Intermodality

The Chronicle reports this morning on TXDOT’s closing of the brand new Blodgett onramp (above, center of the picture) onto the Southwest Freeway for safety concerns.

I know this onramp well — it was the scariest part of my daily commute for 2 years. 59 was coming off of an elevated structure at this point and […]

In the Houston Chronicle this past weekend, David Crossley and I made an argument for urban rail. We said that rail transit that serves dense employment centers, neighborhoods, and non-work destinations is more useful and more cost-effective than rail designed only for suburban home-to-downtown work trips. Further more, we argued, urban rail serves suburban commuters […]