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MobilityHouston Has Launched

By jay.crossley@houstontomorrow.org | Dec 7, 2015 | No Comments

When it comes to moving around the city, what do Houstonians’ really want and how do we get there? The Glasshouse Policy guys, who created MobilityATX for Austin last year, have brought their ultra-participatory, crowdsourced policy platform to Houston to gather our thoughts on traffic solutions. Today marks the launch…

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 7, 2015 | No Comments

DFW COG Wants to Move on Ancient Freeway Plan Despite Opposition in City (Morning News)
Ben Wear: How People Riding Bikes Are Paying for Roads (Austin-American Statesman)
High Quality Transit Seen as Crucial to Verizon Expansion Plans in Irving (Morning News)
Alamo Heights Wants Small Town Feel, Commercial Corridor, and Added Mixed-Use Density (Rivard)
Can Texas Cities Use HUD Money Better Than Building Downtown Hotels? (Morning News)
Neighbors Believe Dense Housing Violates Newly Famous San Antonio Missions (Rivard)
Texas Rep Who Is Car Dealer Gets Exemption to Safety Requirements for Car Dealers (McClatchy DC)
Austin Had 11,000 Hit-And-Runs This Year (KEYEtv)

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Most Exhilarating Transit Ride in America

By Jeff Wood | Dec 4, 2015 | No Comments

This week’s guest is Matt Johnson, a bike planner for Montgomery County, Maryland and a writer at Greater Greater Washington. Instead of visiting every baseball park or trying out each city’s regional cuisine, Matt rides their rail systems. In fact, he’s ridden every American urban rail system open today (101 total), as shown in this [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 4, 2015 | No Comments

TXDOT Plans to Install Upper Deck of Managed Toll Lanes to West Loop 610 (Houston Chron)
Houston Seen as Setting Example for Data-Driven Management of City Government (Governing)
East Austin Case, Cited as Worst Example of Gentrification, Settled Confidentially (Austin Chron)
San Antonio Has Made Strides in Bike Infrastructure, But Needs Leaps (SA Current)
Denton Paying $8 Million for that Buc-ee’s Enormous Parking Lot / Gas Station (Dallas Observer)
Changes to Dallas Mayor Rawling’s Grow South Initiative Gaining Praise (Morning News)
Site Plan for Grocery Store in Houston Shows No Sidewalks / ADA Access (Christopher Andrews)
Billboard Painted on Historic Downtown Houston Building Shows Success of Light Rail (Swamplot)

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The Best and Worst of the New 5-Year Transportation Bill

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 3, 2015 | No Comments

The trucking industry was a big winner in the transportation bill negotiations. Photo: Wikipedia Smart people are wading through the 1,300-page transportation bill that came out of conference committee earlier this week, and we’re starting to get a clearer sense of how it will change federal transportation policy for the next five years. The House voted to pass the [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | Dec 3, 2015 | 2 Comments

New Federal Transpo Bill Could Lead to Building Boom of Freeways for Freight (Houston Chronicle)
Denton City Council OK’s Tax Incentives for 38-Acre Buc-ee’s Development Along I-35 (Morning News)
Hundreds of Cyclists and Runners to Take Over San Antonio Streets for Charity (Rivard Report)
Austin City Council Supports Expanded Paid Parking District Near University (Austin Monitor)
MADD Honors Victims of Drunk Driving Crashes with a National Day of Remembrance (Morning News)
HUD Money to Finance Hotel That Brings Sidewalks, Bike Lanes, Public Art to Downtown Dallas (Dallas Observer)
Pope Francis Preaches Urban Planning, Cites Poor Transportation and Lack of Green Space (Fortune)
Redevelopment for Human Connectivity Coming to SA’s New Zona Cultural (Rivard Report)
Smart Streetlights, Often the First Step in the Smart Cities Movement (Urban Edge)

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5-Year, $300 Billion “FAST Act” Will Extend Transpo Policy Status Quo to 2020

