Category: Urban Design
Density and transit service, in pictures
In 2011, this bus stop had buses stopping every 10-15 minutes during peak times; it was the highest ridership route in the system by far.…
Why no endorsements, M1EK?
For those curious, I’m holding off on endorsing city council district 9 or mayor until one of them moves off of the “be credulous towards…
Let’s Go To The Movies: Also: Why Nobody Takes The Bus There!
In a happy coincidence, this twitter thread came to me as I was about to take the family over to our go-to theatre; the Alamo…
I guess everybody has their own version of Jane Jacobs…
I just read this quote from Jane yesterday: As a general rule, I think 100 dwellings per acre will be found to be too low…
NIMBYs: a play in five acts
Hot off the presses from its original run in the North University Neighborhood Association yahoo group, I bring you: NIMBYs: a play in five acts.
CodeNEXT was not worth the wait
This is my short and sharp reading of the CodeNEXT ‘draft’ that came out this week. I’ve been describing it as “activist flypaper” for years…
A letter I just sent to City Council
Mayor and council members: I want to call your attention to the Planning Commission meeting this week – specifically the treatment given by some of…
Austin’s land use ISN’T the problem behind Capital Metro’s poor ridership
Austin
Charts and Graphs
PS: I am not a crackpot
Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
Transit in Austin
Transportation
Urban Design
VMU
I just sent the slideshare version (contains more slides) to all city council members. I’ve exported some to images for this blog post; but going…
Rapid Bus has degraded bus service overall
Austin
Charts and Graphs
Don't Hurt Us Mr. Krusee, We'll Do Whatever You Want
Rapid Bus Ain't Rapid
Transit in Austin
Transportation
Urban Design
VMU
This VMU on Lamar at North Loop (google maps link; as of 9/5/2014 the streetview picture is from construction) is open now. I like it.…
What it’ll look like to walk to Wheatsville South Lamar
Wasn’t intending for this to be a blog post, but RRISD blocks SSH to my host, so this is the only way I can get…
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