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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 9, 2015 | No Comments

TXDOT Launches Campaign to End Epidemic of Road Deaths and Absolves Itself
Geoff Carleton: #EndTheStreakTX Is Also About Design Issues, Complete Streets, Parking
Every Death on Every US Road Mapped 2004 – 2013 (Metrocosm)
Home Flipper Turns Developer in San Antonio, Delivers Housing Density (Express News)
Join Houston’s LITTLE – Local Initiative Toward Tiny Living Environments Saturday at 5 p.m.
Close Major Metro to Texas – Mexico DF – Has a Walkability Superhero, Peatónito (Guardian)
Fill Out the Vision 2040 Survey for San Antonio’s VIA Transit
Fill Out the SA Tomorrow Bike Survey
Fill Out the El Paso Regional Transportation Survey

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Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | Nov 6, 2015 | No Comments

Building a Safer City Begins With Political Courage (Rivard Report)
Developers and Neighbors Join Forces in Austin Oaks Charrette for Mixed-Use Development (Austin Monitor)
Traffic Is Killing Our Work Time, So Businesses Are Changing (Chron)
What San Antonio Can Gain From Walkable and Historic Downtown Laredo (SA Current)
San Antonio: Is Bigger Really Better? (Rivard Report)
More Than Two Dozen Residential Towers on the Way for Dallas (Morning News)
If TXDOT-HOU Wants to #EndtheStreakTX of Traffic Deaths, Let’s Adopt a #VisionZero Plan for Houston (Twitter)
Urban Land Institute Announces Finalists for Its 2016 Development of Distinction Awards (HBJ)

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Just How Bad Is the Final House Transportation Bill?

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 5, 2015 | No Comments

Nobody was expecting the GOP-controlled House of Representatives to put together a transportation bill that did much for streets and transit in American cities. The House passed a six-year transportation bill this morning. Yay? Image: Transportation Dems And they were right — there’s nothing to get excited about in the bill. But neither is it the total disaster for walking, biking, and transit [...]

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“Our World is Getting Smaller”

By Patrick Kennedy | Nov 5, 2015 | No Comments

In case you didn’t know, TxDOT is undergoing a study of all of the highways in and around downtown Dallas called CityMAP. The last public input meeting is tonight from 5 to 8 pm at the African American Museum in Fair Park. I assume parking will be free, but if not you can always pay […]

Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | Nov 5, 2015 | No Comments

In Texas, Road Spending Remains Popular Even Thought It Doesn’t Really Work (Houston Chronicle)
Houston City Council Approves First Anti-Idling Ordinance (Houston Chronicle)
Construction on Housing Project Designed for People Who Walk and Bike Will Continue (Austin Monitor)
Final Public Meeting to Offer Input on Downtown Dallas Highway Plans Tonight (Morning News)
More than 1/3 of Top 100 Most Congested Roadways in Texas Are in Harris County (Business Journal)
Lawsuit Dismissed Against Metro’s Uptown Plan for Continuous Transit Access (Houston Chronicle)
This Generation of American Transportation Planning Could Be the Most Restorative in Our History (The Advocate)

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Transit vs. Highways: Which Came Out on Top in Local Elections?

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 4, 2015 | No Comments

Ed Murray’s Move Seattle plan got a $900 million nod from voters yesterday. Photo: Seattle Bike Blog There were several local ballot measures with big implications for streets and transportation yesterday, and results were all over the map. Here’s how three of the most notable votes turned out. Seattle’s property tax increase to fund walking, biking, and transit This map shows all [...]

Today’s Headlines

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

Texans Constitutionally Require About $50B in Road Spending Over Next Decade (Morning News)
Sylvester Turner and Bill King in Mayoral Runoff in 4th Largest City in Nation (Texas Tribune)
77% of Houston Tomorrow Twitter Voters Would Rather Have Roads Than Access
Travis County Downtown Austin Courthouse Bond Defeated by a Narrow Margin (KUT)
Parker: People Who Voted Against Red Light Cams “Directly Responsible for Deaths of 100s” (HCC Egalitarian)
30-Year-Old Kills Self Driving His Truck Real Fast on I-35 (mySA)
Uber Criticizes Austin Background Check Procedure for Drivers (Daily Texan)
George Orwell on the Hypocrisy of Pedestrian Safety Education Campaigns (@grescoe)

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 3, 2015 | No Comments

VOTE TODAY (VoteTexas)
Look at This Governing Article Again Before You Vote on Prop 7, But Please Get Out the Vote
City of Dallas Was Officially the Best Place in Texas for Trick or Treating, Because Density (TreeHugger)
House Select Committee on Transportation Planning to Meet November 9 (Video, Posting, TTI)
Additional Relevant Senate Interim Study Charges Do Not Include Transit, Complete Streets (TTI)
7-Year-Old Child Hit by Car While Crossing Street in School Zone Will Be Okay (Morning News)
How Does Gentrification Affect School District Performance, Help or Hurt Kids? (Dallas Observer)

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Moving People Over Automobiles

By Jace Deloney | Nov 2, 2015 | No Comments

Last week, I shot footage of morning traffic on the South 1st Street Bridge to illustrate how poorly we use urban space in Austin. In the video, you will notice that all Northbound vehicles are stuck in the same traffic regardless of how many people they are moving. Each lane on the bridge carries around 40 vehicles, […]

Today’s Headlines

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

Prop 7 Road Spending Booster Suggests Future Legislatures Raise Taxes for Transit (Governing)
Austin Drops Demand for Sales Price Disclosure in TCAD Lawsuit (Austin Monitor)
TTI-TXDOT Safety Projects Include Rural Crashes, Drunks, and Motorcycles (TTI)
Trial Begins for Man Who Drove Car Into Crowd at SXSW Two Years Ago (Statesman)
Watch Houston Planning Dept Do the Nae Nae, See Dir. Pat Walsh and His Costumed Dog
Forum to Dissect San Antonio’s Decade of Downtown, Wednesday, 7 pm, at UTSA (mySA)
Suspected Drunk Driver Kills 76-Yr-Old George Moon & Another in Fort Worth (Morning News)
The Common Denominator in Trinity River Project Debates Is the Trinity River (D Magazine)

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Today’s Headlines

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

Read a Really Long Article About Gentrification (Good? Bad?) in Dallas (Observer)
Gabe Klein: Houston Has Unique Chance to Build a Livable City (Houston Chron)
Sunday Streets Houston Is This Sunday in the Museum District
Grocery Chain of Walkable Urban Austin Locations Opening in Drivable Sub-Urban Dallas (Morning News)
Data Nerds: Dallas Hosted the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (Morning News)
Austin Bike Fest Cancelled Because of Bad Weather Coming This Weekend
TTI Graph Explains That Pedestrians Are at Fault When They Die on Freeways (Houston Chron)
San Antonio’s Rivard Report Looking for Another Reporter
Foundation Puts $30M on the Table for Four New Downtown Dallas Parks (Morning News)
TXDOT Gets $20M TIGER Grant to Replace Rural Transit Vehicles (TXDOT)
Dallas Bond Rating Drops While Texas Builds Freeways in Unincorporated Areas (D Magazine)
TXDOT Totally Planning to Hold Contractors Accountable (Quorum Report)

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How Is Houston’s Big Bus Network Redesign Working Out?

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 29, 2015 | No Comments

It’s been two months since Houston debuted its redesigned bus network, with routes and schedules intended to make the bus appealing to more people. Jarrett Walker, who blogs at Human Transit, consulted on the project, and today he shares his take on the early ridership numbers. Houston’s bus network overhaul is designed to get more bang for the buck. Map [...]

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