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 2, 2015 | No Comments

They’ve done it. Representatives from the House and Senate have emerged from conference committee with a five-year transportation bill, which is expected to be quickly approved and become first “long-term” bill in more than a decade. Streetsblog was unable to confirm that Congress will be using this as the cover for its new transportation bill. The discouragingly-named “FAST Act” [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 2, 2015 | No Comments

Speed Bump Made Out of Leaves Succeeds at Slowing Traffic Down (Josh Lee)
Take the SATomorrow Bike Survey, Whether You Ride a Bike or Not
City of Denton in Need of a Strong Talking To By Strong Towns (Morning News)
Two Years Since Chelsea Norman’s Death in a Bike Lane, Is Houston Safer to Ride? (Houston Chron)
Verizon Wants a 157-Acre Mixed-Use Campus at a Commuter Rail Station in Irving (Morning News)
Developers Reboot Stalled Victory Park Plans for Vibrant Pedestrian Retail Environment (Morning News)
Houston Opens 20-Acre BMX Bike Park, Expecting International Attention (Houston Chron)
Mayoral Candidate Has Given Up Biking Because It Is Too Dangerous in Houston (Houston Chron)

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No One Lives in La Villita

By Daniel Day, the Famed Sir Bikes A Lot | Dec 1, 2015 | No Comments

With being active and working long hours, I rarely have time to catch up on the news. So it's sad that I came across this story from the Rivard Report only now that was written back in February. I forgot who shared it on Facebook or who twe...

Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | Dec 1, 2015 | No Comments

DART Honors Rosa Parks Today By Reserving the Front Seat of All Buses (Morning News)
New Park Expected to Attract Bike Riders From Around the World (Houston Chronicle)
A Pedestrian-Friendly Future in East End Houston
Wednesday Bike Austin Forum: How Do Services Like Lyft and Uber Impact Traffic Safety in Austin?
Police Investigating Whether Man Found Dead in a Ditch in Austin Was the Victim of a Hit-and-Run (Statesman)
Driver Kills Young Woman Walking in Austin (Statesman)
Amazon Releases Drone Delivery Video to Show How It Could Work (Morning News)
Chinese Cash Behind Suburban Minimansion Developments in North Texas (Morning News)
What Houston Can Do to Create More Affordable Housing (HBJ)
We Are Transport: The Paris Process on Mobility and Climate at COP21 (Planetizen)

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Advice for State DOTs Looking for More Money: Spend Smarter

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 30, 2015 | No Comments

The Oregon Department of Transportation is in a tough spot after it tried to justify highway expansion projects by saying they would cut greenhouse gas emissions. ODOT’s bogus claims helped sink a $350 million transportation funding package in the state legislature, and even some of the state’s Republican lawmakers are calling for agency director Matt Garrett’s head. What’s a beleaguered [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 30, 2015 | No Comments

Houston Metro Ends Extended HOV Lane Hours Experiment, Says It Cost Too Much (Houston Chron)
Austin Has a Growing YIMBY Movement Fighting for Urbanism (Austin American Statesman)
San Antonio: Fill Out the VIA Vision 2040 Survey to Help Plan Future Transit
Dallas Officials Believe Giving HOV Lanes to Free SOV Traffic in Rush Hour a Good Idea (Morning News)
Is TXDOT Claiming That 965 of 3534 Total 2014 Traffic Deaths Were Not Preventable?
Texas A&M College Station Campus Recognized as Bike-Friendly University (KAGSTV)
Austin One of the Cities Using LEED-ND to Provide Walkable Neighborhoods (Huffington Post)
Dallas Uber Driver Is Doing It to Honor Friend Killed By Drunk Driver and Save Lives (Morning News)
SATomorrow Multimodal Transportation Plan Virtual Town Hall Today at 6 p.m.
Does San Antonio Need River Buses? (mySA)

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