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Today’s Headlines

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

Land Use Effect of Transit Reduces VMT Much More Than Direct Substitution (Streetsblog USA)
Could Houston Close Whole Areas of Town to Cars Like Paris? (Houston Chron)
TTC Sends $3.5M in TAP Funds to Tyler for Multi-Use Trail (Morning Telegraph)
Houston May Adopt Goal of <10-Minute Walk to Parks From all Homes (Houston Chron)
TXDOT Policy Succeeding at Perverting Housing Market for Sprawl (Houston Chron)
People Camping Out to Get Sub-Urban Lots in North Dallas (Morning News)
Ride the Bus or Rail to Austin City Limits Festival (CapMetro)
Houston Is No Longer the Largest City in the Nation Without a General Plan!

Without Transit, American Cities Would Take Up 37 Percent More Space

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 29, 2015 | No Comments

Even if you never set foot on a bus or a train, chances are transit is saving you time and money. The most obvious reason is that transit keeps cars off the road, but the full explanation is both less intuitive and more profound: Transit shrinks distances between destinations, putting everything within closer reach. A new study published by the Transportation Research Board quantifies the [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 29, 2015 | No Comments

Three People Walking Hit By People Driving in San Antonio Sunday Night (City and Press)
TXDOT Destroying Historic Yale Bridge, Building New One for Trucks, No Bike Lanes (Houston Chron)
Simpson Returns From Austin to Be First Paid ED of San Antonio B-Cycle (Rivard Report)
Twice as Many People Killed While Walking in Dallas So Far This Year Than in All of 2013 (Observer)
…Dallas City Staff Blame Dead Pedestrians, But CM Kingston Blames Design (Morning News)
2nd Attempt at Rural Nonprofit Transit for Collin County Going Poorly (Morning News)
Police Have Leads in Hit-and-Run Death of Henry James Vickers III, Father of Two (Click2Houston)

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 28, 2015 | No Comments

Over 70,000 People Enjoyed Open Streets at San Antonio’s Síclovia on Sunday (Rivard Report)
No One Suggests Expanding SOV Freeway Capacity to Fight Congestion in SATomorrow MindMixer
Austin Council Votes October 1 on Including Vision Zero in Comp Plan (NLGA Neighborhood Assoc)
John Beatty: Oppose the “Neighborhood Opposition” to Mixed-Use Walkable Urbanism (Morning News)
Every Mayoral Candidate Expresses Support for Plan Houston at the Blueprint Houston Forum
Is BikeDFW Really on Vehicular Cyclist Team Opposing Bike Lanes? (Morning News)
Do Ambulance Response Times Vary Based on Traffic, Density, or Budgets? (Morning News)
Person Riding Bike Killed in Pasadena Hit-and-Run; Public Can Help Find Person Driving Car (ABC13)
Dallas Transpo System Fails, Van Halen Fan Pretends to Be Hit by Car to Get Out of Gridlock (Observer)

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2014 American Community Survey (Census) Data

By Patrick Kennedy | Sep 25, 2015 | No Comments

If you’ve followed me for any time, you know that I keep vast databases of census data for all cities and metros in order to compare and contrast cities as well as individual cities over time. I tend to follow things like population and workforce changes, income, means of transportation, age, education level, etc. I’ve […]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 25, 2015 | No Comments

Houston Creative Economy Jobs Grew 22% in Three Years (Houston Public Media)
Energy Corridor Now Has a Woonerf (Houston Public Media)
Adding Luxury Apartments in Midtown Dallas at Former Car Dealership Site (Morning News)
TTC Removes Tolling from 281 in San Antonio Assuming Prop 7 Vote to Require Road Spending
TTI Research Testing Variable Speed Limits Based on Traffic Conditions
Texas Comptroller Honors Houston’s Metro for Financial Transparency (Mass Transit Mag)
Dallas City Council Member Philip Kingston Asking For No Vote on Prop 7 (Morning News)

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The Movement to Eliminate Traffic Deaths Gains Strength in Texas Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 24, 2015 | No Comments

Last week, 54 people stood on the steps of San Antonio’s City Hall, one for each pedestrian killed on city streets in the past year. The demonstration marked the start of the city’s Vision Zero effort, aimed at eliminating traffic deaths. Photo: San Antonio Fire Department Texas cities are some of the most dangerous places in [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 24, 2015 | No Comments

One Freeway Project to Get $240M in TIP – 3 Times Entire Sum for Transit/Bike/Ped (Houston Chron)
Restoring the Great Dallas Neighborhood of Lake Cliff (Morning News)
Inaugural Meeting of the San Antonio Bike Collective (Rivard Report)
Síclovia, Open Streets Event, This Sunday on Broadway in San Antonio (Rivard Report)
Houston Mayoral Forum on Plan Houston This Saturday (Houston Strategies)

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 23, 2015 | No Comments

Sub-urban Katy Area – Now More Populated Than Pittsburgh – Seeks Roads (Houston Chronicle)
Council Vote on Adopting Plan Houston Delayed One Week (Houston Chronicle)
The Power of Open Data for DART and Other Public Entities (D Magazine)
Work Begins on Memorial Park Master Plan (Houston Chronicle)
The Rocky Mountain Institute Partnership With Austin and Denver to Focus on Apps (Nasdaq)
Residential Land Values Growing Faster Percent-Wise in East Austin (Spatial Austin)
San Antonio Bike Community Calls for Renewed Focus on Safe Passing (Rivard Report)

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TAC proposes spending $700 million of $783 million on roads

By caitlin.mcneely@houstontomorrow.org | Sep 22, 2015 | No Comments

The Houston - Galveston Area Council Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has approved recommendations to spend 90% of regionally discretionary transportation improvement funds on roadway projects mostly for cars. $783,265,000 is being allocated by the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Transportation Policy Council (TPC) and the TAC as part of the 2015 Call…

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20’s Plenty: The Movement for Safer Speeds in the UK

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 22, 2015 | No Comments

Five years ago, Streetfilms’ was in the UK town of Warrington to talk with the great folks behind 20’s Plenty For Us, a largely volunteer group trying to get speed limits reduced to 20 mph. The first film drew broad interest in the 20’s Plenty movement, and on a recent trip I caught up with [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 22, 2015 | No Comments

T4America Chair Says He Can Help Build Mississippi-to-Dallas Passenger Rail Service (Meridian Star)
Texas Added 2.5 as Many Households From Other States as Next Highest State in 2013 (Houston Chron)
Dallas Mother Experiences Wheelchair, Has Some Advice on Treating People Like People (Morning News)
Road Spending PAC Says “No” Vote on Prop 7 Means Not Doubling Car Lanes on San Antonio’s 281
Did Dallas Officials Really Block Downtown Redevelopment For Too Much Affordable Housing? (Observer)
Developers Seek TIF Funds to Add Ground Floor Retail to Downtown Dallas Tower Rehab (Morning News)
Austin Council Committee Endorses Many of AURA’s Granny Flats Recommendations

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