Archive for the 'TMC' Category
Toll plans, TMC problems, empty nesters, Ashby regs
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesYet again I’ve let the backlog of smaller items get too large, so I’m going to have to break them up into a couple of posts.If you missed it, here’s my reaction over at my Chronicle Opportunity Urbanism blog to the front page story on the survey desiri…
Dropping JV crime, new flights, Metro press, nanomedicine, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesA few smaller and mid-sized items:A story on the dramatic one-third drop in juvenile crime since 1997. My theory: the rise and now ubiquity of the internet, cell phones, and video game consoles have got to be a big factor here. Youth don’t …
Next great global health hub, TX vs. Midwest, luxury buses vs. trains, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesAnother stack of smaller misc items this week:
Very unfortunately, Metro’s future is almost certainly going to be the same as Denver and most other transit agencies in America: Build Trains = Raise Fares + Cut Bus Service. It’s the clearest case of “the emperor has no clothes” that I’ve ever seen. Everybody can clearly see the long-term financial train wreck Metro is embarking on, but they all