Topic – Urban Planning
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TPC Interviews
What does the TPC do?
Over the summer, Houston Tomorrow interviewed members of the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council to learn more about the council's role in shaping the region.
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Distinguished Speaker Series: City of Seattle neighborhoods director Stella Chao
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Low-income housing project planned for downtown Austin
City's first in decades
An Austin nonprofit plans to build the first downtown development in decades to house low-income residents
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Small-scale eco-solutions answering some big city problems
Green infrastructure growing
The world's biggest cities are discovering that it sometimes makes sense to go small.
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Salvaging Houston’s first underground reservoir
Many possibilities for bayou
Planners are looking for a way to use the rediscovered underground reservoir built near Buffalo Bayou and Sabine Street in 1927
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‘Shared Space’ challenges the sidewalk standard
Reduces the dominance of cars
Shared Space streets can reduce the dominance of cars by getting people and vehicles to share the road space
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High demand for walkable neighborhoods
"Overall consumer preference"
For today's new-home market, the road to profitability may be a foot path.
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The case for increased investment in bicycling and walking
Houston and Texas rank low
The Alliance for Biking & Walking makes a strong case for increased US investment in bicycling and walking in their newly released 2012 Benchmarking Report.
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