Spring 2Q07 Highlights
Time for the quarterly highlights post. These posts have been chosen with a particular focus on significant ideas I'd like to see kept alive for discussion and action, and they're mainly targeted at new readers who want to get caught up with a quick overview of the Houston Strategies landscape. I also like to track what I think of as "reference posts" that sum up a particular topic or argument.Don't forget we offer an email option for the roughly twice/week posts - see the Google Groups subscription signup box in the right sidebar. An RSS feed link (Atom) is also available. As always, thanks for your readership.
June
- Joel Kotkin on Houston's unique 21st century development pattern
- Getting congestion pricing right on Westpark and elsewhere
- Opportunity Urbanism, 4 drivers op-ed, and response to critics
- How mixed-use development is done better in Houston than other cities
- Eurocity (urban) corridors
- Cheap fixes for traffic congestion
- Is urban form the root of politics?
- Economics of transit vs. cars
- Mayor expands historic preservation, air pollution initiatives (April Fools)
March
- Houston vs. Dallas, Portland - Who builds more density?
- Architects vs. Economists (the planning vs. free market spectrum)
- Bruegmann on developers' attitudes towards land-use regulations
- Prospects for Texas commuter and inter-city rail
January
- Seven reasons why government planning fails
- Wrapping up Superstar Cities week: solutions
- The Wrong Way to Reform Property Taxes (arguments vs. appraisal caps)
- Planning: Panacea, Poison Pill, or just Purgatory?
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posted by Tory Gattis @ 8:27 PM
1 Comments:
Tory,
The last post was excellent probably the best discussion I have seen yet. I normally agree with you, but on one account I agree with the others on that post. One story does not make a case for or against transit. I know that is not what you meant by your story, but it sure seemed like it.
An anecdote that once and for all proves how great transit is:)
Got off from work at lunch today. I needed to go to the med center to get my hearing aids fixed. I hate driving in the med center, and the methodist garage costs alot. I also needed to get some lunch. I parked near the Rice station for free, caught the train to methodist. Did my business there, then caught the train to downtown and ate at Treebeards ( excellent restuarant by the way ). Then rode back to my original station. Spent the time on the full trains catching up on my reading.
Extra time spent: approx fifteen minutes
Money saved: approx five dollars
increase in the pleasantness of my day: a whole hell of a lot.
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