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New Green Tape: Permitting reform negotiations are already upon us. Much has changed since EPRA – and it's time to start thinking about what the new grand bargain could look like. What will Dems need? What will Republicans need? And what will actually move the needle? 🧵

As part of our upcoming transit costs series we're looking for authors interested in writing policy briefs for how to lower transit costs. We're focused federal policy and proposals for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization. x.com/ArnabDatta321/…

One tiny aspect of this: The ABA is currently considering major changes to the accreditation standards that would expand the cost of legal education. Presumably harder to try to do that after the loan limits are in place? (I oppose the changes to the accreditation standard, so I

Mason's case for municipal financing of development is that we need more homes than private investors will fund, given their expectations for returns. Chris Elmendorf counters that those expectations reflect real risks, which the city isn't as well positioned to take

It's definitely worth thinking about ways that city & state can reduce the regulatory risks of private investment in rental housing...

If we think the high returns developers ask for equity financing in new development are warranted for risk - there are ways gov can better insure the downside. Ie offer a rental guarantee if rents fall below X, and price that up front.

Might want to invest in RCV first?

Great job opportunity

Why don’t we see this in California—compensating builders for mandatory low-income units with tax benefits?

when nate silver asked chatgpt to come up with a third party platform, it literally went full abundance

Jacksonville is launching an autonomous fixed bus route, the first one in the US. I don't expect unions to like it, but operating cost for transit is mostly labor cost, so if it could scale it could be transformative. Vehicles are way too small, though. jtafla.com/media-center/p…

A bill passed by the NYS Legislature requiring two-person crews for all subway trains would not only leave NY in the past—no other major transit system requires this—it would also cause immediate service cuts wherever trains operate with one person now, including on the G and M.