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Professors Skeptical of Smart Growth and Light Rail

(November 23, 2011, Updated June 22, 2012) These professors are either neutral on smart growth and light rail, or, are critical of the concepts for economic and/or aesthetic reasons. Updated June 16, 2012, as the list continues to expand.

Disclaimer:  I have not personally contacted all of these professors and asked them to endorse the aforementioned statement.  While some of these professors are 100% against smart growth and light rail, others are fair and balanced, and present both sides.

For individuals who are critical of smart growth, yet who do not have a Ph.D., please refer to the right sidebar for lists of commentators, columnists, radio talk show hosts, and researchers at special interest think tanks who are critical of smart growth and light rail.

The University of Washington in Seattle is home to at least two critics of Smart Growth and Urban Growth Boundaries: Dr. Richard Morrill (Dept. of Geography), and Dr. Theo Eicher (Dept. of Economics). Above, the Japanese cherry blossoms on campus in spring.

Additional Opponents of Smart Growth and Light Rail –

These individuals are not necessarily professors, however, they are also against smart growth and light rail, and are also listed on the web page sidebar.

Links to Smart Growth Critics –

Links to Talk Hosts Critical of Land Use Controls

Smart Growth USA Index: Click for Photos and Topics –

This list also appears on the sidebar –

Agenda 21 Agriculture / Horticulture Air Pollution Albuquerque AMREP Southwest Appreciation Arizona Ashland Australia Bellevue Bellevue Square Bend Bernalillo County Bicycling Big Box Stores Bike Accidents Bike Lanes Bike Safety Bike Trails Bill Eager PhD Bill Wattenburg PhD Black Diamond Bob Brinker Bonney Lake Boulder Bountiful Breckenridge Burien Bus Rapid Transit California Carefree Cave Creek Colorado Commuting Corvallis Creative Class Creativity Democrats Density Denver Deschusets County Des Moines DLCD Dubuque Durango Durango CO Duvall Ellensburg Eminent Domain Enatai Enumclaw Eugene Eugene OR ………. Exurbs Fairwood Farmland Preservation Federal Lands Flagstaff Foreclosures Forestry Fort Collins Frank Lloyd Wright GHGs Global Warming Gravelscaping Green Party Guerneville High Valley Hilltop Housing Affordability i-1125 Impact Fee Impact Fees Interactive Maps Issaquah Issaquah Highlands James MacIsaac P.E. Juniper Ridge Kemper Freeman Engineering Studies Kemper Freeman Jr. King County Kirkland Kittitas County La Plata County Comprehensive Plan Las Vegas LDS Temples Leapfrogging Lee County Legacy Parkway Lifestyle Centers Light Rail Manhattan Village Maple Valley Mass Transit May Valley Medford Medina Mirrormont Mixed Use Mountains to Sound Greenway MRCOG Natural Gas Neighborhood Association Newcastle New Mexico News and Commentary New Zealand Normandy Park Oregon Patents Permaculture Philosophy Phoenix Pioneer Square Placitas Politics Portland Public-Private-Space Public Safety Puget Sound Regional Council Queen Creek Ratings RDAs Redevelopment Agencies Richmond Beach Rich vs. Poor Rio Rancho Ron Sims Russian River Salt Lake City Sammamish Sandoval County San Francisco Santa Fe Santa Rosa Scottsdale Seattle Sebastopol Sedona Snoqualmie Solar Sound Transit Sparks Sunset Valley Farms Superstar Cities Talus TGM Tiger Mountain Tim Eyman Todd McKittrick Tom Lane Thesis Transfer of Development Rights Tree Ordinance Tri-Cities Uncategorized Upzoning Urban Growth Boundaries Utah VMTs

 

3 comments on “Professors Skeptical of Smart Growth and Light Rail”

  1. Susie W.
    2011

    No development is as inspired as that which is responding to a demand.
    “What is called PLANNING is the forcible supression of millions of people’s plans by a government imposed plan. What is considered to be chaos are systematic interactions whose nature, logic a d consequences are seldom examined by those who simply assume that ‘planning’ by surrogate decision-makers must be better.” THOMAS SOWELL

    Thomas Sowell

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  2. j graham
    2011

    And oh, is farmland being overtaken by development and Smart Growth? There are new laws in effect to protect farm land in Washington!

