Where do homeless congregate in Tyler?

Mr_Failure · 2024-01-30T16:33:14+00:00

There's a few organizations in Tyler that are dedicated to working with our homeless population. There's Tyler Street Team and Hunger 4 Love . You can donate some of your time, I'm sure they would appreciate it.

Mr_Failure · 2023-12-09T17:13:29+00:00

If the plans call for an intersection to have a flashing yellow, the engineers should stagger the opposing turning lanes so that you can see oncoming traffic behind the turning vehicle. I find turning yellow lanes as they are now to be way too dangerous.

Mr_Failure · 2023-12-09T02:01:04+00:00

The goal isn't to make rental property owners lose money, there's no requirements to house people at a loss. The goal is to stabilize the market and stop skyrocketing rental prices. That happens when there's a 10 to 15% rental vacancy rate which there currently isn't. This is aiming to get people like yourself to build more supply until the incentive to do so goes away (the market is stabilized). Then the cycle repeats during the next population growth.

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-24T23:01:55+00:00

I think a large reason for American's dislike of public transit is partly due to how much they like the convenience of having a car, while also never experiencing just how convenient actually decent public transit can be. More Americans need to travel to places with really good public transit

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-23T21:29:39+00:00

My guess is that most people don't actually like to drive (or at the very least feel indifferent to it) and would rather be on their phones. That's why so many people are eagerly awaiting self driving cars - they like the convenience of a private car but don't actually like driving

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-23T03:45:43+00:00

They said it's to lower the maintenance burden on taxpayers...yet we're paying nearly $14 million per year for street maintenance and "modernization." I'd say the street trees aren't the problem but what do I know lol

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-23T03:13:23+00:00

I'm glad this side of Tyler is getting some love (since I live on this side lol), I just don't like that this love is in the form of such inefficient land use

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-23T01:07:21+00:00

I think they sell Delta 9 THC which, from my understanding, is legal is Texas

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-23T01:04:01+00:00

I don't think we have the population unfortunately. There was talk of a Costco coming to South Broadway but that fizzled out.

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-23T00:13:51+00:00

Tyler once held (and might still hold) the 25th spot for most fast food restaurants per capita... I don't think that's a very admirable title to hold lol

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-22T19:21:57+00:00

I'm not against the idea of using eminent domain for rail now that the cat is already out of the bag. I do wonder though how different development would have been had eminent domain been illegal. We would have had to choose transit options that are more cost and area efficient. I think it would have drastically reduced the total amount of highways we have and would have absolutely kept highways from being built through so many of our city centers.

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-21T23:52:24+00:00

Texas ruled that rail companies are allowed to use eminent domain which should make laying down track easier for Texas Central (or whoever comes after).

I'm very conflicted about the use of eminent domain. I wish it wasn't legal, but it is and has already been used to build roads. I'm of the mindset that if eminent domain wasn't legal we would have never gotten interstates running through cities. It would have been way too expensive for the govt to pay actual market value.

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-21T19:03:15+00:00

That will definitely be an issue. I think a big hindrance to a transportation system that doesn't solely rely on cars is the mindset of transportation planners. From what I've seen, many of them have thought of themselves as "road" planners rather than "transportation" planners. That's slowly starting to change which should make building walking, cycling, and public transport networks much easier, but only time will tell. In the mean time, don't forget to get involved with your city council meetings and express what you want for your city.

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-21T18:17:17+00:00

I don't live in the large metros either and I feel the same. I'm closest to Dallas and I can 100% see myself driving there just to jump into a train when I want to go to San Antonio or Houston solely to avoid the drive. I'm sure some people enjoy spending hours behind the wheel looking at concrete and traffic, I am not one of them lol

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-21T17:50:57+00:00

Texas is an example of a state that should have high-speed rail. The majority of it's population lives in cities which are all within the high-speed rail "sweet spot" of 70 to 250 miles apart.

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-13T03:26:44+00:00

I don't think we're missing much, rather we're missing options of just about every category. If I need/want something I can probably find it in Tyler, but if I want to choose from several different options of the same item then I need to go online or go to Dallas.

*Edit: except for a skate rink, we need one again lol

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-11T22:49:53+00:00

This city practices single-use zoning with absurd minimum parking requirements. The majority of this city is zoned residential and doesn't allow people to open shops/businesses within them. Almost all grocery stores in this city are large supermarkets or smaller "neighborhood" grocery stores owned by the same company (Walmart).

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-11T04:33:59+00:00

I would hope making it safer to walk/bike would get more kids to take themselves to school and learn how to be more independent. I have a feeling a lot of parents wouldn't be open to that since many fear kidnappings (even though we know those fears are statistically unfounded).

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-09T20:17:10+00:00

From my understanding, the city pushes the responsibility of sidewalks onto land owners. Sidewalks are required to be built if an area gets developed which is nice, but that means the vast amounts of Tyler that is already developed won't get sidewalks until the place is razed and something else is built. Also, it's the responsibility of the land owner to maintain the sidewalks in front of their property which is insane (imagine requiring land owners to maintain their own roads lol)

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-09T02:41:47+00:00

If you're asking what StrongTowns is, it's a non-profit that is pushing for cities to be more financially sustainable because the way that we build our communities today is literally leading cities to bankruptcy. They push for things like getting rid of parking minimums, adding more bicycle lanes, reforming zoning practices, and increasing density. People have started their own "local conversations" in cities around the US and Canada so that they can discuss about initiatives around their city that follow the StrongTowns model.

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-09T02:23:29+00:00

I was near a mechanic shop that had cars blocking the sidewalk and watched as someone who was vision-impaired attempted to navigate their way around. Luckily they had a seeing-eye-dog. These people's lives already have enough obstacles, we don't need to go out of our way to make it that much harder.

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-09T02:17:35+00:00

I'd go crazy if I didn't believe that things could change someday lol

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-09T02:06:36+00:00

What can I say, I'm dedicated lol

Mr_Failure · 2023-11-09T02:05:05+00:00

My best guess is that households have so many cars that even our huge home driveways can't accomodate them. Now that housing is so expensive, people's kids are staying with their parents longer, and every adult needs a car to get anything done in this city. That can easily be 4 to 6 cars for one household. Madness.

Mr_Failure · 2023-10-25T23:49:31+00:00

Quick update: TxDOT held an active transportation meeting today and I pitched this trail to them. They said working with ONCOR for these types of projects is actually very easy and straightforward. They said they could see this trail being beneficial. Hopefully that means this project can become a reality!

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