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Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | Nov 17, 2015 | No Comments

SA Region Coalition of Governments to Use Land Use Planning, Walking, Biking to Improve Air Quality (Rivard Report)
Investors Back Out of Major Mixed-Use Development in Downtown Dallas (Morning News)
Austin Does Not Have an Effective Strategy to Deal With It’s Affordable Housing Needs (Austin Monitor)
So They Should Support Accessory Dwelling Units, For a Start (Austin Chron)
Austin City Council Proposes More Rules for Uber, Lyft That May Hurt Ridesharing (Austin Monitor)
Young Couple Walking in Uptown Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver (Morning News)
Corporate Campus Planned for Circle T Ranch (Morning News)
TXDOT/TTI Test AV/CV Research Project to Improve Transit, Ped/Bike Safety
Frisco Council to Vote on TAPS Contract (Community Impact)
The San Pedro Creek Improvement Project Looks Beautiful (Rivard Report)

via $Austin On Your Feet$

6 Reasons to Be Skeptical of Pouring More Money Into the Austin Convention Center

By Dan Keshet | Nov 16, 2015 | No Comments

The Austin Convention Center is considering expanding to another 3 blocks downtown. Here’s 6 reasons to be skeptical: 1. The Convention Center Loses An amazing Amount of Money Even though the convention center doesn’t pay rent like a normal business, it loses stacks and stacks of money: $15.3m in 2013. It takes skills to run a business well […]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 16, 2015 | No Comments

Austin Now a Gold Level Bike-Friendly City, 24th City to Do It (ATX Mobility, Periscope)
Crossley & Gonzalez: Reimagining a City that Connects with Nature (Houston Chron)
Katy Area Sprawl Adding 389 Class A Apartments on 18.7 Acres Near Grand Parkway (BizJournals)
City of Katy “Protecting Heritage” By Adding Hotels Outside Downtown (Houston Chron)
Multiple Crashes Pile Up on Very High Design Speed Street All Due to Speeding (Houston Chron)
Drunk Driver Smashes Into San Antonio Bus Stop, Luckily No One There (MySA)
51-Yr-Old Mary Jackson Killed by Reckless Driver on Street with Incomplete Sidewalks (Houston Chron)
What If Dallas Assumed Need for Sidewalks, Transit Downtown as Much as Parking? (Morning News)
Tarik Oualalou: Houston’s “Lack of Restrictions” Didn’t Actually Lead to Amazing Buildings (Houston Chron)

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Forget #EndTheStreak; Go With #VisionZero

By Patrick Kennedy | Nov 13, 2015 | No Comments

The problem with #EndTheStreak, like most non-reforms is that it aims too low and isn’t about altering policy. The hashtag to end the streak of at least one Texan being killed on Texan roads every single day for the last billion days, is that it is impotent and no different from every other effort to […]

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By Caitlin McNeely | Nov 13, 2015 | No Comments

Fail: Planned High-Speed Rail Line Won’t Come Downtown (Houston Chronicle)
METRO Workers to Survey Transit Users on Monday (Chron)
VIA Restoring Centro Plaza Transpo Hub to Its Historical Purpose (Rivard Report)
You and Your Boss Should Join the Houston Bike Challenge
Carpool Lanes on Central Expressway Could Open and It Wouldn’t Change Much (Morning News)
Dallas Voted for Historic Buildings Over Parking Lots; Are Developers Listening? (Morning News)
Montrose Could Get Its Own TIRZ and Fix Its Sidewalks and Streets (Public Media)
Here’s the Report Outlining the Ways Texas Capitol Campus Will Be Redesigned for the Better

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Downtown Stuck in Park

By Patrick Kennedy | Nov 12, 2015 | No Comments

I had the good fortune of being invited to a meeting with Chris Leinberger who was stopping through town on his way to Mexico City. Leinberger keynoted CNU23 here in Dallas where he showed off his recent Walk-Up Wake Up Call study of the Boston metro area. The study examines all of the walkable places […]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 12, 2015 | No Comments

