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FHWA Will Help Cities Get Serious About Measuring Biking and Walking

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 15, 2015 | No Comments

This counter in San Francisco gives planners reliable, up-to-date data about bike trips on Market Street. Photo: The Fast Lane The lack of good data on walking and biking is a big problem. Advocates say current metrics yield a spotty and incomplete picture of how much, where, and why Americans walk and bike. The U.S. Census only tells us [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 15, 2015 | No Comments

Do You Ride or Plan to Ride Light Rail in Houston? Houston Public Media Wants to Hear About It
TTI Survey Results: Texans Who Drive Do Not Believe Underinvestment in Roads Is Cause of Congestion
…A Majority of Houstonians Believe They Do Not Have an Option Other Than Driving to Get Around
Campaign to Help Hit-and-Run Victim With 4-Hour Roundtrip Bike Commute (GoFundMe)
Bicycle Mode Share Among Austin Work Trips Has Doubled in Last Five Years (KUT)
Mayor Rawlings‘ “Dream Team” Concludes That Trinity Toll Road Is Not Needed (Dallas Observer)
…Dallas Morning News Withdraws Editorial Support for Toll Road, Wants Little Road in the River
Houston Bike-Share Could Add 71 Stations in Two Years With $3.4M H-GAC Grant (Houston Chronicle)

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10 Tips for Cities Ready to Replace Car Parking With Safe Space for Biking

By Michael Andersen | Apr 14, 2015 | No Comments

Former parking spaces in Boulevard de Maissonneuve, Montreal. Photo: JasonParis 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. A curbside parking spot is just 182 square feet of urban space. But for advocates of better American bike infrastructure, few obstacles loom larger. Right [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 14, 2015 | No Comments

City of San Antonio Vacant Building Pilot Program Requires Registration, Signage, and Fee (Rivard Report)
New Dallas Streetcar Opens to the Public, But Some Worry It Won’t Take You Anywhere (Dallas Observer)
Near Southside Fort Worth Open Streets This Sunday, April 19, on Magnolia Ave Between 8th and Hemphill
Senate Committee Sends Red Light Camera Ban to Full Senate (Quorum Report, Morning News)
Texas A&M Transportation Institute Says “Building More Highway Lanes Isn’t Always the Best Approach“
HB 1796 Bill Seeks to Reward Parents Who Live Far From Chosen Schools for Children (Houston Press)

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New Organization Sets Out to Raise the Standard for “Vision Zero” Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 13, 2015 | No Comments

Leah Shahum, former director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, will head up the Vision Zero Network. Photo: Melissa Balmer Vision Zero — the idea that we should no longer accept traffic deaths and serious injuries — is gaining momentum as a framework for thinking about city streets and transportation, as more American cities adopt the goal of [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 13, 2015 | No Comments

Terrible Late Night Crash on I30 Freeway in Fort Worth — 5 Dead, 12 Injured (Morning News)
BikeHouston Members Bought Shovels, Started Maintaining Cluttered White Line “Bike Lanes” (KPFT)
BikeTexas Action Alert Against HB 383 Requiring Bike Mirrors, Suggests HB 2459 Safe Passing Bill Instead
SA Tomorrow Online Survey for San Antonio Comprehensive, Transportation, Sustainability Plans
Statewide Uber, Lyft Bill HB 2440 Needs Weeks of Negotiating (Quorum Report)
Weekend Fracking Leak and Evacuation in Arlington Neighborhood (Morning News)
Houston’s 28th Art Car Parade Closes Streets, Opens Them for Art Cars, Bikes, Weirdos (Houston Chron)
City of Houston Sidewalk Assistance Program Finally Ready, Council May Waive Fees (Houston Chron)

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Pedestrian Propulsion and the Passeggiatta

By Patrick Kennedy | Apr 10, 2015 | No Comments

Robert Wilonsky has a story on the retirement of Keith Manoy from the city of Dallas. Keith is the director of streets and neighborhood vitality (if I have my ever changing city hall titles correct). For a few more days, that is, until the Oak Cliff streetcar gets a bottle of champagne broken across its […]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 10, 2015 | No Comments

Senate Committee Passes Bill Denying Eminent Domain for Dallas-Houston HSR (Texas Tribune)
Bill Limiting Tax Appraisals by Senator Employed Challenging Appraisals (Austin American-Statesman)
Transformative Complete Streets City Transportation Staffer Keith Manoy to Retire (Dallas Morning News)
City of Houston Considers Punitive Actions Against Uber Following Sexual Assault Charge (ABC13)
Could a Houston ADA Lawsuit in 5th Circuit Achieve Similar Sidewalk Building Results as LA? (CityLab)
Transit Access Better in Dallas Than Houston, According to CNT Transit Access Score (Houston Chron)
Houston Is the Most Walkable City in Texas, According to New Walkscore Rankings

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Is the Lord For or Against a Texas County Road Bond? Opinions Mixed

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 9, 2015 | No Comments

Things are really getting heated in Montgomery County, Texas, just outside Houston, over a proposal to issue $350 million in bonds to maintain and expand roads. Like fire-and-brimstone heated. Earlier this week, at a county commissioners meeting, volunteer Mary Hammer Menzel referred to road bond opponents as “tools of satan” in her opening prayer, reports the Montgomery County Courier. Menzel apparently has [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 9, 2015 | No Comments

FHWA Study: Building Trinity Toll Road Would Increase Traffic on Nearby Roads (Morning News, D)
Previously Poorly Designed Street Grid to Be Further Restricted by Apartment Request (Swamplot)
San Antonio Investing in Linear Hike and Bike Park Trails Along Waterways Too (Fox San Antonio)
More Texas Cities Should Be Aggressively Installing Pedestrian Crossing Beacons Like Austin (KXAN)
University of Texas Seeks Pedestrian Bridge Over Dean Keaton Boulevard – 26th Street
Darnit. San Antonio Bike-Share Program Is Nearing Brink of Shutting Its Stations (Rivard Report)
House Passes HB 122 to Force TTC to Spend Mobility Fund on Debt Before New Roads (Quorum Report)

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How to Repair a Parking Crater in Three Steps

By Donald Shoup | Apr 8, 2015 | No Comments

Parkersburg, West Virginia, the runner-up in Parking Madness 2015, was Donald Shoup’s choice for worst parking crater. [Before we started up the bracket for this year’s Parking Madness tournament, I got in touch with Donald Shoup, who literally wrote the book on parking reform, and asked him to pick the worst parking crater in the field of 16. Here’s his response, packaged [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 8, 2015 | No Comments

Houston Unfortunately Still Building 180-Mile Loop Toll Road Across Various Ecosystems (The Tribune)
Montgomery Co Comm Court Prayer Calls $350M Road Bond Opponents “Tools of Satan” (Conroe Courier)
Austin Has a Neighborhood Partnering Project Program to Match Funds or Labor, Create Parking Districts
Majority of Business Rides in DFW in 1st Qtr Were Provided by Uber, Not Taxis (Morning News)
TAG Houston — Pro Road- and Transit-Spending Group — Issues Texas High Speed Rail Action Alert
Fort Worth Mayor Price Adding Sidewalks to Make City a “Blue Zone” of Longevity, Health (NBCNews)
April 23, 28, & 30: NEPA Public Meetings on Proposed TXDOT I-45 North Widening Plan in Houston

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