Topic – Land Use

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  Livable Houston Initiative - Uri Avin on Regional Planning for Sustainability

  Wendy Natt, Jul 22, 09.

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  New study: Density does not equal congestion

  Numerous causes explained

  Matt Dietrichson, May 21, 12.

  A new study published by the Transportation Research Board shows significantly less traffic congestion in urban corridors, despite being considerably more dense

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  Robert Steuteville

  Why cities are unaffordable

  Blogger, Better! Cities & Towns, Jan 26, 12.

  Cities and towns would do better to focus on more effective regulations.

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  Sierra Club SH99 preliminary injunction fails, lawsuit continues

  Insufficient funds for bonds

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 22, 11.

  Sierra Club could not post a bond of more than $1K per day requested by the government to issue a preliminary injuction on construction of Segment E of SH99.

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  Streetsblog on Ned Holmes and SH99

  Gave the project new life

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 15, 11.

  Streetsblog DC continues its coverage of Texas developers making decisions in public capacities to build more roads, featuring TTC's Ned Holmes.

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  TXDOT seeks input on proposed Westpark toll road past SH99

  Facilitate low density housing

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 15, 11.

  The Texas Department of Transportation seeks public input on the proposal to extend the Westpark toll road beyond SH99 to facilitate suburban development.

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  West Texas schools seeing “windfall” from sustainable energy

  An iPad for every student

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 15, 11.

  West Texas school districts have brokered deals with wind power companies resulting in new buildings, scholarship funds, and for some - iPads for every student.

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  Kaid Benfield

  Regional planning that matters

  Director, Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth, NRDC; co-founder, LEED-ND rating system, Aug 16, 11.

  The importance of regional planning that matters

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  Houston development alters winds increasing smog

  New research on paved surfaces

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Jun 23, 11.

  Excessive paving in the Houston region alters weather patterns causing air pollution to stay put, according to a new study.

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  Stephen Gandel

  Farmland: a great investment

  Writer, TIME, Jun 14, 11.

  Some investors are looking to farmland as a reliable rising investment.

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