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Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:13 am to Displaced
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Lol, this makes me remember the holy shitstorm that came around when LSU went to a walking campus.
And it turned out to work just fine
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:15 am to Rouge
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This is not about fats
This is about poors
This is about the government forcing you to limit your modes of transportation. All that's going to happen here is a massive explosion in rideshare use.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:16 am to NOLALGD
Proposals like this are good. Designing cities around cars has had some terrible effects.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:17 am to NOLALGD
I love riding my bike here in Houston but I'm heading straight for a shower after a ride.
I got onto Spring Creek Greenway a little late on Friday morning and the heat was insufferable.
I got onto Spring Creek Greenway a little late on Friday morning and the heat was insufferable.
This post was edited on 8/10/20 at 10:21 am
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:18 am to blueridgeTiger
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I wish I had gone into the consulting business. There seems to be some money to be made conducting these studies.
If you had any idea how much fraud happens for these studies, you'd be pissed.
It's a big time favoritism at play. Friend of mine runs around with the big cheese and you're either on his side and paid handsomely, or you're the enemy. No gray area.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:18 am to NOLALGD
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Forcing more residents toward a growing transit system that few really want
FIFY. Government at work. Let’s use public funds to build something The majority of tax payers don’t really want to use. Then when it
Flounders and isn’t economically viable, we’ll try to force people to use it. Like masks and government shutdowns.
We’ll never get our local, state, of federal government fixed.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:18 am to 50_Tiger
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fter pouring thousands of miles of concrete roads now yall are concerned about walkable neighborhoods.
This. It took them 100 years to build one of the sprawliest cities in the world. It might take 1000 years to undo that mistake. Guess you gotta start somewhere.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:19 am to Rouge
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Those areas are shite Just pouring money into bad areas
This is all of Houston, so maybe they should just light the match and blow the joint.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:20 am to NOLALGD
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the city is poised to adopt new regulations aimed at fostering more “walkable” neighborhood
Of course the government wants to mandate and regulate this.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:21 am to NOLALGD
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After more than three years of study,
Imagine the money wasted on this shite.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:23 am to Breesus
The government already regulates this. They are called zoning regulations. These are simply different regulations.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:23 am to rotrain
quote:at some point there will have to be changes. Might as well get ahead of it
This. It took them 100 years to build one of the sprawliest cities in the world. It might take 1000 years to undo that mistake. Guess you gotta start somewhere.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:24 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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The Houston fats won’t like this one bit
I always thought it was ironic that the doctor on the show "My 600lb Life" had his office in Houston.
It was like some twisted joke he was playing in these fat arse people: "Yeah, I want you load up in a vehicle that you can barely squeeze into. Then drive 2 1/2 days to my office in Houston in July or August. I'll then put you on an industrial scale after you wipe up the puddle of sweat you created from the walk to from the parking lot to the door in 106 degree heat. Then, I'm gonna tell you drive home to lose 50 lbs and do all this over again in 30 days. Then I'll consider doing gastric bypass surgery on you, fatty...Once we do all this 6 more times. Thanks guys, see you next month."
This post was edited on 8/10/20 at 10:26 am
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:25 am to Stevo
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Houston is not very spread out, so this should work.
Yep, its all about picking the right neighborhoods that are already close to things (5-10 minute walk or bike already), but don't because of no/horrible sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes, etc.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:26 am to NOLALGD
Generally I am in favor of this for Houston but knowing the Houston city government it will be poorly executed, expensive as hell and take fricking forever
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:26 am to blueridgeTiger
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I wish I had gone into the consulting business. There seems to be some money to be made conducting these studies.
I have done the exact study (a different type of study than the OP) for my City 3 times in the 10 years
It is literally the exact study they keep asking for...I mostly just change the date. Any time a new person gets put in charge of the project, they request a new study. Its so goddamn dumb.
But they keep paying me
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:31 am to NOLALGD
So adjusting setbacks, allowing buildings closer to the street, and moving parking lots to the side or behind buildings....
This has been proven to work well in other cities like Memphis, Nashville, and Indy. Baton Rouge is even trying to do thus with Government Street, although that’s a very recent thing.
Not a bad thing at all.
I even think that Houston would benefit from expanding their Metro rail down Richmond or Westheimer once they can afford to do it in small phases without raising taxes.
This has been proven to work well in other cities like Memphis, Nashville, and Indy. Baton Rouge is even trying to do thus with Government Street, although that’s a very recent thing.
Not a bad thing at all.
I even think that Houston would benefit from expanding their Metro rail down Richmond or Westheimer once they can afford to do it in small phases without raising taxes.
Posted on 8/10/20 at 10:32 am to rotrain
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This. It took them 100 years to build one of the sprawliest cities in the world. It might take 1000 years to undo that mistake. Guess you gotta start somewhere.
It's great when you are talking about a place like San Francisco or Portland where the weather is tolerable most of the year. It's hot as balls half of the year on the Gulf coast and it storms every other day.
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