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Peter Brown’s Traffic Plan
I had a chance to look over Peter Brown’s traffic plan this weekend. It’s a pretty good document, and while it doesn’t go into tremendous detail it does clearly spell out his approach to traffic management. Kuffner wrote a great summary last week, so for the general idea take a look at his post.
I just [...]
Cap and Trade
Cap and Trade is through the House, now Obama’s team is working on pressing it through the Senate. The legislation is in its early stages, but as it is proposed today it would mandate a reduction to 17% of 2005 levels of greenhouse gas emmissions by 2020.
In general, the Republicans are opposed to this and [...]
Update on Transit Corridors
Alright, I’m back from vacation in Alaska, and I have an update to add to my previous post on the proposed Transit Corridor Streets ordinance.
First, if you haven’t read it, Christof wrote a very detailed explanation of what the ordinance does and doesn’t do. If you want to understand the nuts and bolts of this thing, [...]
Houston Tomorrow Form-Based Codes Presentation
This was an interesting presentation, though somewhat limited in its applicability to Houston. While form-based code is extremely relevant for Houston, most of the panel presenters were focused on understanding the difference between conventional zoning and form-based code, and they spent most of their time talking about the processes and challenges involved in transitioning from conventional [...]
Land Use Morals
These kinds of things frustrate me…
Houston Strategies posted this story, which recaps this story.
Both of them basically attribute all of Houston’s economic success to it’s no-zoning approach to land-use regulation.
I certainly agree that Houston’s lean regulatory system helps the economy, there’s no question about that. I usually agree with the things Tory posts on this [...]
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