-From the "Canons for Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism," the Congress for the New Urbanism
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Regional Transportation Plans from Denver, San Diego, and Atlanta compared
These plans are very different from Houston's. Get the PowerPoint slides.
Transportation Disconnect:
Are Supply and Demand Out of Sync in Houston?
Public opinion in professional surveys and government-mandated transportation plans reveals a mismatch between where the public wants to spend its transportation dollars and where those dollars are actually going. Read the report
Transportation Funding Equity:
The Local Pie is Strangely Sliced
Harris County has 73 percent of the regional population, but its citizens will receive only 48 percent of transportation project funds over the next 20 years. Why is that? Read the report.
Blogs
- TPC agrees that bringing high-speed rail to Texas will require cooperative effort
- September 3, 2008
- Texas Sunset Commission Report on the Texas Department of Transportation
- July 16, 2008
- ULI Advisory Services Panel Report on the Houston Region
- July 12, 2008
- Just for the record: the Kirby tree destruction is pointless
- July 25, 2008
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