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

In Battle for Top Transit and Urbanism Strategies for Southern Metros, Rockets Beating Mavericks 3-1
Houston Metro’s Innovative Transit System Reimagining Has an Ad. Alright. (via Christopher Andrew)
Petition: 4,908 People Oppose Montgomery Road Bond; Unclear How the Lord Will Vote on May 9
Some Architects Don’t Want to Tear Down Houston’s Pierce Elevated, Just Make It A Park (Chron)
San Antonio Voters Have Option to Almost Double Funding for Greenway Trail System (Express News)
AARP Livability Index: Near East Austin Is Most Livable Place in Texas (USA Today)
Video: Is Critical Mass Houston the Last Big Critical Mass in Texas?

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

Houston Police Officer Runs Over and Kills Bicyclist (ABC13)
TXDOT Would Like the People of Dallas to Drive More and “Keep It Moving“
TTI Will Be Live Tweeting From the Comprehensive Transportation & Energy Systems Workshop
Credit-Based Congestion Pricing of All Freeways Remains My Favorite TTI Idea

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via $Street Smart$

Houston Creepin on a Come Up

By Patrick Kennedy | Apr 23, 2015 | No Comments

Well well. Lookit what Houston’s been up to on the down low: They’re really doing some things down there. I suppose when you have terrible weather, you have to be smart with your urban design in order to compete and attract. I kid. I love what they’re doing with transit and trails, so this is […]

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

Reporter Does Not Understand Traffic Engineering, Offers Opinions (Austin American-Statesman)
TXDOT Plan for Downtown Houston: Remove I45 Pierce Elevated Freeway!! (Houston Public Media)
Also: Sink Combined I45 + I69 on East Side of Downtown & Cover With Park (Houston Chron)
And: Add Unnecessary Single Occupant Vehicle Capacity to I45 North Corridor (Houston Chron)
Trucking Industry Would Rather States and Feds Limit Speeds to 65 mph (Brownsville Herald)
New Sub-Urban Fort Bend Transit Service Planned with 3.3% Farebox Recovery (Houston Chron)
Texas Forward Letter Campaign: No to Constitutionally Dedicating Funds to Roads – SJR 5 & HJR 13
Texas Central Releases Their Own Myth Debunking of DAL <-> HOU HSR (Houston Chron)
Travis County Wants to Call a Duck a Duck: Study Enviro Impact of Loop Road as a Loop (Austin Monitor)
Transit or HSR Not Something New TXDOT Houston Chief Works On (Houston Public Media)
Hopefully, DART Lobbyist Abandoning Anti-HSR Slows Their Momentum (Morning News)
Senator Kolkhorst Was For High Speed Rail Before She Was Against It (Texas Tribune)

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No, Millennials Aren’t Buying More Cars Than Gen X

By Joe Cortright | Apr 22, 2015 | No Comments

Millennials are far less likely to have bought cars over the last year than their Gen X counterparts. Graph: City Observatory Cross-posted from City Observatory. Will somebody teach the Atlantic and Bloomberg how to do long division? Today, we take down more breathless contrarian reporting about how Millennials are just as suburban and car-obsessed as previous generations. Following several [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 22, 2015 | 1 Comment

Survey: Only 23% of Dallas Residents Want to Build the Trinity Toll Road (Morning News)
Two New Houston Light Rail Lines Will Run May 23 — Media Got to Take Pictures and Video
Home Values Up More Than Bettencourt Bill Would Allow for All Areas Named in Chron Story
Senate Bill: Give Up on Emissions Reductions, Spend on Roads (Austin Business Journal)
Why Did Houston Metro Bother Building This Bus Shelter Under an Overpass?
Naked Woman Crashes Car Into Department Store, No One Injured (ABC11)
City of Houston Wants Input on Proposed Fixes to Recently Overhauled Development Regulations
San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor Involved in Crash Riding in SUV (Sun Times, mySA)
Too Many Texans Are Dying On Our Streets

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Minneapolis Sets Out to Build 30 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes By 2020

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 21, 2015 | No Comments

Minneapolis is planning to construct 48 miles of protected bike lanes over the next 10 years. Click to enlarge. Map: City of Minneapolis Minneapolis is one of the best cities for biking in the U.S., and it wants to get better. Last week the city released a plan to build 30 miles of protected bike lanes over the next five years [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 21, 2015 | No Comments

Dallas Needs to Spend $90M a Year to Keep Existing Roads From Deteriorating (Morning News)
Houston Still Has a Problem With People Talking About “Those People” (Houston Chronicle)
Agatha Beins: Texas Women’s U Has New Bike Racks, Needs Complete Streets (Huffington Post)
Texas Legislature Appears Likely to Require Cities to Allow Fracking (Dallas Observer)
CityLab Debunks Five Myths of the Texas High Speed Rail Opponents
Does Montgomery County Need a Countywide Mobility Plan? (The Courier)
People Seeking to Add Bike Lanes in Lubbock (Fox34News)
Correction: Stupid Anti-Transit Vote in San Antonio is May 9, Not November. Still Vote No.

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via $Austin On Your Feet$

Council Members’ Approach to Zoning, in Their Own Words, Part 2

By Dan Keshet | Apr 20, 2015 | No Comments

Last month, City Council took up one of their first large zoning cases, a proposed apartment complex near Burnet Road. Many of them used the opportunity to expound not only on the case in question, but some of the principles behind their decision, and I duly blogged those takes. Zoning changes require 3 “readings” (i.e. […]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 20, 2015 | No Comments

Stupid Idea Going to San Antonio Voters in November — Vote No to Support Transit (mySA)
Steve Blow: Opponents of Texas High Speed Rail On the Wrong Track (Morning News)
Charles Florio: High Speed Rail, the Next Visionary Texas Project (Longview News-Journal)
Road Builder Funded Group Believes Houston Needs to Build More Roads (Business Journal)
Video: HB 2459 Would Give Humans on Roads Three Feet of Safe Passing Distance (News6)
Uber Responds to City of Houston, Claims to Have Barred 2,000 Drivers (Houston Public Media)
Rumor Has It Facebook Is Developing a Giant Building in Downtown Austin (@justinbaudoin)

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 17, 2015 | No Comments

Socialists Dominating Texas Legislative Session Oppose Free Market High Speed Rail (Strong Towns)
… DART’s Lobbyist Also Lobbying for Texans Against High-Speed Rail and Southwest Air (Morning News)
Video: Dallas’s Victory Park Transforming Into Fun Walkable Urbanism (Morning News)
Commuting Longer Than 30 Minutes Harms Your Health, Mood, and Stress Level (KVUE)
Houston Filled 1,000 Potholes in Two Months, Mayor Parker Calls It Short-Term Fix (Houston Chron)
BikeHouston Explains What Will Happen With the City of Houston Bike Plan
Survey: TTI Wants to Know Why You Don’t Wear a Helmet While Riding a Motorcycle

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 16, 2015 | No Comments

Somebody Crashed a Car Into Austin’s Famous Franklin BBQ #replacecarwithbike (Austin360)
Texas High Speed Rail Opposition Wishes It Were a Road They Could Understand (CityLab)
Local Control Over Uber, Lyft Regulations Bill Debated in House Committee (Texas Tribune)
Mayor Parker Wants New Uber Safety Plan on Her Desk Friday, or Else (Houston Press)
City of Houston Program to Help Homeowners Repair Sidewalks Approved, Fees Removed
Texas Safe Passing Bill HB 2469 Scheduled for Committee Hearing (BikeTexas Action Alert)
Video: San Antonio Mayoral Candidate Debate (Rivard Report)

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