Texas
Pay As You Drive (PAYD) System Test Gets Go Ahead
In six states, test runs will assess public attitudes and acceptance of road taxation systems that ditch gas taxes and charge drivers based on how many miles they drive.
Plan To Sell Conservation Land Irks Public
A proposal to sell off 9,000 acres of Texas land set aside in a conservation fund has many worried about a loss of public land. But proponents say a private owner would expand, not limit, public access to the land.
America's Largest Transit-Free City Reconsiders
The nation's largest city without public transit is beginning to lean towards creating a bus system.
Senate Blocks Toll Road Conversions In Texas
The U.S. Senate recently approved a bill that prohibits the state of Texas from converting any of its existing highways into toll roads for at least one year.
With No Concrete Plan For Tracks, Rail Project Delayed
Uncertainty about funding new tracks has created a delay in the development of a commuter rail system in the Austin-San Antonio region.
The Roller Coaster Next Door
A roller coaster has opened up right next door to a family's summer home in the Houston suburb of Kemah -- a town with no zoning ordinance.
Senator Opposes Plan To Convert Interstates To Toll Roads
A U.S. Senator from Texas has vowed to oppose a state-supported plan to convert existing interstate highways into tollraods.
Texas Wants To Buy Back Interstate, Convert To Toll Roads
Transit officials in Texas are looking to convince Congress to let the state buy back sections of interstate highway for conversion into revenue-generating toll roads.
Piecemeal Development For Border Communities
In the communities on the Texas side of the U.S.-Mexico border, development is an incremental process. But with an influx of public services and infrastructure, the humble villages are blossoming.
Parkspace And Preservation In Plans For Downtown Houston Revival
Billions have been invested in redeveloping Houston's downtown. Now, civic boosters are looking to revive a waterfront section of the city by creating active parkspace and increasing preservation efforts for a nearby historic building.
Park Space Requirement Dismays Developers
Builders' groups and developers are upset over a proposal in Houston that would require them to include park space in any developments of 100 units or more. They say the requirement will stifle development.
Houston Pays To Preserve Historic Brick Streets
City officials have approved a $3.7 million half-infrastructure, half-preservation project to replace water and sewer lines beneath Houston streets that were paved with bricks by freed slaves after the Civil War.
Houston Creates Its First Ever Historic District
City officials moved to protect 33 acres of the Old Sixth Ward -- a historic mark for the city in its own right.
Friday Funny: Dallas-Fort Worth Killed in Pileup
The Onion reports on the tragic loss of two cities in a senseless pileup.
A Day In The Life Of A Transit Service Planner
Deciding where bus routes should go isn't an easy job.
Who Builds More Density: Houston or Portland?
Does Houston's unzoned, free-market approach or Portland's more comprehensively-planned approach build more density? A comparison looks at what's happening in the more planned, high-growth, Sunbelt cities.
The Arts and Austin's Second Street District
Austin's artists, arts organizations, and creative businesses contribute to the vibrancy, help define the identity, and sustain and grow the city's diverse cultures, especially in the burgeoning Second Street District.
Duany Prepares Houston For The 21st Century
DPZ finished three designs late last week detailing a level of urbanity that promises to make the sprawling 650 square mile City of Houston a more attractive place in the 21st century.
Sprawl Was One Step Behind
They just wanted to get away from growth and suburban sprawl by moving out to the country, but for residents of the Texas Hill Country, growth and sprawl were not far behind.
The New Metropolitanism?
Good middle class suburbs aren't sustainable without a vibrant city, and vice versa, argues a recent article in the Houston Chronicle.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
