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

Radical Community Development Method: Listen to Low Income People (New York Times)
Dallas Observer Talks to Charles Marohn About DFW’s Growth Pattern — Is It a Ponzi Scheme?
CTRMA Considering Austin Alternative Proposal for Mopac Fattening, Would Still Fatten (Austin Monitor)
SA Tomorrow Multimodal Transportation Plan Webinar: August 11, 6 – 8 pm
Houston Adding Lots of Multi-Family Units, Second Only to New York City (Houston Chron)
San Antonio “Affordable” Housing Plan Prioritizing Single Family, Not Location Efficiency (Rivard Report)
Michael Skelly: We Need New Ideas to Better Utilize Public Freeway Space (Houston Chron)
Austin’s Rainey St Accidentally Became Example of Safety Benefits of Woonerfs (The Theseus Project)

Before “Accident,” Deadly Driving Was “Homicide By Automobile”

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2015 | No Comments

In the early 20th century “chauffeur” was synonymous with “motorist,” and by 1906 Life Magazine had had enough of them. Newspaper cartoon from 1923, when the press still recognized traffic violence as a motorist problem. Via 99% Invisible Doug Gordon at Brooklyn Spoke dug up a column titled “Get After the Chauffeurs,” in which Life reported on a two-vehicle crash [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 7, 2015 | 1 Comment

Houston Toll Revenues Grow While Politician Management Fails to Use Market Pricing (Houston Chron)
H-GAC TPC Needs to Know That a Houston Majority Want Transit, Walkability, Bikes (Houston Chron)
Judge Emmett Jokes About People Begging TXDOT Not to Widen 45 Onto Neighborhoods (Houston Chron)
The People of Dallas Are On Board For Getting Rid of Socialist Parking Requirements (Morning News)
TTI, TTC, TxDot, TAG, & TxLege Campaign to Encourage Road Spending (Midland Rep-Tel)
Texas State Representative Drives 94 MPH Across Austin County, Expresses Outrage (KHOU)
Critics Of San Antonio’s San Pedro Creek Plan Express Complete Indifference to Fun (Rivard Report)
Austin’s Traffic Deaths on Record Pace (Austin American-Statesman)
City of Austin Recognizes That We Need More Sidewalks (Austin Police Department)

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Missions of San Antonio

By Jeff Wood | Aug 6, 2015 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Trish Wallace and Jillian Harris, transportation planners at the City of San Antonio. Tune in and hear about the history of the San Antonio Riverwalk, the city’s bike master plan, and the inner workings of the SATomorrow Plan. Our discussion of San Antonio’s growth leads us to all sorts of Texas planning quirks [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 6, 2015 | No Comments

Will Mena, 6th Grader, Petitions Dallas City Council for Safe Route to His School (Morning News)
TXDOT Hosted a Texas Traffic Safety Task Force Meeting to Reduce Traffic Deaths? No Info Online.
Sen. Nichols Criticizes Govs Bush and Perry for Road Spending Policies (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
Freeway Construction Congestion Generally Greater Than Future Relief (Houston Chron)
City of Sugar Land Asks TX Muni League to Support Utility Easement Recreational Facilities (Guidry News)
Wrong Way Crashes Very Dangerous — 60% Involve Driving While Drunk or on Drugs (ABC13)

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Cambridge: Britain’s Cycling Capital

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 5, 2015 | No Comments

In the city of Cambridge, just about an hour’s train ride north of London, you’ll find lots of people bicycling. In fact, the official bike mode share is 22 percent, but advocates believe it’s even higher and could comprise up to 50 percent of all trips in the city center. More than protected bike lanes, the key to Cambridge’s success has been the management [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 5, 2015 | No Comments

Can Dallas’ Neighborhoods Plus Build Tax Base By Improving Quality and Affordability? (Morning News)
Proposal to Require >$2.5B Road Spending Could Be Extended Decades by Lege (LandLineMag)
Waco Installing “Tattletale Lights” on Stop Lights to Help Officers Spot Dangerous Driving (WacoTrib)
Local Elected Officials Believe State Road Spending Bills Mean Tolls No Longer Necessary (WOAI)
TTC Spending $30M to Reverse This Intersection, Claims Need for Road Funding (Beaumont Enterprise)
Total TXDOT Spending on Transit in One Year = $90 Million (TINews Daily)
Drunk Driver Hits Two Austin Residents Riding Their Bikes on South 1st Sunday Morning (KXAN)

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Dallas Needs a New 21st Century Blueprint For Building a Better City

By Kevin Walker | Aug 4, 2015 | No Comments

I am a city resident, a Dallas business owner, a native Dallasite, and a SMU Cox School of Business MBA, so I think it is safe to say that I have a vested interest in seeing my city do better. If our city, not the DFW REGION, were a sports team, we would be a team […]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 4, 2015 | 1 Comment

Allen Residents Protest Proposal to Fatten Alma Dr. from 4 to 6 Lanes, Want Slow Speed (Morning News)
WCWDB2022 Tonight: Sam Lott on Houston’s Impending Transportation Crisis, Free, RSVP
$1.2M Sought in Lawsuit Against Man Who Drove Car Into Pedestrian in Parking Lot (SETexasRecord)
Luis Arriaza, 48, Dies a Week After Being Struck Mid-Block by SUV Driver in Austin (Statesman)
Ft. Worth Bike Lane Progress Marred by Inconsistency, Unconnectedness (Fort Worth Weekly)
Dallas Developers Don’t Want to Move too Fast on Affordable Housing Policies (Dallas Observer)

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Today’s Headlines

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

Texas Will Be Hot All the Time In Any Reasonable Scenario If We Don’t Fix This (Dallas Observer)
Christof Spieler: How to Make Transit Work in Houston (Houston Chron)
You Can Buy a $24 Million Penthouse in a Future Downtown Dallas Building (Morning News)
San Antonio Opening a Night-Time Market for Produce, Foodie, Artisan Needs (Rivard Report)
Dallas and Uber Have Some Safety Issues to Work Out for All of Our Sakes (Morning News)
Some Houston Sub-urbs Going Hard With Sprawl Retrofit — Might Be Awesome (Katy Rancher)
The Woodlands Township Selects Consultant on Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan (The Courier)
You Can Get Lyft and Uber From DFW now (Morning News)

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Mobility Fees and UGBs

By Patrick Kennedy | Jul 31, 2015 | No Comments

Hillsborough County, FL (where Tampa is) is considering passing what is in essence a pigovian tax on sprawl, creating something called Mobility Fees. A mobility fee is an updated version of an impact fee that development typically pays in order to help cover the cost of infrastructure. However, they’re typically a drop in the bucket […]

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

Residents Form “Save Oak Hill” to Fight TXDOT Road Fattening Proposal for 71 at 290 (Austin Chronicle)
Legislators Will Oversee State Transportation Spending (Land Line Mag, KHOU)
Building a Place for Artists in Houston Means Mixed Reuse and Walkable Alleys (Houston Chron)
San Antonio’s Multimodal Transportation Plan Hopes to Allow More Walking and Biking (mySA)
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff Is Leading Bike Tours on Mission Reach Trail (Fox29)
Uber Expands Pilot Concept of Serving People with Disabilities in Austin (BizJournals)
City of Austin Policies Are Doing Transit Oriented Development Very Well (BizJournals)

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