As the article points out, Houston is proactive about urban planning, when it comes to cars. The city requires, by law, parking (and huge roads). Miles and mile

As the article points out, Houston is proactive about urban planning, when it comes to cars. The city requires, by law, parking (and huge roads). Miles and miles and miles of parking. Veritable oceans of parking lots. All mandated by the city. That's intervention and that's urban planning. It is bad urban planning, but it is urban planning nonetheless. So...yeah. I agree it's unlikely to happen any time soon. But, that's true of every city I've lived in: The things that most need to change have the most political pressure not to change, and so they won't, and that aspect of the city will continue to suck. SF won't change the things it needs to change to resolve its housing crisis; Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, won't do anything to change their car addiction; etc. So, I probably agree with you. I wish for a better Houston, because there's a lot of like about it, but I don't have high hopes of it actually becoming a better Houston.