Archive for the 'opportunity urbanism' Category
Evidence for Opportunity Urbanism
Closed Published by Tory Gattis October 8th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesDigging through some of my older stuff looking for some good blog material, I came across this Demographia analysis of Sydney vs. DFW. Their main point is that Sydney’s extremely tight land use restrictions drive up housing costs, which are three time…
Hou vs. NOLA, Google maps adds Hou street views, homebuyer prefs, CA vs. TX housing cost drivers, commuter rail, transit safety, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis August 8th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesI’m heading to Orange County, CA for my brother’s wedding until Monday, so no posts for a few days. In the meantime, here is a long post of misc smaller items with a lot of links to keep you busy for a while:Google maps has added parts of Houston to i…
Reason on Why Mobility Matters to Personal Life (Part 2 of 2)
Closed Published by Tory Gattis July 26th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesContinuing from Tuesday’s part 1.Moving on, the report punctures the “live close to work” myth.Why don’t more gridlock-weary commuters simply move closer to work? The approach certainly works for some people, but it’s often more feasible in theory …
Reason on Why Mobility Matters to Personal Life (Part 1 of 2)
Closed Published by Tory Gattis July 24th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesI really like the new Reason Foundation report by Ted Balaker on “Why Mobility Matters to Personal Life” - a product of The Galvin Project to End Congestion. It makes a great case for investing aggressively in congestion reduction and added capacity, …
Our boom, Houston’s other mission control, a top-tier blog-savvy town, videos and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis July 19th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesTime again to cover the smaller miscellaneous items. Been coming across a lot of these lately.Houston tops the residential construction rankings (thanks to Hugh for the link)Why is Houston booming, you might ask? Well, the most recent issue of Fortun…
In yesterday’s Sunday Outlook section, there were two op-eds relating back to the Kotkin Opportunity Urbanism project I was part of and op-ed I wrote. The first, on quality of life, was excellent. They clearly actually read our report, and I support …
Thoughts on Brown and Crossley pieces
Closed Published by Tory Gattis July 2nd, 2007 on Houston StrategiesA couple different items I’d like to respond to today. The first, and largest, is Peter Brown’s op-ed yesterday on what he calls the urbanists vs. suburbanists debate, but what I’d call the government-planning-and-control vs. free-market land-use deba…
I just submitted this letter to the Chronicle. I tried to keep it short, so I didn’t get into the importance of education or the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan, which are two areas where we are in solid agreement. I’m in Boston at a conference thi…
Responding to critics on Opportunity Urbanism
Closed Published by Tory Gattis June 14th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesThere’s been a lot of positive feedback on both the Opportunity Urbanism report and my op-ed last Sunday, but there has also been some criticism and a bit of confusion, which I’m hoping to clear up in this post.The confusion aspect finally became clear…
Opportunity Urbanism op-ed in the Chronicle
Closed Published by Tory Gattis June 10th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesMost of you probably caught my Opportunity Urbanism op-ed on the front of the Houston Chronicle Sunday Outlook section today, but even though it’s too long for a typical blog entry, I’d like to put a copy here for comments and permanent archival (Chron…