Yet another reason for why density and walkable, mixed-use urbanism is a VERY pro-family position. We need more of these neighborhoods and we need more family-oriented apartments in them.

In January 2004, Houston opened its first light rail line. At 40,000 weekday riders on 7.5 miles within 3 years of opening, Houston beat every other US light rail system except Boston and San Francisco (which has a 100 year head start) in riders per mile. Some lessons:

Transportation is my ministry and I'm here to preach the good gospel of being liberated from car dependency. How freeing it is not tugging 2+ tons of metal with me everywhere I go. No taking care of it, parking it, fueling it or insuring it. There's more money in my pocket to do

We know how to prevent road deaths. The methods are cheap, simple and proven. The issue is 💯whether cities are willing to do it.

If College Station and City of Bryan collaborated with TxDOT Bryan to build dedicated bus rapid transit lanes or light rail along our busiest corridors, stuff like this wouldn't happen. Instead, we went all in on the least efficient mode of transport and we're reaping the "benefits".

The data-based North American High Speed Rail network according to Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

Passenger train lines in the USA vs Europe

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Why did America destroy its own cities? A thread... 🧵

President Joe Biden is reportedly seeking to revive Texas Central high-speed rail project that would connect Houston and Dallas. newsweek.com/texas-poised-f…

🚄 America's high-speed rail era is here! We operate America’s fastest train (Acela up to 150 mph) and see big potential for HSR beyond the Northeast. Discover why we believe Dallas ↔️ Houston is a prime candidate for HSR, from Amtrak President Roger Harris and SVP Andy Byford.

After WW2, we built systems and institutions to turn cities into horizontal growth machines. This was how economists thought we avoid sliding back into depression. Those systems / institutions are not serving us (if they ever did). They need to go away.

Widening freeways doesn't fix traffic. Texas does it anyway. | Opinion trib.al/39ZDY8c

This would be impossible without world-class mass transit system. Trains make this possible.

I frequently think how amazing America could be if we didn’t waste so much of our wealth on car infrastructure. Silicon Valley is the richest place on earth but it’s full of 1980’s strip malls and ugly single family homes.

Nobody hates college students more than college town NIMBYs