Archive: Scott Beyer

Scott Beyer is the owner of the Market Urbanism Report, a media company that advances free-market city policy. He is also an urban affairs journalist who writes regular columns for Forbes, Governing Magazine, HousingOnline.com, and Catalyst. Follow him on Twitter: @marketurbanist.
If Transport Is Privatized Who Will Build the Roads?
This is part 5 in a 7-part series on the privatization of transpor
Scott Beyer | January 12, 2021
Can Rail Transit Become Privatized?
This is part 4 in a 7-part series on the privatization of transport
Scott Beyer | December 15, 2020
Private Bus Transit Is a Global Phenomenon
This is part 3 in a 7-part series on the privatization of transport
Scott Beyer | December 14, 2020
In Defense of Uber, Lyft, and Ridesharing
This is part 2 in a seven-part series on the privatization of transport
Scott Beyer | December 7, 2020
The Vast Growth Potential of Micro-Transport
This is part one in a seven-part series on the privatization of transport
Scott Beyer | December 4, 2020
The Many Benefits of Road Pricing
A market-oriented approach to road management would ease congestion, generate revenue, and encourage ridepooling
Scott Beyer | November 7, 2020
Should Government Build and Finance Affordable Housing?
“Supply-side” solutions like public housing and LIHTC may seem good on paper, but are flawed in practice
Scott Beyer | October 31, 2020
Is Sprawl a Consumer Choice or a Government Mandate?
A market-based look at one of the side effects of urbanization and its tangled roots
Scott Beyer | October 20, 2020
The High Cost of Housing Approval Processes
How circuitous approval processes make growth and modernization less likely in highly regulated cities
Scott Beyer | October 5, 2020
How To Reduce Urban Overcrowding
How sprawling cities manage to be more overcrowded than the densest urban jungles
Scott Beyer | October 1, 2020