Austin – Page 37 – M1EK's Bake-Sale of Bile

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Houston outlaws density better than Austin does

Austin I Told You So Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad

Despite popular misconceptions, Houston's development regulations are more anti-density than are most cities'.

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The thing people aren’t getting about the library

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Don't move the library away from the big bus corridors just to look pretty.

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“Stick the renters in high-rises”

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The new strategy of the smarter, somewhat less evil central neighborhoods: stack 'em downtown away from our houses.

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The Capital Metro Finances

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Ben Wear continues to carry water for Krusee and Capital Metro

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On bicycle lanes, and dense areas

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Bike lanes aren't usually justified when car traffic is slow. But there are exceptions.

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“Build it and they’ll come” is no way to run a city

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Hyde Park neighbors, like Cap Metro, believes "if you build it, they'll come", even if what you build is Very Crappy.

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Clearly I Am A Shrinking Violet

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Apparently I didn't write enough crap about commuter rail. Perhaps another hundred or two articles would suffice.

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Our lunch, and parking

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When suburbanites move central, they bring their stupid ideas about parking requirements with them.

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More on 37th, NUNA, and bad neighbors

Austin Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad

Crackpot Letter, Part XXIV

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Unintended consequences: Neighborhoods near UT got themselves houses full of students by opposing big apartment complexes for decades.

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