The American Elevator Explains Why Housing Costs Have Skyrocketed

[Edward Skira]

Interesting article. US focused but I'm sure relevant in many ways here.

Opinion | The American Elevator Explains Why Housing Costs Have Skyrocketed

An illness led Stephen Smith to study why America has so few elevators. What he learned explains why housing costs are so high.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Northern Light]

Interesting article. US focused but I'm sure relevant in many ways here.

Opinion | The American Elevator Explains Why Housing Costs Have Skyrocketed

An illness led Stephen Smith to study why America has so few elevators. What he learned explains why housing costs are so high.

www.nytimes.com

A discussion on the narrow subject of elevators and informed by the piece above happened recently in the zoning reform thread, starting here:

Zoning Reform Ideas

Interesting discussion on elevator regulations in Canada (and US), why they are far more expensive in Canada that much of the rest of the world, and thus there are far fewer elevators per capita. This has a knock-off effect of making small-scale midrise buildings uneconomical. The policy...

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