The City of Houston planning department recently undertook the exciting and challenging task of  looking at improving parking requirements.  It is one of the things that frequently gets overlooked and has a big effect on transportation mode choices and development patterns.  Couple links that talk about the topics as food for thought here and here and the recent ITDP parking report...

Over this past weekend, the TEI Bike Team mounted our two-wheeled bike beasts and traversed over 150 miles and quite a few hills from Houston to Austin on the mega bike ride known as the MS150. I’m sure you’re familiar with the ride and its 13,000+ participants and noble goal of funding research to cure the debilitating disease multiple sclerosis, so I’ll spare you the nitty gritty details. Instead,...

From the Freakonomics Blog – a new traffic calming device I can imagine the amount of honking as people wait to finish reading if this happened And here is a very interesting take on the use of an overt nudge, congestion pricing, in China.  What is amazing is they have built 5 Subway lines and a BRT system since 1999 in Guangzhou and still face congestion issues.  C’mon Houston. Lastly,...