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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 12, 2015 | No Comments

My Houston 2040 Tonight: Christof Spieler Helped Reimagine Houston’s Local Bus, What Do We Do Next?
Austin Getting 400 Square Foot Micro Apartments in Transit-Oriented Development (WFAA)
Fact Checking the Idea That DFW Traffic Congestion Worsened “Drastically” in Last 10 Years (D Magazine)
Texas Obsessed With “Fastest Growing” Claim for Low Population Counties (Houston Business Journal)
Not to be Outdone by Austin, DFW Also Getting a Music Themed Mixed-Use Development (Guide Live)
Free Downtown Circulator Trolley Shaped Bus Launching This Month in San Antonio (Rivard Report)
Houston Mayor Parker Will Announce Today: Next Sunday Streets HTX Is March 29 on Westheimer
…CycloBia Brownsville Open Streets Event With Free Bike Rentals This Sunday!

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 11, 2015 | 1 Comment

No Sign in Texas House of Constitutionally Dedicated Road Spending to Match Senate (Quorum Report)
Can Texas Learn Cost Effective Complete Streets From Jalisco, Mexico? (Video: Gobierno de Jalisco)
Potholes, Potholes, Potholes (Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate, CBSDFW, KSAT, NBCDFW, KHOU)
Developer Planning Mixed Musical Use Urban Development in South Austin (Austin Business Journal)
Nearby Business Questions Austin Convention Center Growing Out, Instead of Up, (American-Statesman)
“Two Out of Every Five People in Houston Speak a Language Other Than English” (Swamplot)
Bills Would Let Texas Motorcyclists Ride Between Two Lanes of Cars Going <20 mph (Houston Chron)
TXDOT Looking For Way to Lessen Noise Impact of Privately Built Toll Road (Houston Chron)

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via $Austin Contrarian$

Disconnectivity, Illustrated

By Chris Bradford | Mar 10, 2015 | No Comments

Last Thursday, Council adopted a resolution directing the City manager to gate a future extension of Aldwyche Drive. Aldwyche Drive is a short street in the Barton Oaks neighborhood in South Austin. It dead-ends at a vacant tract, just a...

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

Austin Releases Unfinished Zucker Report Critical of Planning Dept (Austin Monitor)
KUHF Asks What Can Be Done to Slow Traffic In Neighborhoods? Answer: Neighborhood Greenways
Texas Wesleyan U Students Want and Are Getting More Walkable Campus (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Blow: I Don’t Love Red Light Cameras, But I Love the Dangerous Alternative Less (Morning News)
Woodlands Transit Plan Calls for Local, Circulator, and Commuter Bus to Multiple Centers (Houston Chron)
…Making the Case for Dedicated State Funding for Rural and Small Urban Transit (Houston Chron)
Court Blocks Austin Regulations to End Housing Discrimination Against Voucher Recipients (KXAN)
Austin to Host NACTO Designing Cities 2015 Conference October 28-31

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via $Austin On Your Feet$

If San Francisco Is Austin’s Future, Most of Us Will Live in Oakland

By Dan Keshet | Mar 9, 2015 | No Comments

I had the honor and pleasure of traveling to the city that never builds, San Francisco, to speak to people from a truly wonderful organization, the San Francisco Bay Area Renters’ Federation. San Francisco is like a larger, older, more extreme version of Austin. Both cities have gorgeous natural environments and pleasant, mostly snow-free climates. […]

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

Strong Towns Podcast Talks to @WalkableDFW on Tearing Out One Road, Not Building Another
Private Toll Road Builder Says Hands Tied, Can’t Help Community Affected by Noise (Houston Chron)
City of Dallas Low Homeownership Rate May Be Sign of Thriving Millennial Economy (Morning News)
Houston Jobs Are Most Transit-Accessible of Big Texas Cities, Austin Jobs the Least (Morning News)
Uber Leaves San Antonio – Heads to Capitol – Despite Rush by Council to Scale Back Regulations (mySA)
Car Hailing Can Actually Mean Car Sharing in Austin at SXSW with Introduction of UberPOOL (KVUE)
City of Austin Trying to Rethink The Drag Using Complete Streets Philosophy (KUT)
…Will They Paint the Bus Lanes Red? (Videos: Paul Supawanich)