Take the Survey: Austin Convention Center Expansion, Yes or No? (Dan Keshet)
Undocumented Man Drives Car Over Off-Duty Police Officer (Morning News)
San Antonio CM Shirley Gonzales Lobbying Texas Lege to Adopt Vision Zero
Houston Sees Biggest Homes Sales Drop Since 2011 (Houston Chron)
2015 Health and the Built Environment Conference in San Antonio on Friday
TTI Creates Multimodal Assessment Methodology for El Paso, Intended for TXDOT (TTI)
Growing Mexico City Safe Streets Movement Includes 35 Miles of Open Streets (Guardian)

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Study: Sprawling Areas Require 3 Times as Much Pavement Per Person

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 11, 2015 | No Comments

How much pavement area is required to service the population of an area is pretty closely related to population density, a Smart Growth America study found. One of the big downsides to sprawl is the public cost of maintaining infrastructure that is extended over wide areas. A new study of New Jersey by Smart Growth America [PDF] attempts [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 11, 2015 | No Comments

What It’s Like Trying to Find Affordable Housing With Vouchers in Houston (Houston Chron)
Less Than 500 Sq Ft Micro Units Coming to Mixed-Use EaDo Houston (BizJournals)
TTI Report: Texans Most Willing to Wait on I-35 Between San Antonio & Austin (Texas Tribune)
Houston Switching One More Block of One Side of Main From Cars to Ped Mall (BizJournals)
TXDOT, Harris Reach New 290 Expansion Deal Without Fixing Lack of Added Transit (Houston Chron)
Cowboys Owner Building Texas-Style Drivable “Mixed Use” North of Frisco (Morning News)
Tyler MPO Just Bought 7 Miles of Old Rail Bed for Hike and Bike Trails (Tyler Paper)
Woodlands Waterway Transit Service Facing Financial Troubles (Houston Chron)
Does Austin Need to Expand Its Convention Center? (Building ATX)
Upcoming Social Bike Rides in DFW (Guide Live)

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More Evidence That Helmet Laws Don’t Work

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 10, 2015 | No Comments

Living in an area with high cycling rates is linked to lower levels of hospitalization for bicyclists. There is no similar link for helmet laws. Graph: University of British Columbia If you want to increase cycling safety in your city, drop the helmet law and focus on getting more people– particularly women — on bikes, with [...]

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By Caitlin McNeely | Nov 10, 2015 | No Comments

$2.5 Million Project for New Trail Connection Under Congress Avenue Bridge (Community Impact)
Living Carless in Houston (OffCite)
How B-Cycle Will More Than Triple Bike-sharing in Houston (Urban Edge)
Texas A&M Recognized Nationally as a “Bike Friendly Campus” (Texas A&M Today)
Health Professionals and Texas Transportation Institute Work Together to Create Better Opportunities (TTI)
Texas Lawmakers Worried They Won’t Get Credit for Creating More Traffic Congestion (Morning News)
Austinites Stand Up Against Bad Options for MoPac South (Austin Monitor)
TTI Policy Research Center on Automated Vehicles and “Revolutionizing Our Roadways” (TTI)
HEB South Flores Will Anchor the Walking, Biking, Living Culture of Downtown SA (Rivard Report)
Downtown Dallas Doesn’t Have a Parking Problem, It Has a Downtown Dallas Problem (Morning News)
Ads in the Bus and Cheaper Rides for Students: METRO’s Agenda (Houston Chronicle)

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Brutal Jaywalking Arrest in Austin Caught on Video

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 9, 2015 | No Comments

Austin police were captured on video beating a group of “jaywalkers” into submission late last Wednesday in an incident that reeks of racial profiling. The arrest was recorded and shared on Facebook by Rolando Ramiro. He told the website Photography is Not a Crime that he and a group of friends were trying to cross a street that had been barricaded and [...]

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