Simple Math – South Mopac Expansion Project in Austin
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“…This is not a problem of traffic or congestion…”, said Sinclair Black few minutes ago at the AIA office in Austin, TX. “… it is just simple math..”
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Metro May Offer Financial Assistance to Businesses Gaining Light Rail (Houston Public Media)
- Mariela Alfonso: Making the Economic Case for Walkability in Houston (UrbanLand)
- Montgomery County Voters Reject Road Bond. Has the Lord Spoken? (Houston Chron)
- Houstonians Want Transit to Solve Traffic Woes, Candidates Want Roads (Houston Chron)
- Galveston Commuter Bus Provider Plans Connection to Downtown Houston (KUHF)
- City of Arlington Voters Ban Red Light Cameras (Dallas Observer)
- CAMPO 2040 Plan Has $500M High Capacity Transit, Lots of Roads (Austin Chronicle)
- DFW Getting a 12-Story Luxury Lakeside Hotel Off FM 2499 (Morning News)
- Houston Getting a Mixed-Use Whole Foods in Midtown (Swamplot)
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Changes to Houston Design Manual Could Transform Streets
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The regular process to update the City of Houston Infrastructure Design Manual (pdf) - which happens in most years without much fanfare or public involvement - should soon result in a significant change to how Houston streets are designed in the future, including moving toward solidifying the city’s use of…
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Trinity Toll Road Opponents Grab 2 Council Seats, Balance of Power Heads to Runoff (Morning News)
- San Antonio Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Linear Parks and Land Conservation Bonds (Express News)
- …And Require Voter Approval for the City to Contribute to Any Future Light Rail or Streetcar Lines (mySA)
- …While Bexar County Plans to Spend Another $131 Million to Encourage More Driving (Fox29)
- Fitch: Texas Home Prices Overvalued by 11%, Led by Houston and Austin (Morning News)
- Senator Demands Mayors of His District Meet Him in Austin to Explain Local Control (Morning News)
- The Two Houstons: Less Than or Greater Than 30-Minute Average Commute (Houston Chron)
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Houston Debates What to Do With Its Dinosaur Bones
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CityLab has a new piece outlining the on-going debate in Houston not to tear down a highway, but what to do with the carcass left behind after they go forward shifting traffic around the city rather than entirely through the city in every which direction. In that sense, they’ve leapfrogged our efforts locally in Dallas. […]
Austin’s Hancock Neighborhood — Compact and Connected?
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This Neighborhood in Austin, TX. could experience a great amount of change due to its current development pressure from nearby areas. The documents posted here showcase the analysis of the neighborhood, which aims to conserve its single-family characteristics. While within … Continue reading →
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Former Harris County Judge Asks Legislature to Support Free Market High Speed Rail (TribTalk)
- Sen. Zaffarini on Driving While Txting Ban: “Driving Is a Privilege, Not a Right” (Morning News)
- Trinity Toll Booster Argues That Encouraging Driving Improves Air Quality; D Magazine Rebuts
- Still Unclear If Jesus Wants Montgomery Road Bond, But People Sure are Voting (Houston Chron)
- TXDOT Built This Weird Intersection Thing in Austin (Time Warner Cable News)
- Elevated Park or Freeway Removal Debate Rages in Houston (CityLab)
- Bastrop Getting in on the Building Sidewalks With TAP Funds Game (Statesman)
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American Roads Depend on Handouts From Bus Riders, Cyclists, Pedestrians
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Paying for roads costs everyone, not just people who drive. Graphic: U.S. PIRG
Once upon a time in America, the road system was largely funded by the gas tax. But that was many Highway Trust Fund bailouts ago.
Gas taxes, tolls, and other fees on driving account for a rapidly declining share of road spending. Graph: US PIRG
Today, only about [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- New TTC Chair Wants to Grapple With Density, But Continues Building New Roads (Houston Chronicle)
- Houghton’s 4 Years as Chair, 11 on TTC, Left El Paso Traffic Horrible; Suggests More of Same (El Paso Inc)
- Rains Wash Out Emergency Pothole Patches in Dallas, Thus New Patch Emergency (Morning News)
- Legislature May Waive Tolls for Trucks to Use Toll Road Built to Allow Trucks to Bypass Austin (Land Line Mag)
- Legislators Seeks to Give Up on Tolling Toll Roads Straight Up and Revert to Fully Subsidized Driving (KVIA)
- Anti-High Speed Rail Socialists Claim to be Working With Southwest; Airline Calls That Misleading (CityLab)
- Riverwalk-Oriented Development Happening Just Outside Downtown San Antonio (Rivard Report)
- Not A Lot of People Voted Early in Dallas and San Antonio Local Elections — Election Day: Sat, May 9
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Freeways Without Futures: I-345 in Dallas
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In this Streetfilm, Patrick Kennedy, founder of A New Dallas, talks about the movement to replace Interstate 345 in downtown Dallas with connected streets and walkable development. Shot at the “Freeways Without Futures” session at the Congress for New Urbanism’s recent conference in Dallas, the piece provides views of I-345 from heights most people never get to see.
Kennedy was joined by [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- House Conferees for Constitutionally Require Road Spending Bill: Pickett, Otto, Davis, Simmons, Harless
- County Judge Tells TTC Controversial 249 Toll Road Meets Two Main Needs: Econ Dev & Income (KUHF)
- Austin Working Group Asked to Build Racial Equity Impact Assessment Tool for Budget Process
- Houston Issued $9 Billion in Building Permits in 12 Months – Up 40% (Greater Houston Partnership)
- TX Association of Counties: Appraisal Caps Unfair, Harm New Business, Increase Taxes for Most People
- 15 Stories of Parking Deemed Necessary at Center of Nation’s Largest Light Rail Network (Morning News)
- Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference Will Be March 9-11, 2016 in Houston
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Port Arthur Economic Development Plan Is Blowing Up
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Earlier this year, I shared a photo with my friends at Strong Towns showing how drastically my hometown of Port Arthur, Texas had changed over the past hundred years. The scene above isn’t all that newsworthy given the same process is taking place across US cities that reached their apex during the 20th Century. What is newsworthy, though, […]