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via $Street Smart$

Tolls vs. Taxes: The False Dichotomy

By Patrick Kennedy | Mar 6, 2015 | No Comments

“Before I was for taxes, now I’m against them. So I’m for raising taxes.” —————— This is the thesis of Steve Blow’s recent column for the Morning News where he renounced his support of tolls. This change of heart apparently occurred after getting confused by the monstrous spaghetti of 635, itself is a confused jumble […]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 6, 2015 | No Comments

Burleson, Fort Worth, and San Marcos Accepted Secretary Foxx’s Safer Streets Challenge (BikeTexas)
Trinity Toll Road Called “Biggest Boondoggle” for “Toll Road Zombies” at Council Meeting (Dallas Observer)
No One Sure If New Uptown Houston Whole Foods Is Urban or Sub-Urban, But It Has a Brewery (OffCite)
TXDOT Succeeds at Massive Intervention in Northeast Houston Market Through Toll Road (Houston Chron)
This Article Is About Houston’s Failed I-10 West Expansion, But Replace $1.1 with $2.9 Billion (LA Weekly)
Austin Trading a Taco Cabana and Its Parking Lot for 8 Stories of Homes (ATX YIMBY); History: People Mad
Can the Texas Legislature Cut Taxes and Add Spending on Roads at the Same Time? (KXAN)
…While State Buildings, Parks, and Dams Are Deteriorating (Texas Tribune)

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via $Houston Tomorrow$

Senator Rodney Ellis: Dedicated Road Funding Is Poor Policy

By jay.crossley@houstontomorrow.org | Mar 5, 2015 | No Comments

Transportation funding is an important issue for our state, and it must be addressed. Infrastructure investment is key to creating good paying jobs and ensuring Texas remains competitive in the 21st century economy. But so is investing in our human infrastructure, through quality educational opportunities and better health care for…

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 5, 2015 | No Comments

Texas Senate Passes SB5 Asking Voters to Change Constitution to Allocate >$2.5 Billion Annually to Roads
…Only Opposed by Watson and Ellis, Who Explains Dedicated Funds Are Poor Policy (Houston Tomorrow)
Frisco Council Member Doesn’t Think “City Needs to Provide Housing For Every Income” (Morning News)
Parking Is the Most Expensive Ticket You Can Buy at the Houston Rodeo (via Chris Andrews)
More Women in Transportation and Engineering Careers Would Mean Safer Streets (Governing)
Are DFW Media and Candidates as Focused on Potholes as Houston’s? (CBSDFW, WFAA, Morning News)

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 4, 2015 | No Comments

Texas Senate GOP: 500 Miles of New Highway Lanes Required for Economy to Continue to Grow
2,606 Sign Anti-Sprawl Road Petition in One Week, 75% of Online Poll Respondents Oppose Sprawl Road
…One Woodlands Township Board Member Opposes, Another Supports New Roads Subsidizing Sprawl
San Antonio Coordinating Mobility, City Comprehensive, and MPO Sustainability Plans at SATomorrow
2 to 6 Million Gallons of Extremely Volatile Crude Oil Travel Harris County by Train Weekly (Houston Chron)
Austin DWI Crashes Down 23% in 2014, Changing Previous Upward Trend (KVUE)
Houston’s Uptown District Zeroing in on Site for $26 Million BRT Transit Center (Houston Chron)
Looser Uber Rules Heading to San Antonio City Council This Week, No Longer Require English (WOAI)

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via $Street Smart$

Let’s Talk About Streets

By Joe Esposito | Mar 3, 2015 | No Comments

Let’s talk about streets baby, Let’s talk about den-si-ty, Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things with ci-ties, Let’s talk about streets. If you didn’t get the hint, we’re going to talk about streets and density, which are both very important for cities. Density is the reason we choose to […]

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