    Click to access FRPPfinal.pdf

    Reply
  3. j graham
    2011

    It’s called FRPP

    Reply

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Alphabetical Index of All Topics and Photos by Tom Lane –

Smart Growth USA Index: Click for Photos and Topics:

Affordable Housing for Gays Affordable Housing for Hispanics Agenda 21 Agriculture / Horticulture Air Pollution Albuquerque AMREP Southwest Appreciation Arizona Ashland Australia Barstow Bellevue Bellevue Square Bend Bernalillo County Bicycling Big Box Stores Bike Accidents Bike Lanes Bike Safety Bike Trails Bill Eager PhD Bill Wattenburg PhD Black Diamond Bob Brinker Bob Littlefield Bonney Lake Boulder Boulder City Bountiful Breckenridge Burien Bus Rapid Transit California Carefree Cathedral City Cave Creek cindy hill Colorado Commuting Corvallis Creative Class Creativity dark money Dark Money in Scottsdale Dark Skies Democrats Dennis Robbins Density Denver Deschusets County Des Moines DLCD Dubuque Durango Durango CO Duvall Ed Jones Ellensburg Eminent Domain Enatai Enumclaw Eugene Eugene OR .......... Exurbs Fairwood Farmland Preservation Federal Lands Flagstaff Foreclosures Forestry Fort Collins Frank Lloyd Wright Gay Singles and Affordable Housing GHGs Global Warming Gravelscaping Green Party Guerneville High Valley Hilltop Hispanics and Affordable Housing Housing Affordability i-1125 Impact Fee Impact Fees Infill Incentive Districts Interactive Maps Issaquah Issaquah Highlands James MacIsaac P.E. Jennifer Peterson Judy Eisenhower Juniper Ridge Kathy Littlefield Kemper Freeman Engineering Studies Kemper Freeman Jr. King County Kirkland Kittitas County Lake Tahoe La Plata County Comprehensive Plan La Quinta Las Vegas LDS Temples Leapfrogging Lee County Legacy Parkway Lifestyle Centers Light Rail Linda Milhaven Los Angeles County Manhattan Village Maple Valley Mass Transit Matthew Kenney May Valley mcdowell mountains McDowell Sonoran Preserve Medford Medina mesa Mid Century Modern Minimum Wage and Affordable Housing Mirrormont Mixed Use Mountains to Sound Greenway MovePHX MovePHX 104 MRCOG Native Plants Natural Gas Neighborhood Association Nevada Newbury Park Newcastle New Mexico News and Commentary New Zealand No On 104 Normandy Park ojai Oligarchical Leaders open space Orange County Oregon Palm Desert Palm Springs Patents Permaculture Philosophy Phoenix Pioneer Square Placitas Politics Portland Private Streets Property Tax Proposition 104 Provo Public-Private-Space Public Safety Puget Sound Regional Council Queen Creek RainmakerLRO Ratings RDAs Redevelopment Agencies Reno Rent Controls Richmond Beach Rich vs. Poor Rio Rancho Riverside County Ron Sims Russian River Sal DiCiccio Light Rail 104 Salt Lake City Sammamish San Bernardino County Sandoval County San Francisco San Luis Obispo county Santa Barbara Santa Barbara County Santa Fe Santa Rosa Scottsdale Scottsdale Strong Scottsdale Towers Scottsdale United Seattle Seattle Smart Growth Sebastopol Sedona Smart Growth Smart Growth Towers Snoqualmie SOAR Solar Sound Transit South Lake Tahoe Sparks Special Interest Groups state trust land State Trust Lands Sunset Valley Farms Superstar Cities Talus Tempe Tempe Smart Growth TGM Thomas Rubin Thousand Oaks Tiger Mountain Tim Eyman Todd McKittrick Tom Lane Thesis tonto national forest Transfer of Development Rights Tree Ordinance Tri-Cities Uncategorized Upzoning Urban Growth Boundaries Utah Ventura Ventura County Victorville Virginia Korte VMTs Vote No on 104 Vote No on PHX 104 Vote Yes on 104 Washoe County Yardi YieldStar You Tube Yucca Valley

