Posts Tagged ‘Urbanism’
TxDOT structure under review
An interesting article came out a couple weeks ago in the Dallas Morning News, covering the executive structure of TxDOT and whether it should be maintained. Here are the highlights: Behind all the fiery rhetoric aimed at the Texas Department of Transportation at a hearing today, the question hovering over the future of the 14,000-employee [...]
Houston over NYC?
A quick wrap-up of a recently interesting dialogue… The New York Sun ran an article touting Houston’s advantages over New York. That lit-up the urban design and planning blogosphere. Tory Gattis gave the world a big “I told you so.” The gist of the article is: Houston is way more affordable for the middle-class, and [...]
Kirby Can Be Saved
Recently, Trees for Houston has been battling with the Upper Kirby TIRZ over widening Kirby drive. The argument tends to go something like this: TIRZ: “The lanes are too narrow, there’s all this development happening over here, and we’ve got to improve traffic flow.” TFH: “The trees are about the only thing making Kirby bearable [...]