Buc-ee's Is Better at Placemaking Than Your City

I want to be upfront about something: I go to city council meetings to protect bike lanes. I volunteer on a feedback committee for a bus agency. I use the phrase “induced demand” in casual conversation. I am exactly the kind of person whose eyes are supposed to bleed at Buc-ee’s. For the uninitiated: Buc-ee’s is a Texas-born chain of highway travel centers that have become, improbably, a genuine…