Major Questions Doctrine
In the 2021 case West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the majority opinion, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, formulated a new standard for agency regulation review. This new standard is called the “major questions doctrine.” The major...
Combatting Gentrification Through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced climate-resilient development (CRD) as a mitigative and adaptive solution to meet the goal of a sustainable future for all. Equity is highlighted as one of the main components of CRD. The IPCC Sixth Assessment...
How Parking Infrastructure Presents a Resilient Climate Opportunity
In urban environments, parking infrastructure has become so ubiquitous that it often fades into the backdrop of our daily lives. Yet its omnipresence masks a deeper environmental dilemma. These vast expanses displace ecosystems and shrink biodiversity, and are...
Building Climate Resilience: Introduction to a Framework for Policymakers
Our world is in the midst of an unprecedented environmental crisis, marked by the escalating frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and shifting precipitation patterns. This dire situation underscores the critical importance of Climate...
The Parking Problem: Why Cities Overbuilt Parking Spaces
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) was founded in 1930 with the goal “to improve mobility and safety for all transportation system users and help build smart and livable communities.” The idea behind the ITE was to help developers with roadway design,...
Climate Resilient Development at the Local Level: Minneapolis Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Dependency on Private-Vehicle Use by Eliminating Parking Minimums
What is Minneapolis 2040? In March 2018, the City of Minneapolis began public meetings to discuss its plan for future growth. Over the course of two years, residents participated in sharing their hopes for the city. It was determined that as the city grows, everyone...
Climate Resilient Development at the Local Level: Addressing Embodied Carbon Through Low Carbon Building Regulations
One of the oldest industries on the planet, human construction has evolved over thousands of years. From the first stone roadways in Mesopotamia, to towering New York City skyscrapers, mankind continually innovates new ways to construct the built world around us....