I'm late to the punch but wanted to put my two cents in...
1) I hate cars speeding by when my kids are crossing the street, but if by urban you meant a public transit bus went by my front door and there was a coffee shot and a small grocery store two blocks away, I am all for that. Buses and being able to walk to restaurants and grocery stores is my definition of urban.
2) I can't even imagine how you'd fit more traffic on Texas. As it is, I take lots of backroads to avoid being on Texas, and your question implies you want to make that more difficult for me.
3) I have no real opinion on this. If I had to design neighborhood streets, I would want silly things, like giant roundabouts filled with trees.
4) I grew in a suburb where I could walk to the grocery store if our car wouldn't start (and that happened more than once as a kid, and I was the eldest, so it was my job to get food while got rides to work).
5) Ah, yes, I absolutely cut through neighborhoods. If you're at Target, why drive to Texas & University to get to Fishdaddy's, when you can take Holleman, to George Bush, to Dominic, to Munson, to Francis, to Oakhaven, to University? The latter is much easier and quieter.
6) I dunno. I rarely go as far as Rock Prairie, so I suspect how new developments are designed isn't going to impact me.
7) I know many people on here complain a lot about BTD, but public transit is the only escape valve we have to consolidate traffic as the city and the university continue to grow, and I just want to say how important it is for the cities and the county to support BTD and public transit. (Which, yes, I do use.)
1) I hate cars speeding by when my kids are crossing the street, but if by urban you meant a public transit bus went by my front door and there was a coffee shot and a small grocery store two blocks away, I am all for that. Buses and being able to walk to restaurants and grocery stores is my definition of urban.
2) I can't even imagine how you'd fit more traffic on Texas. As it is, I take lots of backroads to avoid being on Texas, and your question implies you want to make that more difficult for me.
3) I have no real opinion on this. If I had to design neighborhood streets, I would want silly things, like giant roundabouts filled with trees.
4) I grew in a suburb where I could walk to the grocery store if our car wouldn't start (and that happened more than once as a kid, and I was the eldest, so it was my job to get food while got rides to work).
5) Ah, yes, I absolutely cut through neighborhoods. If you're at Target, why drive to Texas & University to get to Fishdaddy's, when you can take Holleman, to George Bush, to Dominic, to Munson, to Francis, to Oakhaven, to University? The latter is much easier and quieter.
6) I dunno. I rarely go as far as Rock Prairie, so I suspect how new developments are designed isn't going to impact me.
7) I know many people on here complain a lot about BTD, but public transit is the only escape valve we have to consolidate traffic as the city and the university continue to grow, and I just want to say how important it is for the cities and the county to support BTD and public transit. (Which, yes, I do use.)