Comments on: Transit Corridor Streets

By: A tiny step in the right direction

A tiny step in the right direction — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:35:20 +0000

[...] many of you read my reaction when the City first revealed the draft ordinance. My basic point of view on this issue hasn’t [...]

By: Comparing Interfaces: The difference between good urbanism and bad

Comparing Interfaces: The difference between good urbanism and bad — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:44:52 +0000

[...] promote good urban development. Here in Houston this has been looked at recently in the form of the Transit Corridor Streets program and its voluntary design standards. There are pros and cons to the TCS as it has been [...]

By: More on the urban transit corridors ordinance – Off the Kuff

More on the urban transit corridors ordinance – Off the Kuff — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:23:01 +0000

[...] It’s too dense to excerpt, so just go and read and see what we’ll be missing. Second, neoHouston cuts right to the chase: Let me be clear: if the city adopts the standards as they are written, it [...]

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:28:00 +0000

I agree that the City is not showing any long-term vision. There’s a critical lack of leadership on the big picture issues of land development, economic development, and regional mobility.

What we need, more than anything else, is strong leadership that can take the clear community vision that has been espoused in projects like Blueprint Houston and cut through the bureaucracy and politics and get it implemented.

So, I hear Chicago is beautiful in the summertime…

By: Cory Crow

Cory Crow — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:14:27 +0000

“Cory Crow wrote a pretty scathing rebuke of the idea, though I think he was reacting more to the article than the ordinance”

That’s somewhat right. I would add that my general objections also lie in the short-sightedness on the part of the planners as well. I’m still not seeing anything that addresses some pretty fundamental questions regarding both regional mobility and long-term viability.

It’s possible that smart-codes and transects are a part of the answer, I don’t know. Like you I’m not sure they’d fly politically.

I keep going back to “make the best of a bad situation”. Either that or move to Chicago.