Posts tagged Houston
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Lunch links: Affordable and accessible
We’re really affordable!; Every bus stop is political; PG snow debate neglects pedestrians?; Bloggers for WMATA Board?; GPS making us dumb?; Congress to dig holes, point transit systems into it?; Development dispatches. Keep reading…
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Links across the nation (and world): At the extremes
NYC vs. Houston; Houston vs. NYC; 5 cents in Baltimore?; Robot turns snow into bricks; Curbing curb cuts in SF; Mixed-use in Mountain View; Driverless trains?. Keep reading…
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Houston’s cars vs. Rotterdam’s bombs
The Overhead Wire illustrates the destruction that wanton parking lot construction wreaks upon downtowns. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Inadequate public policies
Cash for new clunkers; Carpooling recently illegal in Ontario; Inadequate for Elrich; Walking is transportation, even in Houston; Wheelchair users will get taxis; Performance parking is good for residents; One burglar down. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good reporting, bad reporting
Press on 270, Corridor Cities; Jumping on the anti-cycling press bandwagon; Congress Heights on the what?; Mall, Capital Crescent make the finals; Walking doesn’t move cars, so what’s the point?; Not a “flop”; No photos or we’ll put you on a hit list; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Alphabet soup and libertarians
Walk and Roll for smoothies; Soft on sidewalks?; CTA goes open; AAA OK: Bikes are OK; Hawkins to lead WASA; Let the market decide except in parking?; Houston does have zoning. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On two wheels, variously
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Dinner links: Trains or the lack thereof
Haymarket endorses VRE line but not to Haymarket; Retail Smartrip locations; Funding bias for highways “squandering” stimulus funds; Car dependence stifles Columbus, Ohio economy; No British word for high-speed rail?. Keep reading…
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Roads do not pay for themselves
Transit opponents like to claim that our gas taxes fully pay for roads, while transit requires ongoing subsidies. Therefore, free-market economics would conclude that we should only build roads. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: transportation across the nation edition
Only in Portland? Hundreds of people gathered to tear up an underutilized parking lot and replace it with a community garden. Streetfilms created a video of the festivities. My favorite part is the dancers on stilts wielding giant jackhammers. Keep reading…