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  • AURA Launches Pro-Granny Flats Petition to Austin City Council
  • Can Dallas Fix Potholes in Budget Without Raising Taxes? (Morning News)
  • Meanwhile, Residents of Big Lake Have Started Filling Potholes Themselves (NewsWest9)
  • Can Senator Nelson Find a Compromise That Does Not Kill Texas High Speed Rail? (Texas Tribune)
  • Texas Central Launches Letter Writing Campaign to Support Their HSR Plan
  • Uptown Dallas Will Get a Grocery Store in Mixed-Use 20-Story Tower (Morning News)
  • Anti-Transit Campaigner: Uptown Houston People Are Young, Don’t Need Transit (KHOU)
  • Harris County Finally Raising Toll on Congested Katy Managed Lanes to $10 (Houston Chron)

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Knitting Austin Back Together – Stitch #2

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There are many levels of urban connectivity that affect the travel habits of a city’s residents. Our last post focused on the macro level by showing how a new extension of street or public way could dramatically enhance the effectiveness of transit, walking, and cycling for getting around in a neighborhood. A network with more connections better […]

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  • Useless, Destructive Sprawl Road Proposal for 36A Creeps Forward (Houston Chron)
  • Dallas Very Slowly Moving Along on 2nd Downtown LRT Route, Maybe 2030-ish (Morning News)
  • Ride of Silence All Over Texas Today to Honor Those Injured or Killed While Cycling
  • TXDOT to Subsidize Driving Alone on 290, Increase Traffic, Deny Space for Transit (Houston Chron)
  • Sprawl Road Not Working Out, TXDOT to Try More Fattening (Houston Chron)
  • Bike Ride and Open House to Kick Off City of Houston Bike Plan on May 30
  • Austin Study Shows Commercial Properties Appraised at 27% Below Value (Statesman)
  • Culberson Thinks Rail Doesn’t Belong In Greenway Because Buildings Are Right Up Against Sidewalk (Houston Matters)

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Density Is a Tool; Access Is the Goal

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I had the good fortune of attending a lecture by Jarrett Walker, a highly-regarded transportation consultant who has worked on, most recently, Houston’s reimagined bus network.  Walker makes the good point that ultimately, transit is in the business not just of laying X miles of rail tracks, or even moving Y people Z miles, but of providing people […]

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  • Reason Gives Libertarian Seal of Approval to Texas High Speed Rail (Houston Strategies)
  • Austin Has Strange Form of Government Where Staff Openly Discuss Manipulating Electeds (Statesman)
  • Plano (67), Austin (91), Houston (99) Only Texas Cities in Top 100 for “Bike Score” (Redfin)
  • Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Wants Uptown Ciclovia Every Week (Sustainable City News)
  • Does Metro/Culberson Deal Mean Building (<11,000 ridership) 90A Commuter Rail? (Houston Chron)
  • What Has Houston Learned From Finishing 3 of 5 Rail Lines Voters Approved in 2003? (Houston Chron)
  • MySanAntonio Explains Proposed I-10 Managed Lanes Without Noting Prices of Actual Houston Ones

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Path as Place

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This presentation is based on the concept of “Path as Place” by Ian Lockwood (Toole design). CNU23: fresh inspiration… Enjoy! (turn on english subtitles). The video touches on the integration between transportation and urbanism.  With a powerful and simple idea … Continue reading →

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  • Downtown Houston Grew By $4B Since 1990 With Another $2.2B Under Construction (Houston Chron)
  • House Approves Bill to Give Incentives for Grocery Stores in Food Deserts (Morning News)
  • Oak Cliff Streetcar Having Some Mechanical Problems, Carrying 285 People Daily (Morning News)
  • Creek-Oriented Development Only the 2nd High Rise Condo in Dallas (Morning News)
  • San Antonio Council Allocates Some of Surplus to Bike-share, Keeping It Alive (Rivard Report)
  • Houston Couple Selling Their Home for $150 Through Essay Contest (Swamplot)
  • Three People Die After Driver Crashes SUV Into Oak Cliff House (Dallas Observer)
  • TXDOT Policy Only Funds Transit for Cities Under 200,000 People (ABC7)
  • 98.4% of Workers in Dayton, TX, Travel to Work by Car (Houston Chron)
  • Sunday Streets HTX Is This Sunday on Navigation on the East Side
  • It’s Bike To Work Day. Houston. DFW. Austin.

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  • Montgomery Officials Think Correct Response to Loss at Polls Is Another Road Bond (KUHF)
  • … But Voters of Montgomery County Want Balanced Transportation Plans (Houston Chron)
  • Klyde Warren Park Only Has 15 Bike Parking Spots, Issues Bike Parking Ticket (Dallas Observer)
  • Community Leader Fighting City Attempt to Take Soccer Fields (Dallas Observer)
  • Somebody Please Buy This $3M Dallas Mall and Build Walkable Urbanism (Morning News)
  • Menil Museum Houston’s First Special Parking Area, Slightly Less Car Subsidy Required (Swamplot)
  • San Antonians: Fill Out the SATomorrow Transportation Survey (mySA)
  • Who Snuck the Anti-High Speed Rail Sentences Into the Budget? (Texas Association of Business)
  • Midtown Houston Installs Colorful Art Crosswalks (Houston Chron)
  • City of Houston PWE Finally Hiring Bicycle-Pedestrian Coordinator

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  • Metro Opening Two New Light Rail Lines May 23, Hosting Free Concert (myFOXHouston)
  • Plan for ReBuilding Greenbriar Includes “Islands of Refuge” at School Crossing (KUHF)
  • Check Out Metro’s Reimagined Bus Station Signs (via Christopher Andrews)
  • Bill to Establish Statewide Rules for Uber, Lyft Dies for the Session (Morning News)
  • Statewide Driving While Txting Ban Heads to Full Senate (Morning News)
  • Austin City Staff Trained on Handling New Majority Female Council, All Those Questions (Statesman)
  • San Antonio Crowd Funding a PPP Dog Park Near Pearl Brewery (Rivard Report)
  • Anti-High Speed Rail Socialists Got a Bad Rider in a Budget Bill Over Weekend (BizJournals)

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