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GIS Integration – A Powerful Tool

By juliocarrillo111 | Jun 1, 2015 | No Comments

Here is an update of the work from the Technical Subcommittee at the Pedestrian Advisory Council (PAC) – Austin, TX. May 30, 2015 A few concepts are introduced to be more publicly accessible and promote empowerment of the community with a … Continue reading →

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jun 1, 2015 | No Comments

Jordin Barrett, 8, Dies After Being Ejected Into Floodwaters in Car Crash (Morning News)
Turns Out, 100-Year Flood Would Mean Trinity Toll Road Would Be Underwater (Dallas Observer)
Bicycling San Antonians Will Ride2Vote on June 4 to Show Strength for Mayoral Election
Texas Democrats and Republicans Think Transportation Means Funding Roads. (Quorum Report)
…You Get to Vote Against Their Constitutional Amendment on November 3, 2015 (Texas Tribune)
A Hit and Run Involving a Person on a Bike Happens Every 3 or 4 Days in City of Houston (Houston Press)
Houston Bike Plan Meetings Now Underway: June 4, 9, 16, & 23. Participate Online. Take the Survey.
Devastating Floods and Continuous Rain Were Wettest Texas Month on Record (Houston Chronicle)

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Today’s Headlines

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

Houston’s East End Stopped Texas Highway Department From Building Freeway in 1970s (Kinder)
Residents of Unchecked Development Want Checks on Development Now (Houston Chron)
It Probably Will Remain Legal to Read Streetsblog Texas While Driving Streets of Texas (Morning News)
First New Downtown Office Tower in 25 Years Going Up in San Antonio (Rivard Report)
Find Out How Houston’s Metro System Reimagining Will Change Your Bus Trips With This App
Lege Passes Anti-Drunk Driving Bill, Requires Ignition Interlock (SugarLand Sun)
Texans Against High Speed Rail Failed to Stop High Speed Rail This Session (Texas Tribune)
…Which Means US Rep. Cuellar’s Plans for HSR to Mexico Also Not Blocked (San Antonio Current)

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Four Cities Race to Finish the Country’s First Protected Intersection

By Michael Andersen | May 28, 2015 | No Comments

A protected intersection under construction at Manor and Tilley in Austin, fall 2014. Photo: City of Austin. Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Sometimes, change builds up for years. And sometimes, it bursts. Fifteen months after American bikeway designer Nick Falbo [...]

Today’s Headlines

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

Texas State Climatologist: Flooding Events Consistent With Climate Change (Texas Tribune)
Houston Bike Plan — 1st Redo in 20 Years — Kicks Off This Saturday With Public Event and Ride
TXDOT Goal for All This Dedicated Funding: Maintain Current Level of Congestion (Texas Tribune)
Public Meetings Happening on Trinity Toll Road Parkway “Dream Team” Plan (Morning News)
Council Candidates Jockeying Over How Fat a Road They Want in Trinity River (Morning News)
Kingwood Sub-Urban Chamber of Commerce Hopes to Attract “City Lifestyle” (Houston Chron)
Turns Out Declining Oil Prices Did Not Hurt Texas Housing Market as Feared (Houston Chron)
15-Year Old Houstonian Dakota Sorenson Killed By Driver Who “Failed to See Him” (Beaumont Enterprise)

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It Took 51% More Time to Drive Out Katy Freeway in 2014 Than in 2011

By jay.crossley@houstontomorrow.org | May 27, 2015 | No Comments

Houston commutes continue to get worse despite billions in spending on new road capacity. Traveling from Downtown outbound on the I-10 Katy Freeway to Pin Oak took 51% more time in 2014 than in 2011, according to Houston Tomorrow analysis of Houston Transtar data. The Houston region in recent years…

Today’s Headlines

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

Lege Reaches Deal to Ask Voters to Constitutionally Require Future Spending on Roads (Statesman)
Did Sprawl Worsen Monday’s Disaster, Putting More of Us in Harm’s Way? (New York Times)
Could Texas Have Planned More and Invested in Infrastructure to Prevent Flooding Losses? (CityLab)
San Antonio Looking to Highline-ize San Pedro Creek, Prioritize Walkable Connectivity (Rivard Report)
Dallas Needs to Replace $290 Million Worth of Obsolete Traffic Signals (Morning News)
Morning News Focuses on ~6,000 New Residents of Prosper, Not ~88,000 of Dallas
Estimated 162 Billion Gallons of Water Fell From the Sky Monday Night in Harris County (Houston Chron)
Bill Will Force DART to Post Video of Meetings Online. METRO. CapMetro. VIA. (Morning News)

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Chris Leinberger at CNU23

By Patrick Kennedy | May 26, 2015 | No Comments

Chris Leinberger wrote the book The Option of Urbanism and has led the research on the value premium of walkable real estate. Here he is speaking about the need for walkable development last month in Dallas: Part 1 and Part 2

Today’s Headlines

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

Floods, Tornadoes Devastate Texas Triangle, Houston Region Had 2nd 500-Year Event in 2 Weeks (NBC DFW)
12-Person Family Missing, Homes Destroyed in Flooding River in Wimberley (KSAT, WHNT)
13 Died in Tornado in Mexico Near Texas Border (Chicago Tribune)
A Bastrop State Park Dam Broke and Emptied Out (KSAT)
Diesel and Oil Leaked on the Streets of Austin (Jake Brizendine)
Tornado Touched Down in Fredericksburg (mySanAntonio)
Houstonians Stuck All Over Town With Freeways Closed and Flowing Streets of Water
David Rosenfeld Killed by Motorist While Biking to Memorial Ride for Jon Trevelise (Houston Chron)

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Legislature Decides Not to Block High Speed Rail

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

A rider to the state budget concerning the use of taxpayer dollars on high speed rail projects in Texas has failed in the conference group charged with coming up with the final budget proposal, according to a story from KTBX in Bryan/College Station: Rider 48 was removed in a 6-4…

Today’s Headlines

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

Houston Will Have Two More Light Rail Lines Running as of 4:18 a.m. Tomorrow (Christof Spieler)
Conference Committee Removes Anti-High Speed Rail Language From Budget (WFAA)
60% of Drivers Text While Driving According to Survey (Morning News)
New School Speed Limit Signs in Denison Only Lower Speed to 35 mph (KXII)
TXDOT Planning to Re-stripe I-10 West to Add Another Lane by Narrowing All Lanes (ABC13)
Unless Lege Acts, TXDOT Design-Build Experiment Becomes Unrestricted in August (Texas Tribune)

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The State of American Infrastructure Spending in Four Charts

By Angie Schmitt | May 21, 2015 | No Comments

If you’ve checked the news on the subject of American transportation infrastructure lately, you’ve probably heard that the sky is falling. It’s true that Congress can’t get its act together and pass a decent transportation bill, but the amount of money that’s being spent isn’t the problem so much as the fact that we’re spending it [...]

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