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Professors Against Smart Growth and Light Rail – The List Continues to Grow – Both Democrats and Republicans –

NEW VIDEO – One Hour – October 10, 2011 – Kemper Freeman and Tim Eyman with Seattle Times Editorial Board –

NEW VIDEO – October 8, 2011 – Kemper Freeman on TV-W “If You Drive Vote Yes on I-1125”

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Kemper Freeman and Bellevue Residents Willl Stop Light Rail. – CLICK HERE for “Building a Better Bellevue” –

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Dr. Peter Gordon’s Blog (USC) on Smart Growth and Light Rail –

How King County Makes Housing Unaffordable, and Punishes Farmers Outside the Urban Growth Boundary –

Seattle Urban Growth Boundary Does Not Work – Each dot is 10 building pemits, 1991-2001 – 46,000 total – outside the brown PSRC Urban Growth Area in the Seattle metro. CLICK to enlarge, from Sightline of Seattle, Wa.

Metro Denver Urban Growth Boundary (“Metro Vision 2035”) – CLICK to Enlarge, from Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) –

Portland Metro Urban Growth Boundary as of 2006 – CLICK to Enlarge, from Metro of Portland –

Oregon DLCD Statewide Zoning Map. Hasn’t changed since 1986.

“Plan Bay Area” – High Density Smart Growth Plan – Association of Bay Area Governments

More Growth Maps Below, and from Sightline of Seattle – CLICK HERE –

Recommended Reading – Sprawl A Compact History – Dr. Robert Breugmann, Univ. of Illinois –

Recommended Reading: The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Ed. 464pp. for $18 on amazon

The Greener Alternative to High Density Treeless Smart Growth – Conservation Subdivisions – book by Randall Arendt

Recommened Reading on Land Use Economics and Growth Management: “The Homevoter Hypothesis…” by Dr. William Fischel of Dartmouth –

Classic 1979 Book on Anti-Growth Restrictions in California Blocking Middle Class Homes – the late Dr. Bernard Frieden – The Environmental Protection Hustle, MIT Press –

Somerset – Active Bellevue, Wa. Neighborhood Association – Incredible Views – Click for Map of Properties –

Click Image for Randall Arendt and Conservation Subdivisions – Alternative to High Density Smart Growth and Traditional Sprawl –

Seattle area Urban Growth Boundary from Seattle – Puget Sound Regional Council, Regional Smart Growth and Urban Growth Boundary, “Vision 2040” – CLICK to Enlarge –

Outside Seattle’s Urban Growth Boundary, New Homes Must be on Five Acres:

Seattle area Population Density Contained within Urban Growth Boundary – CLICK to Enlarge, from Sightline of Seattle –

Cargo Cycling Video – Click Image –

Bend, Oregon: Best City for Mountain Biking, FREE PDF Article from Mountain Bike Action magazine. CLICK HERE –

Ashland, Oregon: Southern Oregon University Bicycle Covers. Great idea.

Ashland #1 for Trail Running: Outside Magazine for 2010:

Bend Philanthropic Mountain Bike Trailbuilding: Central Oregon Trail Alliance –

Internation Mountain Biking Association – IMBA – Philanthropic Trailbuilding –

Mountain Bike Review Regional Discussion Boards – Click Image –

Mountains to Sound Greenway: 100 Miles of Trails on I-90 from Seattle to Thorp, Washington in Eastern Wa.

