Archive for the 'perspectives' Category
Family-friendly, Bill White, winning cities, NIMBYs, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis November 29th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesCatching up again on some smaller misc items:Joel Kotkin in the Wall Street Journal on the rise of family-friendly cities vs. “cool, hip” cities.”…an analysis of migration data by my colleagues at the Praxis Strategy Group shows that the strongest …
IAH, deconstructing rail, planning probs, Kotkin, NYC car boom
Closed Published by Tory Gattis November 8th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesThe second half of this week’s list of smaller miscellaneous items:Joel Kotkin in, of all places, Details magazine, “Is it time to move to the suburbs?” - “Homogeneous cities are making the cul de sac the new downtown. PLUS: Our guide to the hippest  
Metro stats, school choice, Rice #1, NYT Texas, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis November 5th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesI’ve let my list of smaller miscellaneous items get so long, I’ll have to break it into two posts this week. Here’s the first half:Christof does a good job analyzing H-GAC stats on Metro’s HOV system and the Main St. rail, which is “carrying more peop…
Kotkin on infrastructure investments
Closed Published by Tory Gattis August 30th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesThe Wall Street Journal opinion page has been featuring Joel Kotkin more frequently lately, the most recent one being on infrastructure underinvestment in American cities, as politicians overfocus on “sexier” investments like stadiums and convention ce…
Portland backlash against utopian visioning, transportation problems
Closed Published by Tory Gattis July 16th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesI really don’t mean to be a Portland-basher. It’s actually a very nice town. But because it’s held up as a model so often for its aggressive visioning, planning, and ’smart growth’, I feel it’s important to point out the downsides to move the discuss…
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 …
Hou #1 mfg city, public routes service, sprawl args, WSJ Menil, transit resistance, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis June 28th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesI let the list of small miscellaneous items get too long again before posting. Sorry, but here it goes:Very cool interactive downtown map. Turn on and off what you want to see on the left, then mouse-over to get info.Houston has been ranked as the #1…
Joel Kotkin on Houston’s unique 21st century development pattern
Closed Published by Tory Gattis June 24th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesDouble posting today because I wanted to cover both congestion pricing and Joel’s op-ed in the Sunday Chronicle Outlook section today (sorry if you got a double email on congestion pricing - hit a snag with Blogger and had to repost it). I highly reco…
Kotkin’s ‘Opportunity Urbanism’ unveiled
Closed Published by Tory Gattis June 6th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesThe Kotkin project I’ve been involved with for almost two years now finally got formally released to the public at a Greater Houston Partnership luncheon yesterday. The goal was to understand cities as engines of upward social and economic mobility, w…
Joel Kotkin to unveil Houston-focused Opportunity Urbanism report
Closed Published by Tory Gattis May 30th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesSome of my long-time readers may know I worked with noted urbanist Joel Kotkin last year on a study of Houston as an engine of upward social mobility. The framework that came out of that study is called “Opportunity Urbanism”, and it will be officiall…