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How Can We Make Sprawling Houston Feel Urban and Walkable?
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Why the city needs to revisit the city-wide code.
Would Zoning Change Houston’s Flooding?
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Are Houston’s development policies adequate or do they perhaps worsen the severity of flooding even in more typical storms?
How Urban or Suburban Is Sprawling Houston?
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Understanding the nature of Houston's sprawl is about figuring out what it really means to be urban.
Report: Understanding The Unzoned City
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On the whole, the tools that Houston has at its disposal are similar to those in traditionally-zoned peer cities Los Angeles and Dallas.
Tapping The Brakes On Public-Private Partnership in Texas
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Using P3s strategically and carefully is a must. Texas still has the opportunity to do that, despite a recent vote.
What Happens When Pedestrians and Bicyclists Are Afraid of Certain Routes
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We asked pedestrians and bicyclists to tell us about their close calls on the road. The results are harrowing.
Houston Has Long Been A Car City. Today, Residents Are Seeking Something Else.
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For years, Houston has been seen as a car-centric city. By and large, it still is. Fewer than 7 percent of city residents walk, bike or take transit to work, according to Census estimates. But the Kinder Houston Area Survey also indicates those attitudes are shifting, and today residents’ preference for “walkable urbanism” in the Houston area is more prevalent than ever.
Visuals of San Antonio’s ‘Reimagined’ Alamo Plaza Emerge
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San Antonio city officials, locals, and history buffs that have been following the development of the Alamo Master Plan now have a suite of artistic renderings to inspect alongside the preliminary, written plans for the dramatic changes coming to the historic site.
Podcast: Houston, You’re a Bit Dense
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Houston has long been known as one of the country’s sprawl capitals. But did you know some parts of the city have higher levels of density than Chicago? In the latest episode of the Urban Edge podcast, Kinder Institute researcher Kelsey Walker discusses those neighborhoods, and her new study, “Taking Stock: Housing Trends in the Houston Area.”
Bike Plan Rolls To Its Next Stage
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The effort could transform Houstonians' relationship with their transportation system.
We Need Your Help to Study “Near Miss” Collisions in Houston
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Kyle Shelton | February 21, 2017
We need your help to better understand the threats facing pedestrians and cyclists in Houston.
How Do You Map the Character of a City? A New Tool Offers Solutions
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members of the National Trust’s Preservation Green Lab team have developed a concept they call a community’s “Character Score.” They are now using the recently launched Atlas of ReUrbanism to map that score to the streets of 50 major cities across America.