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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 21, 2015 | No Comments

El Paso Bike-Share Launches With Eight Downtown Stations (El Paso Herald Post)
We Don’t Really Know If “Gentrification” Is Good or Bad for Low-Income Families (Morning News)
Calling All Urbanists and Conservationists: Come to the People and Nature Conference, Oct 20-22 in Houston
Texas Manufacturers Advocating for Allowing Heavier Truck Freight (Your Houston News, Houston Chron)
People Who Choose to Live in Car Dependent Areas Wish They Weren’t So (Texas Public Radio)
Mexico-to-Canada Road Proponent Argues Prop 7 Intended to Stop Spending on Transit (NewsChannel10)
School Bus Seat Belts Not Required in Texas (Longview News-Journal)
International Walk to School Day Is October 7 (BikeTexas)

Park(ing) Day Scenes From Coast to Coast

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 18, 2015 | No Comments

Today is a very fun day in cities around the U.S., when advocates for better public spaces unleash their imaginations on the dreary places where we normally store cars. Park(ing) Day is “an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks,” according to its organizers. Below we are showcasing some [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 18, 2015 | 1 Comment

For Second Time in One Week, a Vehicle Falls Off a Houston Freeway (KHOU)
Austin City Council Approves New Downtown MegaBus Station at Strickland Propane Site (Dan Keshet)
Houston’s Decade Old Downtown Retail Incentive Program Will Not Be Renewed (Houston Chron)
Midtown Houston’s Pilot “Complete Street” or Greenstreet Sparking New Development (Business Journal)
Celebrate Parking Day Today in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas
Austin Has the Most Official-ish Permit Process for Parking Day
You Can Earn a Free BikeShare Annual Membership by Volunteering at ACL Festival
Take the San Antonio Vision Zero Pledge!

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 17, 2015 | No Comments

Dallas Morning News Claims General Agreement That LBJ East Needs to Go From 8 to 14 Lanes
Voting Yes on Prop 7 Means Public Subsidy of SOV Projects Instead of Tolls (Morning News)
Former TTC Chair on Boards of Corporations Building Toll Roads for TTC (Star-Telegram)
Dallas Staff Believe Council May Finally Adopt Complete Streets Code Soon (Morning News)
Dallas On the Housing First to End Homelessness Team, Building Cottages (True Activist)
Austin Mayor Steve Adler: Appraisal Lawsuit Is About Fairness (TribTalk)

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Today’s Headlines

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

Terrible: Two High School Students Killed in School Bus Crash on Loop 610 in Houston (Chron)
Family of One of the Victims Plans to Sue, Claims Deaths Were Preventable (Chron)
City of San Antonio Launches Vision Zero Campaign to End Traffic Deaths (Rivard Report, News4)
Petition for Vision Zero for the City of Houston
Petition for Vision Zero for the City of Austin
Pearland One of Only 11 US Cities >100K Pop With a Zero Traffic Death Year Between 2009 & 2013 (DEKRA)
H-GAC TAC Recommends Spending $698M of $783M TIP Call for Projects on Car Projects

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House Dems: We Won’t Support a Transpo Bill That Cuts Bike/Ped Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 15, 2015 | No Comments

House Democrats won’t stand for any cuts to federal funding for walking and biking infrastructure. That was the gist of a letter signed by every Democratic member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last week. Rick Larsen, a congressman representing parts of Washington state, rallied Democrats to support funding for biking, walking, and transit. Photo: Rick Larsen Groups aligned [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 15, 2015 | No Comments

TXDOT May Have $133 Million Leftover to Tear Down I-345 in Dallas (Morning News)
Student Believes Lack of Road Funding Is the Problem With Texas Transportation (Trinitorian)
Houston – Galveston Area Council Sustainable Transportation Workshop, Fri, November 13
TTI Study: 47% of Children in Cars Not Properly Restrained in Seat (Valley Central)
TXDOT Pilot Project Allowing People to Drive on Shoulder in Rush Hour (NBCDFW)
Sen. Watson Insists on Wider Freeway, While Austin Brings in Rocky Mountain Institute (KXAN)
Corpus Christi Officials Ask Feds Not to Require Allowing Larger Trucks (Caller Times)
Tea Party PAC Supports Added Taxes for Road Subsidy in Montgomery Co (Woodlands Villager)
Woman Struck and Killed by Bus Driver in Austin Crosswalk (Statesman)

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How America’s Staggering Traffic Death Rate Became Matter-of-Fact

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 14, 2015 | No Comments

How did more than 30,000 annual motor vehicle deaths become something that most Americans accept as normal? A new paper by Boston University professor Itai Vardi tries to answer that question. A 1933 publication by Traveler’s Insurance Company pins the blame for traffic deaths on individual decisions without noting structural factors like the skyrocketing rate of driving [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 14, 2015 | No Comments

Will Houston Be Home to More People Than Chicago Soon? Is Texas an Urban State? (Reuters)
The Case for a Downtown Civic District in San Antonio (Rivard Report)
Houston Using 380 Agreements to Add Roads to Deal With Food Deserts (Houston Chron)
Senator Says There Are Some Very Powerful People Making Money Off Toll Roads (Morning News)
TXDOT May Be Listening to Houston Strategies About Prioritizing HOV Bus Lanes
You Can Still Afford to Live Where the Action Is in San Antonio (Rivard Report)

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Plan Houston Nears Adoption

By caitlin.mcneely@houstontomorrow.org | Sep 11, 2015 | No Comments

A Plan Houston public hearing will be held before the final step is taken by City Council to adopt Houston’s first general plan. According to the City of Houston Planning Department: Houston is at the final step in the adoption of its first general plan known as Plan Houston. Plan…

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

San Antonio Budget Passes with $15M for Sidewalks and $500K for Lone Star Rail (Rivard Report)
Dallas Morning News: Proposed Dallas Budget Continues to Neglect Streets
Austin Has 283 Blocks of Previously Public On-Street Parking Reserved for Residents (Statesman)
Ridership on Houston’s New Light Rail Lines at Projections in 3rd Full Month (Houston Chron)
Dallas Chooses Jackson B4 Alignment for New Downtown Light Rail (Morning News, Observer)
Austin Now Has Two (1,2) Competing Umbrella Neighborhood Groups (Austin Chron)
Click2Houston Maps Out Deaths at Signals in Houston 2013 – 2015 From 61,133 Red-Light Crashes
Sharon Grigsby: Sorry, DWI Barbie Car Girl, Drunken Driving Isn’t Cute
Video of First Meeting of New House Select Committee on Transportation Planning
Select Comm on Transpo Planning Is 5 White Men, 2 Latino Men, 1 Black Man, 1 White Woman

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 10, 2015 | No Comments

VIVA! Streets Austin This Sunday September 13. Video. Volunteer.
CAMPO Could Fund $5.5M of Bike-Ped Improvements in Austin (Central Austin CDC)
Does the City of Houston Have De Facto Zoning Without Actual Zoning? (Kinder Institute)
Four-Month-Old Child Hit by Driver While in Child Seat on Sidewalk (WFAA)
Houston Public Media Reports Mayor Parker Not Seeking Txting Ban; She Retweets Denial
Enforcing Existing School Zone Txting Ban in Houston Requires $2.34M in Signs (Houston Chron)
Presentation for TTC’s Texas Traffic Safety Task Force Includes Slide With Words “Vision Zero”
Contact Congress And Ask Them to Sustain TAP Without Funding Cuts or Policy Changes

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