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Delia Garza and Don Zimmerman Debate Density vs. Sprawl

By Dan Keshet | Aug 10, 2015 | No Comments

In this video, Council Member Delia Garza argues that downtown density is better for congestion than suburban sprawl, and Council Member Don Zimmerman argues the opposite. I call the argument for Council Member Garza. Here’s why: Downtown, destinations are closer, reducing travel distance CM Zimmerman is right that one reason suburban development causes more congestion than downtown development is that suburban […]

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From 300 to 100,000: Making Transit Oriented Development Normal

By Dan Keshet | May 14, 2015 | No Comments

The Burnet Road rezoning case I’ve been following (1, 2) is over. City Council voted not only to approve the apartments, but passed Greg Casar’s proposal to increase the number of allowed apartments from 225 to 300. The developer correspondingly upped his pledge to 45 rent-reduced units and committed to a certain number of those having 1, 2, […]

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Real-Time Bus Data Can Improve Effective Frequencies

By Dan Keshet | Apr 6, 2015 | No Comments

In February, Capital Metro expanded the reach of real-time bus data from the 801 and 803 routes to the entire fleet. There have been a few pieces about the promise of real-time data: the piece of mind of knowing your bus is actually on its way, the ability to save wait time by only heading […]

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The Upside Down(town) Parking World

By Dan Keshet | Jan 26, 2015 | No Comments

I often refer to the housing market as a game of musical chairs. We don’t have as much housing (chairs) as there are people who want it and however you arrange people in those houses (chairs), somebody loses out. The solution is abundant housing. In the downtown parking market, though; we suffer from a very […]