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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 31, 2015 | No Comments

Downtown Austin’s St. David’s Church Offering Bike Parking and Showers (BikeTexas)
Participate in Fort Worth’s Master Thoroughfare Plan (Bike Friendly FW)
Speaker Proposals Due September 30 for Texas Trails and Active Transpo Conference (March 9 – 11)
Little City South of Houston Replacing Car Artery With Ped Mall, BRT, Highline (gizmag)
Mayor Adler Announces Google Will Bring Fully Driverless Cars to Austin (ATXTwitter Freaks Out)
Can Federal Grant for Bluebell Recovery Bring Jobs to Downtown Brenham? (Morning News)
None of Prop 1 Decisions by TTC Will Fund Transit, Walk, Bike, Complete Streets (TINewsDaily)
Bicycle San Antonio Launches Twitter Campaign for Mandatory Protected Bike Lanes

via $Houston Tomorrow$

Houston Planning Commission Unanimously Sends PlanHouston to Council

By Caitlin McNeely | Aug 28, 2015 | No Comments

Last week the 26-member Houston Planning Commission unanimously approved a motion to send PlanHouston, Houston’s first comprehensive general plan, to City Council and Mayor Annise Parker for adoption. The plan was commissioned by Mayor Parker in 2014, when she directed the City’s Planning and Development Department to assemble a project…

Today’s Headlines

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

Only 20 of 134 Proposed Bills Related to Traffic Safety Passed TXLEGE 2015 (TTI)
UT-Arlington Center for Metropolitan Density Proposals for Tearing Down I-345 (Observer)
Austin Cyclist on Fixie Confuses Google Self Driving Car With Track Stand (WaPo)
CyclingSavvy Houston Class Offered September 10 — Learn Mindful Bicycling for $75
Everyone on the Ballot for Houston Elections on November 3, 2015 (Houston Chron)
Unnecessary Toll Road Construction Causing Traffic Delays in Montgomery Co. (Houston Chron)

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via $Street Smart$

And Now for the Not So Annual Why Do We Have Any Credibility Report

By Patrick Kennedy | Aug 27, 2015 | No Comments

Greetings! It’s been a while since my last post, which is why you’ve seen an entirely new cast of characters writing about all things urban, and providing a new perspective on things. And nothing wakes me from a deep slumber like a data dump of reams of databases. That’s right, TTI (Texas Transportation Institute) has […]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 27, 2015 | No Comments

Bus Ridership Up 13%, Rail Up 72% During Free Week of Houston’s New Bus Network (Culturemap)
Dallas City Staff Logging Time on Project X to Spur Development in Southwest Downtown (Observer)
Petition to Replace I-345 and Reconnect Dallas
Dallas Council Rejects Plan to Make It Easier for Neighborhoods to Request Stop Signs (Morning News)
Proposal for Austin to Pursue Increasing Transit Ridership From 4 to 10 Percent (Keep Austin Wonky)
Park(ing) Day in Austin Is September 18 — Apply for Your Permits Here
Growth in Number of Commuters in Houston Appears to Have Plateaued (Houston Chron)

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Another Tall Tale About Congestion From the Texas Transportation Institute

By Joe Cortright | Aug 26, 2015 | No Comments

Photo: Texas Transportation Institute Crossposted from City Observatory. Everything is bigger in Texas — which must be why, for the past 30 years, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) has basically cornered the market for telling whoppers about the supposed toll that traffic congestion takes on the nation’s economy. Today, they’re back with a new report, “The Urban Mobility Scorecard,” which [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 26, 2015 | No Comments

San Antonio Spending $6M on Multimodal Green Streets and Trails in Medical Center (Fox29)
FRA Approves Utility Corridor Option for Texas Central High Speed Rail (Morning News)
Shipping Container Apartment Complex Posting Ads on Craigslist in Dallas (Observer)
City of San Antonio Will Partially Fund Bike-share, Which VIA Might Still Take Over (Rivard Report)
FHWA Clarifies That State DOTs Are Totally Allowed to Build Safe Streets (Streetsblog USA)
Presentation Today at Noon: Vision Zero for the Houston Region

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 25, 2015 | 1 Comment

Todd Litman Critiques Houston’s Center for Opportunity Urbanism Report (Planetizen)
For 3rd Time, Montgomery County Seeks Road Only Bond — Unclear What Lord Wants (Houston Chron)
City of Austin Suing Texas Appraisal System, Says Commercial Undervalued, Appeals Unfair (Statesman)
Fort Worth Promise of Better Bus Instead of Rail Hasn’t Materialized in Five Years (CityLab)
San Antonio Signed Agreement With Lyft, Willing to Work With Other Ride Hailing Services (Fox29)
North Central TX COG Spending $4.5M on HSR Station Studies, But Project Remains Private (NBCDFW)
It Is Time Again in Texas to Be Concerned With Dangerous Driving Near Schools
…As UT – Austin Prepares for 7,500 Possibly Drunk Freshmen Students (USA Today)

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via $Austin On Your Feet$

Council Member Greg Casar on Springdale Farms and Larger Issues of Gentrification

By Dan Keshet | Aug 24, 2015 | No Comments

I like to pick out videos from city proceedings which people explain the philosophies behind their actions. District 4 Council Member Greg Casar took the occasion of an appeal of a Conditional Use Permit denial for the use of Springdale Farms as an event space to discuss what he sees as the broader causes and cures for […]

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

El Paso Bike Share Opening in September, Operated by Regional Mobility Authority (El Paso Times)
Is Dallas Really Passing Up a Meaningful Underground Downtown Rail Option? (Dallas Observer)
TXDOT ED: We Cannot Succeed Just Building Roads, But Will Not Advocate for Transit (Morning News)
Judges Fighting for Prop 7 Required Road Spending, For Which TXDOT Did Advocate (Longview N-J)
TTI Designs Heavy Duty Guardrail to Allow Heavy Trucks to Drive Faster in Cities (The Eagle)
Houston Chronicle Says We Should Address the Plague of Traffic Crashes
Oscar Lee Trevino, 26, Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver in Bryan (Houston Chron)

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Today’s Headlines

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

Houston Planning Comm Unanimously Passes PlanHouston – Next Stop: Council (Houston Tomorrow)
How Building a Park on Top of a Freeway Has Changed Dallas (D Magazine)
North Tarrant Express Toll Road Up For AASHTO Award Among All Sort of SOV Projects
Dallas Morning News Endorses B4 Option for 2nd Downtown Light Rail Line (Morning News)
Will a Dallas-Houston High Speed Rail Line Revolutionize Texas? (Dallas Observer)
City of Houston RFP for Adding Bike Racks to Washington Avenue Corridor Parking Benefit District
Fort Worth Development on Fastest Pace Since Recession; Fears of “Becoming Dallas” (WFAA)
More Than 1.5 Million Sq Ft of Office Space Under Construction in Uptown Dallas (Morning News)
Open House on San Antonio VIA’s Plans for Southwest Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Plan

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via $urbanammo$

The Value of Street Network Design

By juliocarrillo111 | Aug 20, 2015 | No Comments

This presentation by Tim Stonor showcases techniques for capturing the economic performance and social value of places. With tools like “SPACE SYNTAX” and its integration to GIS software, urban / city planning will be a much easier process. The economic principles … Continue reading →

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