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Benevolent Dictator or Democracy?

By Patrick Kennedy | Jul 9, 2015 | No Comments

Since all of Oak Cliff is spending all of their litigious days toiling away on facebook, I though I might pose a question I raised in one of the endless and countless threads about Oak Cliff development. It’s one that I don’t believe has an answer: We could argue that more [business owners] need to […]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jul 9, 2015 | No Comments

Swamplot Comment Explains How Developers Allowed to Destroy Street Grid in Houston
TXDOT Seems to Wish TXLege Had Passed a Driving While Txting Ban. Don’t We All?
David Dorantes: I Want To Walk, But Houston Won’t Let Me (Houston Chron)
Not Of It Covers Patrick Kennedy and Jim Kumon at What Can We Do By 2022 Lecture
Why Make a Wider Roadway and a Lane for Bikes at the Same Time? (Fox San Antonio)
Austin NIMBYs Hate PUDs, Think Density Creates 500% More Traffic (Austin-American Statesman)
Houston PWE, HPD, and Planning Talk on Radio About Safe Streets (Houston Matters)
TTI Study: 75% of Texans “Feel the Pain of Traffic” But We Keep Trying “Investing in Roads” Approach

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Talking Headways Podcast: Building Relationships to Build a Better City

By Jeff Wood | Jul 8, 2015 | No Comments

This week’s guest is Janne Flisrand, an independent consultant and writer at Streets.mn. In her work as a “network weaver,” Janne thinks about how to elevate different voices and make sure everyone in a movement has a place to share their expertise and opinions. In this episode we talk about the importance of relationships in cities — between neighbors and between elected [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jul 8, 2015 | No Comments

Maybe Austin’s MetroRapid Bus Not Actually More Rapid Than Regular Bus (Open-Austin)
More on Complete Streets Changes to Houston Infrastructure Design Manual (Houston Chron)
14 of 28 Floors of Office Tower Replacing Austin Music Hall Devoted to Parking (ATX YIMBY)
Amenity for Planned Sub-Urban Office Bldg on I-10: Shuttle to Cross Freeway (Swamplot)
South Lamar Corridor Improvement Survey Closes July 19. Posters. Let’s All Walk to Loca Maria’s.
Nonprofit Operating Tiny Dallas Bike-Share Not Subject to Public Information Act (Dallas Observer)
Scott Ball: Dreams of a Renegade San Antonio Bus Rider (Rivard Report)

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Iowa DOT Chief Says Overbuilt Road System Will Have to Shrink

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2015 | No Comments

Here’s something you don’t see every day. Or ever. Charles Marohn at Strong Towns reports that the director of the Iowa DOT, Paul Trombino, said his state’s transportation system is overbuilt and unsustainable. Trombino said Iowans will have to decide what to maintain and what they are willing to let go. State DOT director Paul Trombino says Iowa has [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jul 7, 2015 | No Comments

What Can We Do By 2022: Luncheon Today in Houston With Patrick Kennedy & Jim Kumon
…Tax Base & Walkable Urbanism Commentaries: Kennedy, Kumon, Mankad, Rogers, Spillette
Austin Planning Parking Protected Bike Lane on San Jacinto — Public Meeting Wednesday
Registration Open for 2015 NACTO Designing Cities Conference in Austin. Janette Sadik-Khan!
Houston Matters Talks to Headline Writer About Pedestrian Safety, Complete Streets, Vision Zero
Propose Your Talk for 2016 Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference in Houston
Austin Downtown High Rise Advertises to Grandparents as “Best Neighborhood in Austin“
Survey: What Do Houston Voters Care About?

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Parking and the Lizard Brain

By Patrick Kennedy | Jul 6, 2015 | No Comments

“When it comes to parking, people’s mental activity drops to a lower level.” Parking guru and recently retired professor from UCLA, Donald Shoup. —————————————- I thought it worthwhile to post this article and this story/radio piece about parking in LA and like all things urban, the counter-intuitive nature of how it really works. The first […]

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If You Plan for Everyone to Drive Cars, They Will

By Dan Keshet | Jul 6, 2015 | No Comments

On June 18, City Council took its first look at an ordinance to make it easier to build granny flats, also known as ADUs or backhouses. A granny flat is a small home on the same lot as a single-family home. They have traditionally been used to keep multi-generational families together or as an affordable option for […]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jul 6, 2015 | No Comments

City of Houston Infrastructure Design Manual Adds Complete Streets, Now Live (Houston Tomorrow)
Mayor Parker Claims Houston’s Bicycling Goal Same as Vision Zero Approach (Houston Chronicle)
Patrick Kennedy and Jim Kumon Speaking in Houston Tonight #WhatCanWeDoBy2022
Alamo and Other San Antonio Missions Are 1st Texan UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Morning News)
Life in Houston, One of Most Economically Segregated Cities in Nation (Houston Chron)
Cities Where People Walk and Bike More are Physically and Financially More Healthy (road.cc)

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jul 2, 2015 | No Comments

Dallas Has Highest Degree of Neighborhood Inequality of Large Metros (Governing)
DFW Folks: Take the NCTCOG Survey for Mobility 2040 Transportation Plan (D Magazine)
…And Give Your Input on a Mixed-use Project in the Bishop Arts District
River Oaks District Mixes Offices, Apartments, Retail, Restaurants, Gym (Houston Business Journal)
Austin Petition Proposes Rent Control for Music Venues
Will Texas Mayors Heed the US Conference of Mayors Call for Vision Zero?
Developer Financing Curb-Separated Bike Lanes, Converting Couplet to Two-Way (Bikeable Dallas)

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Newark Clears Bike Lane of Cars, Solves Parking Problem With Meters Instead

By Michael Andersen | Jul 1, 2015 | No Comments

Newark’s stopgap solution to a parking crunch was to allow parking in the bike lane (see upper right). Since then it’s found a more sensible option: meters. Photo: WalkBikeJersey Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Three months after Newark drew national [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jul 1, 2015 | No Comments

Study: What Makes a Child Feel Safe in Their Neighborhood?
NPR Here & Now Did a Whole Bunch of Stories on Houston Recently
Pride Houston Claims 700,000 Humans Were in Downtown Houston Last Weekend (Houston Chron)
Kinder Institute Does Another Weird Anti-Transit Story Ignoring History of Car Subsidy (Houston Chron)
Kinder Publishes James Llamas Refutation of 1st Anti-Transit Reimagining Story (Kinder Institute)
All Houston SuperNeighborhoods Should Have a Splash Pad. Do We Really Only Have 21 Out of 150?
Comments at Houston City Hall on the Desperate Need for Safe Streets — Go to 73:45 in This Video (HTV)
…Council Member Mike Kubosh Suggests 20 mph Speed Limit on Streets with Bike Traffic at 83:15

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