Comments on: A thought experiment on Urban Corridors http://www.neohouston.com/2008/12/a-thought-experiment-on-urban-corridors/ advocating urbanism in the opportunity city Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Crossley http://www.neohouston.com/2008/12/a-thought-experiment-on-urban-corridors/#comment-70 David Crossley Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:46:57 +0000 http://neohouston.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-70 Thanks, Andrew, but now my comment doesn't make any sense. The new quote has nothing to do with the response. But you've explained what happened well enough, so let's just leave it alone. These blog and content management systems have horrible text editors, so I always use Word, except when making comments. Thanks, Andrew, but now my comment doesn’t make any sense. The new quote has nothing to do with the response. But you’ve explained what happened well enough, so let’s just leave it alone. These blog and content management systems have horrible text editors, so I always use Word, except when making comments.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.neohouston.com/2008/12/a-thought-experiment-on-urban-corridors/#comment-71 Andrew Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:34:07 +0000 http://neohouston.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-71 David, Thanks so much for your comments, I'm glad to see that you follow the blog! I have to apologize for editing your comment! I have a bad habit of hitting the "publish" button while I'm working on a draft post instead of "preview." It's much easier to read in the normal blog format than the editing window, and I tend to write by quickly spreading out my ideas, then re-reading and refining what I have to say. I originally wrote something to the effect of "for some reason this isn't popular," and I decided to change that as it didn't read the way I intended. The conclusion of your comment: "Those who oppose the popular view are pretty much in charge of everything," is essentially what I was trying to say. While editing my post I was trying to find a way to word that idea to specifically name the groups that don't like the idea of walkable urbanism, but I decided that it wasn't really at the core of the argument today, so I just took it out. As I was doing this, your comment popped up in my email, and I realized you'd already read and remarked on today's blog before I was done with it. Again, thanks for reading, I'm glad you enjoy the discussion, and I'm thrilled to know you were reading from the moment it went online. Sorry for the edit, I'll do my best not to preview my own work in live blogosphere anymore! -Andrew David,
Thanks so much for your comments, I’m glad to see that you follow the blog!

I have to apologize for editing your comment! I have a bad habit of hitting the “publish” button while I’m working on a draft post instead of “preview.” It’s much easier to read in the normal blog format than the editing window, and I tend to write by quickly spreading out my ideas, then re-reading and refining what I have to say.

I originally wrote something to the effect of “for some reason this isn’t popular,” and I decided to change that as it didn’t read the way I intended.

The conclusion of your comment: “Those who oppose the popular view are pretty much in charge of everything,” is essentially what I was trying to say.

While editing my post I was trying to find a way to word that idea to specifically name the groups that don’t like the idea of walkable urbanism, but I decided that it wasn’t really at the core of the argument today, so I just took it out.

As I was doing this, your comment popped up in my email, and I realized you’d already read and remarked on today’s blog before I was done with it.

Again, thanks for reading, I’m glad you enjoy the discussion, and I’m thrilled to know you were reading from the moment it went online. Sorry for the edit, I’ll do my best not to preview my own work in live blogosphere anymore!

-Andrew

]]> By: David Crossley http://www.neohouston.com/2008/12/a-thought-experiment-on-urban-corridors/#comment-72 David Crossley Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:54:13 +0000 http://neohouston.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-72 Good arguments. I have one bone to pick, over this statement: <em>"The entire purpose of mass transit is to connect points of high-density, thus the Urban Corridors initiative is focused on applying pedestrian standards to the rail corridors." **edited 12/22/08 by Andrew; I updated the quote to reflect my final post.**</em> Actually, I think it is extremely popular. In all the testing of various aspects of this stuff that we've seen in Stephen Klineberg's surveys, the percentage of Houstonians who agree with the HRG approach is really very small. A survey he and Richard Murray conducted for Blueprint Houston a few years ago found that "making it easier to walk in the city" had 87% support. In the last Houston Area Survey, those in favor of a comprehensive plan were 83%. Same survey concludes that "Area residents are clear in their support for more and better land-use planning: They reject the suggestion that private property rights ought to take precedence or that land-use planning will slow economic growth and increase the cost of housing." Problem is that those who oppose the popular view are pretty much in charge of everything. Good arguments. I have one bone to pick, over this statement:

“The entire purpose of mass transit is to connect points of high-density, thus the Urban Corridors initiative is focused on applying pedestrian standards to the rail corridors.”
**edited 12/22/08 by Andrew; I updated the quote to reflect my final post.**

Actually, I think it is extremely popular. In all the testing of various aspects of this stuff that we’ve seen in Stephen Klineberg’s surveys, the percentage of Houstonians who agree with the HRG approach is really very small.

A survey he and Richard Murray conducted for Blueprint Houston a few years ago found that “making it easier to walk in the city” had 87% support. In the last Houston Area Survey, those in favor of a comprehensive plan were 83%. Same survey concludes that “Area residents are clear in their support for more and better land-use planning: They reject the suggestion that private property rights ought to take precedence or that land-use planning will slow economic growth and increase the cost of housing.”

Problem is that those who oppose the popular view are pretty much in charge of everything.

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