I’m not an urban planner, so you might ask, why do I run a YouTube channel about urban planning and walkable cities? It all comes down to a life of travel, and a terrible walk in the suburbs of Houston.

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References and Related Reading

Federal Highway Association National Household Travel Survey
https://ift.tt/2pgXHvK

What’s wrong with comparing Seattle to Houston?
https://ift.tt/3ewgmNW

Out of Control – Houston’s roads, drivers are country’s most deadly
Houston Chronical
https://ift.tt/2w94TB1

Eerste van der Helststraat
Stadsarchief Amsterdam
https://ift.tt/3ku5wbU

Historical Photos of London, Ontario
https://ift.tt/3kwilFX
https://ift.tt/2Um2Qps
https://ift.tt/3eTcAi3
https://ift.tt/3eCx6TU
https://ift.tt/3iuVo30

Historic Photos of Houston
https://ift.tt/2TrBwFO
https://ift.tt/3wRiOF1

Giant Brontosaurus Rib: 5 Must-Try BBQ Dishes at Mighty Quinn’s
Tasty (YouTube)

High Frequency: Why Houston is Back on the Bus
Streetfilms (YouTube)

A Year After Bus Redesign, METRO Houston Ridership is Up
https://ift.tt/3eBZAwV

Houston just dramatically improved its mass transit system without spending a dime
https://ift.tt/3evp7b9

Houston Rolling Back Parking Requirements
https://ift.tt/2xUX9Qi

How does Houston plan without zoning?
City Beautiful (YouTube)

The Energy Corridor District unveils west Houston’s first protected intersection
https://ift.tt/3hQi8vy

More performative pedestrian infrastructure
https://ift.tt/3Bnpf66

No, Houston isn’t a walkable city, but you have to start somewhere
https://ift.tt/3ipMKmG

Katy Freeway by Aliciak3yz – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://ift.tt/3imgWiq

Katy Freeway by Socrate76 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://ift.tt/2UvIZUB

Reducing congestion: Katy didn’t
City Commentary
https://ift.tt/3uP7uch

What Dallas, Houston, Louisville & Rochester can teach us about widening freeways: Don’t!
https://ift.tt/3ixyiJs

Houston commute times quickly increasing
https://ift.tt/3hPV8wH

Houston’s $7 billion solution to gridlock is more highways
Curbed.com
https://ift.tt/3ioG9J7

North Houston Highway Improvement Project
https://ift.tt/3BmlYEc

The big picture for a big plan
https://ift.tt/36NnmBK

“The truth about a city’s aspirations isn’t found in its vision. It’s found in its budget.” – Brent Toderian

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Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:05 A Brief History
1:19 Living car-free when unemployed
2:23 Insane amounts of travel
3:42 A fateful trip to Houston
4:25 The walk in Houston (Willowbrook)
7:26 Urban planning and history
9:00 Forgetting those who don’t drive
11:13 Houston: sprawl and average BBQ
11:51 What Houston is doing right
13:12 There’s still a long ways to go
15:19 Conclusion
16:29 Patreon shout-out
16:40 Outro

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