Texas

ReBuild Houston Lawsuit Threatens Road Repair Projects

If a controversial fee fails the scrutiny of the state's courts, roads around the city will suffer the consequences.

June 26, 2015 - Houston Chronicle

Hospitals Scaling Up Along With Houston's Population

Houston's status as one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country has not gone unnoticed by the healthcare industry.

June 24, 2015 - Houston Chronicle

Houston Traffic

Houston Rethinks Mass Transit

For decades, Houston has experienced car-oriented development, giving little attention to other forms of transportation. In recent years, however, rapid population growth and increase in traffic congestion has the city revisiting alternate options

June 23, 2015 - Doggerel

Planning Efforts Taking Off in Downtown Dallas

The Dallas Arts District will make a selection of a planning firm in the coming weeks to update the seminal 193 Sasaki plan responsible for much of the area's transformation in recent years and decades.

June 21, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

Looking Back at the APA's HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is celebrating its 50th year. To help commemorate the occasion, the American Planning Association looks back on its partnership with HUD.

June 19, 2015 - American Planning Association

Friday Funny: Which City Should Be Home to a Real-Life Jurassic Park?

CityLab stages a humorous competition for the location of a likely-to-go-horribly-wrong tourist attraction.

June 19, 2015 - CityLab

San Antonio Outpaces Austin in Millennial Growth

The question remains whether San Antonio can back up the population of young people moving to the city with desirable multi-family housing.

June 17, 2015 - San Antonio Business Journal

Texas Rains Haven't Solved State's Water Supply Issues

Though the number of residents in the state affected by drought dropped by the millions after recent heavy rains, areas of the state that rely on underground supplies of water could still run out of water within months.

June 13, 2015 - The Houston Chronicle

'Big, Excellent News' for Dallas Preservationists

The Dallas City Council surprised everyone by reversing early indications of reticence and giving full support to the recommendations of the Historic Preservation Task Force.

June 10, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

McKinney: Public, Private Divide Often Follows Race

Urbanism media noted the growing privatization of recreation facilities, such as pools, as one of the lessons to be taken from a controversial encounter between police and black teenagers in McKinney, Texas over the weekend.

June 9, 2015 - The Atlantic

Katy Freeway

Too Big for Texas? Houston's 23-Lane Freeway

After a $2.3 billion widening project, traffic once again chokes the Katy Freeway's 23 lanes. For road spending critics who are also taxpayers, this I-told-you-so moment is bittersweet.

June 5, 2015 - Streetsblog Network

Santiago Calatrava

Meet the New Calatrava-Designed Bridge Under Construction in Downtown Dallas

Everything you wanted to know about the Margaret McDermott Bridge, under construction in Downtown Dallas.

June 4, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

Houston Stormwater Infrastructure Falls Short in Recent Flooding

Recent floods in Texas, especially prevalent in Houston, reflect a stormwater infrastructure that both worked as it's designed and is in need of improvements.

June 3, 2015 - Houston Chronicle

Cities Relearning Their Relationships with Rivers

As the country's industrial past fades, cities are finding new meaning in their rivers—from the meandering to the mighty.

June 1, 2015 - ASLA The Dirt

Texas Flooding a Reminder of Lack of Climate Change Preparation

Houston headlined the news of flooding this week, but swollen rivers rushed over their banks and onto roads and into homes all over the state of Texas this week. Is the state's infrastructure resilient enough for the effects of a changing climate?

May 29, 2015 - NRDC Switchboard

Deep Ellum

Left Behind in Dallas' Suburban Boom: the Urban Core

Some planners and government officials in Dallas are concerned about the suburban boom occurring in counties north of Dallas. The reasons why are reminiscent of the Rust Belt in the 1960s.

May 25, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

Houston Light Rail

Opening Today: Two New Light Rail Lines in Houston

Today's a big day in Houston: two new light rail lines will now supplement the success of the city's Red Line. Meet the Green and Purple Lines, serving the East End and Southeast Houston.

May 23, 2015 - Houston Public Media

Happy Hour Anyone? Mapping Liquor Licenses and Crime in Dallas

Questions of how to regulate the sale of alcohol, how to enforce public intoxication, and whether or not alcohol leads to crime can quickly divide communities into factions. So what evidence exists to help cities answer these questions?

May 22, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

FEMA to States: Want Disaster Mitigation Funds? Then Plan for Climate Change

A policy adopted earlier this year and due to go into effect next March would require states to plan for climate change before they are eligible to receive grant funding to plan for disasters.

May 6, 2015 - The Hill

On the Texas-Sized Failure of Regional Transportation Planning

The Dallas Morning News investigated over promising and under delivering by regional mobility authorities in Texas.

May 2, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

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