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Alon Levy

What Alon Levy thinks about housing

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Mathematician turned transport researcher, a fellow at NYU's Marron Institute and a lead of the Transit Costs Project, which compares what it costs to build rail in different countries. Writes Pedestrian Observations.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Alon Levy has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingTransit-oriented development should be defined by walking distance to rail stations, not by zoning along arterial street corridors.

    Their wordsThe reason is simple: TOD doesn't care about corridors but about the underlying transit, which is a subway, not a bus stopping every block.

    ↗Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Developmentpedestrianobservations.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  3. Our readingCorridor zoning's real purpose is to concentrate density's pollution and social costs onto arterial streets so single-family areas can avoid them.

    Their wordsthe explicit purpose of corridor zoning is to concentrate both air pollution and the perceived social pollution of apartment dwellers in quarantine zones that single-family homeowners can avoid

    ↗Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Developmentpedestrianobservations.com 2nd of 2 in this piece