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Protecting Residents from Dangerous Industrial Businesses, Reducing Crime, Street Parking for Mixed-Use Retail, and Rethinking Vision Zero
/in Blog /by Tory GattisThis week’s Houston Strategies is focused on several topics: protecting residents from dangerous industrial businesses, reducing crime, street parking for mixed-use retail businesses, and rethinking Vision Zero plans.
Converting 59 Spur into Park, housing crisis drives socialism, and could Houston Get Google?
/in Blog /by Tory Gattisby Tory Gattis — Houston’s consideration of turning the Bagby and Brazos portions of Spur 527 off 59 into a park, how the housing crisis drives socialism and more.
Nobody Wants to Leave Houston!
/in Blog /by Tory GattisNobody wants to leave Houston! Well, I might be exaggerating a bit, but this CityLab piece shows Houston as the 9th most popular city for inbound apartment searches, but it doesn’t even make the top 20 for outbound apartment searches.
Houston Is Now Less Affordable Than New York City?!
/in Blog /by COUTexas Monthly claims that Houston is now less affordable than New York City – but they’re ignoring what you get for the same cost. In NYC, you might get a cramped apartment with roommates vs. your own house in Houston.
METRO Board Considering Elimination of Transit Fares
/in Blog /by COUHouston’s METRO board is considering of doing away with transit fares, making buses and trains free for everyone. KPRC interviews Tory Gattis as they report on the story.
Would Free Transit Incentivize More Riders?
/in Blog /by COUTransit agencies around the country, including in Houston, are considering whether to eliminate or reduce their transit fares. Tory Gattis from the Center for Opportunity Urbanism said he’s been encouraging METRO to take a fresh look at its fares.
Three perfect days in HTX, growth forecasts, increasing our density, reducing homelessness, protesting property taxes, and more
/in Blog /by Tory GattisThe Greater Houston Partnership has released its 2020 Employment Forecast. Only time will tell if their vision is 20/20… (sorry, couldn’t help myself! 😉
2019 Highlights
/in Blog /by Tory Gattisby Tory Gattis — Time for our annual roundup of the best posts of the year 2019. Looking at the list, I think it was a very good year relative to most of my others. Hard to believe we’re coming up on the 15th anniversary of this blog.
Why METRO Should Eliminate Transit Fares
/in Blog /by Tory Gattisby Tory Gattis — The big item this week is my mention in this Chronicle article for getting Metro to reconsider spending $100 million on new fare-collection equipment while they’re still looking at going completely fareless
World Series Houspitality, HTX #1 for entrepreneurship higher ed, cities Americans are leaving, Austin’s fantasy, and more
/in Blog /by Tory Gattisby Tory Gattis — Houston Region May Account for Majority of Economic Gains in Texas over the next 25 years – roughly 30% of the state’s growth, which is more than Dallas’ 24%, but less than DFW combined.