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What It’s Like to Ride the Bus

By jordan.pettigrew@houstontomorrow.org | Jun 30, 2015 | No Comments

This summer, Houston Tomorrow has hired two interns. As a part of their experience here, we would like them to try out various modes of public transportation in order to gain an understanding of how the system currently works, as well as to inspire a level of comfort with public…

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

Bob Voelker: Density Bonuses Not the Silver Bullet to Fix Dallas Affordable Housing (D Magazine)
City of Fort Worth Hopes to Get People Walking Until They Are 100 (Next City)
Protesters Call for Houston to Require Affordable Housing For Downtown Living Initiative (Houston Chron)
About 1000 Houston Homes in Floodplains Must Be Rebuilt to Floodplain Standards (Houston Chron)
Oklahoma City Mayor Mike Cornett Speaking Tonight in Houston on Downtown Walkability Revival
Austin Installing 40 Road Diets This Year (Time Warner Cable News)
Final City of Houston Bike Plan Meeting Tonight (Not Of It)

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Can a New Way to Measure Streets Help Advocates Tame Speeding?

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 29, 2015 | No Comments

You’ve heard of sensors that can count cars or bikes. Tools like that can help transportation planners make smarter decisions about where bike infrastructure is needed, for example. A new digital tool called Placemeter aims to measure streets at a much more fine-grained level, analyzing a variety of different aspects of movement in an urban environment. Placemeter’s [...]

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

Supreme Court: Texas Can’t Just Put “Affordable Housing” in Poor Neighborhoods (Morning News)
SATomorrow Ponders Expanding Walkability Beyond the Existing 14% of Neighborhoods
Dallas Takes Mixed Use to Logical Conclusion of Coffee Shop amd Salsa Dancing Club (GuideLive)
Rodger Jones: Is Pope Francis Pro- or Anti-Trinity Toll Road? (Morning News)
Dallas May: “Cities Are Where You Find the Greatest Concentration of the Image of God.” (D Magazine)
E-Hail Drivers Cannot Pick You Up in San Antonio, But Can Drop You Off in the City (Rivard Report)
TXDOT Will Fatten Pearland Road, But Share One of Those 45 mph Lanes With Bikes (Community Impact)
Fort Worth Bike-Share Let Kids Design Newly Deployed Bike Basket Decorations
DART Explains: Transit Cannot Fix Bad Urban Form in Transit Deserts (Morning News)

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

Houston Chronicle Editorial: City of Houston Bike Plan Must Focus on Safe Streets
Car Thief Fleeing Police Kills Man, Injures Pregnant Woman in Crash in Bedford (Morning News)
All Local Bus Trips in Houston Will Be Free For a Week For Launch of System Reimagining (KUHF)
In North America, Only Toronto and New York Are Building More High Rises Than Houston (Emporis)
Only 10% of Prop 1 Road Funds Approved By TTC in June Going to Maintenance
Cost of Toll Roads Are Not Covered By Tolls. TTC Throwing $143 Million at 183 Project in Austin.
Top Issue for Houston Voters Is Transportation; Top Solution Is Transit; Only 34% Think Roads (KUHF)
City of Austin Subsidizes Option to Drive to Council Meetings (ATX Mobility Dept)
Houston Planning Dept Trying Again to Convince Planning Comm to Allow Safe Streets (Houston Chron)
Proposal to Replace San Antonio Streetcar Concept With Trolley Shaped Bus (Rivard Report)

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Senate Committee Passes DRIVE Act Unanimously After Some Tinkering

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 25, 2015 | No Comments

Given the bipartisan gushing that accompanied the release of the DRIVE Act on Tuesday, it came as no surprise that the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed the bill unanimously yesterday, with more gushing for good measure. The insertion of a few little words into the DRIVE Act may lead to safer designs for walking [...]

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

TTI Study of Fracking Damage to Texas Roads Does Not Suggest Assigning Costs to the Users
Fleeing Suspect From Dallas Strip Club Attacks Security Guard With Car (Morning News)
Houston Mayoral Candidate Would Stop Bus Rapid Transit Project (Guidry News)
Toyota Putting 4,000 Jobs in Plano Campus, Seeking Platinum LEED But Not ND (Morning News)
People Came Out to SATomorrow Sustainability Forum for TEDish Talks by Public Staff (Rivard Report)
People Enjoy Riding Bikes and Drinking Beer in Dallas (Dallas Observer)
We’re Getting a Bullet Train First! (Texas Public Radio)
People of Dallas: Sexy Interactive Poll on the City Budget Process

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

Two Hundred People Stage Bike Die-In at Houston City Hall Following 4 Deaths (MyFoxHouston)
Jay Blazek Crossley: Houston Area Traffic Deaths Are a Crisis (Houston Chronicle)
Sign and Share the City of Houston Vision Zero petition
Austin Installing Pedestrian Way Finding Along With Parking and Driving Signs Downtown
Dallas Residents Seek to Increase Regional Traffic, Fighting Theoretical Density Traffic (Morning News)
Anti-Tax Lawsuit Could Set Back ReBuild Houston Street and Drainage Projects (Houston Chronicle)
DFW: Submit Your Comments on the Trinity Parkway Dream Team Proposal

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Inhofe’s DRIVE Act — Not as Big a Disaster as You Might Think

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 23, 2015 | No Comments

Sen. Barbara Boxer unveils another stab at a long-term transportation authorization bill — this time as a member of the minority party. Photo: Ali Weinberg/Twitter No, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s new six-year bill, obnoxiously named the DRIVE Act (Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy) [PDF], won’t usher in a more enlightened era of [...]

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

Council Member Shirley Gonzalez: San Antonio Needs Vision Zero (Express-News)
Car Parking Is Free at San Antonio Sustainability Forum (Rivard Report)
Longview News-Journal Editorial: Texas Should Study Txting & Driving. Lege Should Listen in 2017
Contractor Halts Work Widening 290 Freeway in Houston Following Same in El Paso (Houston Chron)
…Bond Company Might Owe Texas Hundreds of Millions in Breach of Contracts (El Paso Times)
Ped Bridge to Connect Katy Trail and Mockingbird DART Station, 12 Years Later (Morning News)
South Padre Island Bridge Could Get Dedicated Bike Lane (Rio Grande Guardian)

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Summer Policy Series to Build a Stronger Houston

By jay.crossley@houstontomorrow.org | Jun 22, 2015 | No Comments

This November, an election will be held for the position of the Mayor of Houston. What Could Houston’s next mayor do by the year 2022? What it is Houston Tomorrow will host a series of three luncheons, each with a panel of keynote speakers who will present on topics that…

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

SUV Drivers Strikes and Kills 5-Year-Old Boy Riding Bike in Southeast Houston (Click2Houston)
Couple Survives Crashing Into Collapsing, Flooded Bridge in Hunt County (WFAA)
Pope Francis Wants You to Ride Transit (WaPo)
Georgia DOT Building Atlanta a Regional Bus Network on HOT Lanes on Freeways (SaportaReport)
Study: US Node Degree Peaked in 1990s After Scourge of Cul-De-Sacs and Sprawl (Pacific Standard, Maps)
All Hat, No Cattle: Trucks Now Top-Selling Luxury Vehicles in US (Morning News)
Energy Corridor Opens Houston’s First Woonerf. First in Texas? (Asakura Robinson)
Petition for City of Houston to Join Austin and Dallas With Anti-Idling Ordinance

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