“Friends of the Trail” in Washington State: Volunteers Help Local Agencies Clean Up Waste on Trails, and Even Underwater –

Bob Brinker and Dr. Bill Wattenburg, Click Feb. 2009 Ad for President Obama in the Washington Post –

Gas for $2 a Gallon – With Natural Gas – Write President Obama – Click for Letter from Bill Wattenburg

Why Bend, Boulder, Ashland, & Durango will Keep Growing: 5 Million Baby Boomers Moving to Rural Areas by 2020. PDF of USDA Report – Click here –

Familiar landmark, at an undisclosed location, in the Mojave Desert somewhere between Phoenix and Los Angeles.

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Trillium –

My mission – Affordable Single Family Detatched Housing on Acreage for Everyone –

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Alphabetical Index of All Topics and Photos by Tom Lane –

*HOME PAGE* – Click Image of the Sparks Marina near Reno, NV. for the HOME PAGE –

Cancel Obama’s Expensive Smart Growth in 2012 – Mark Levin for President – Housing Affordability for Everyone –

It’s a Bike Rack –

Rio Rancho and Albuquerque, New Mexico. NO URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES = AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Salt Lake City – Rio Rancho, New Mexico – NO Urban Growth Boundary = AFFORDABLE HOUSING on LARGE LOTS – More Photos Forthcoming

Mysterious Massive Walls and Clearcutting at Issaquah Highlands … vs. Green Neighborhoods in Arizona and Oregon … Click Here …

Durango Smart Growth – La Plata County Comprehensive Plan – Cancelled (Nov. 23, 2011) – CLICK IMAGE for Plan Maps and Photos –

* NEW * October 8, 2011, Seattle – KEMPER FREEMAN VIDEO – If You Drive, Vote YES on I-1125, Kemper Freeman on TV-W w/ Doug MacDonald

Dr. Bill Eager – “End Gridlock Now” – Stop Seattle Gridlock Today

Kemper Freeman Sues a Third Time over Seattle Light Rail – May 9, 2012

SEATTLE – Why Washington’s Anti-Tolling and Anti-Transit Initiative (I-1125) Didn’t Pass (12/6/11) – CLICK IMAGE of the skyline from West Seattle –

* HEY SEATTLE * – VOTE YES on Kemper Freeman’s Initiative I-1125 – Protect Your Gas Taxes and Tolls – Stop Illegal East Link I-90 Light Rail – Stop the Destruction of Downtown Bellevue with an Ugly Transit Oriented Development -CLICK HERE –

Salt Lake City’s Legacy Parkway – A Green Solution for Seattle Gridlock

*CETA* Coalition for Effective Transportation Alternatives (Seattle) – John Niles – August 22, 2011 Letter to Ray La Hood advocates Bus Rapid Transit on I-90

* SEATTLE DISPLACEMENT COALITION * – John Fox and Carolee Colter – Defending Lower Income Apartment Residents against Greedy Smart Growth Developers and Seattle Politicians – CLICK HERE for web site & columns –

*GREEN ALTERNATIVE * to Smart Growth – *WATCH VIDEO* from Pique Architects – Do They Present Something SIMILAR to the “LANDSCAPE URBANISM” Concept of Harvard’s Dr. Charles Waldheim? Image Source: http://vimeo.com/user4133046/videos – Pique LLC of Bend, Seattle, & Montana –

* SMART GROWTH * – The Wolf at Your Front Door – You Tube – (5 Minutes) – Image Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/regsgridlock –

Stop Obama’s Smart Growth … Preserve Organic Farms and Parks on Acreage … We Have No Choice but to Vote Republican … The Truth from Talk Host Mark Levin … Defending Private Property Rights Every Day – Coast to Coast, 3P-6P, Pacific … CLICK for Free Archives.

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