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Advice For A Mayor: Urban Design Matters
Vicki Estrada, a California-based urban designer visiting Houston this week, explains what she wishes more mayors understood about cities.
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Driverless Cars Will Change the Way We Think of Car Ownership
Driverless vehicles are poised to completely disrupt major segments of the economy.
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Why Urbanism Is Considered to be ‘Liberal’
Research suggests it all comes down to emotions.
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Subway Maps; Street Art Sellouts; and Stealth Dorms: Urban Insights From Around the Web
A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
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The Surprising Popularity of An Urban-Themed Coloring Book
What an artist hopes to tell people about cities through an unusual medium.
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Why Houston is More Congested than Dallas
Texas’s two main metro areas are similarly sized, but Houston residents deal with much more congestion than their friends in Dallas.
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How Four Different Cities Use Bike Share, in One Chart
A look at how residents of Austin, Denver, Fort Worth and Houston use their cities’ BCycle systems.
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How BCycle Will More Than Triple Bike Sharing in Houston
Houston's bike share network plans to expand from 29 stations and 210 bikes to 100 stations with 800 bikes.
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What Social Media Networks and Bike-Sharing Have in Common
More stations – like more users – mean more activity. But other factors matter too.
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In Houston, Bike Sharing and Parks Form a Perfect Pair
On the East Coast, bike-sharing systems are largely used for commuting. New data reveal Houstonians are using bike-sharing to access parks.
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