Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Houston

Final Four Parking Madness: Tulsa vs. Houston

By Angie Schmitt | | 15 Comments
Which city has the ugliest asphalt expanse? The deadest downtown? The most awful place to sit and eat lunch? Those are the questions you must ask yourself as we approach the finale of Parking Madness, our hunt for the worst parking crater in the U.S. We’re wrapping up Final Four competition today with Tulsa and Houston […]

“Elite Eight” Parking Madness: Louisville vs. Houston

By Angie Schmitt | | 2 Comments
NCAA basketball has nothing on the drama, the intrigue, the heartbreak of a competitive parking crater tournament. We’re now into the “Elite Eight” round of Parking Madness, and today’s winner will join Dallas in the Final Four. It’s going to be a fierce competition between Louisville and Houston. Louisville’s downtown, you’ll recall, looks like this: […]

Parking Madness: San Bernardino vs. Houston

By Angie Schmitt | | 36 Comments
With Milwaukee, Tulsa, Dallas, Louisville, Cleveland, and Atlanta advancing to the second round of Parking Madness, there are only two spaces left in the Elite Eight of parking disasters. In this installment, we’re looking at two very different cities, each of which is extremely car-centric in its own way. It’s San Bernardino versus Houston. Let’s start with […]

Mixed Bag for Closely-Watched Local Transit Races

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
Last night delivered some good results — and some disappointment — for transit-related ballot initiatives around the country. The biggest disappointments came from Los Angeles, Memphis, and Houston. A measure to continue the half-cent sales tax for transit in Los Angeles County until 2069 was narrowly defeated, falling less than two percent short of the […]
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