• Capital Metro Down to Four Candidates for New CEO (Monitor)
• …Public Meeting With the Finalists on Monday, January 8
• City of Dallas Likely to Set Up Regulations for Private Bike-Share Companies Soon (Observer)
• Intersection Safety Improvements in Austin Showing Major Results (CBS)
• NCTCOG Taking Comments Through January 10 to Set DFW Regional Transportation Priorities
• Tow Truck Driver Claims Not to Have Noticed That He Killed Bicyclist (Morning News)

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• Houston Dallas High Speed Rail Draft Enviro Impacts Statement Out for Comment (Tribune)
• …HSR Stations Planned At Dead Mall & Literal Field in the Middle of Nowhere (Christof)
• Fresh Kermit: Houston’s New Downtown Bike Lane Is About To Open (Houston Public Media)
• Sprawly Austin Area City, Cedar Park, Seeks Walkable Urbanism Along Freeway (BizJournals)
• Houston-Galveston Area Council State of Safety Report 2017 Shows Speed is Biggest Problem
• Long-Term Solution to Hike And Bike Trail Bottleneck Is Still Years Away (KUT)

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• Frequency Increase Triggers Second Ridership Jump for Austin’s 801 (Tyler Markham)
• TTC Cuts Only Elements of $80B Plan That Might Have “Cut Congestion” (Morning News)
• …I-35 Toll Lanes in Austin Cut from Long-Range Transportation Plan (Statesman)
• TXDOT Releases Annual Road Expansion Lobbying Effort (Equipment World)
• Red Line Trail Project Aims to Connect Northwest Austin-Area (Community Impact)
• Houston Metro to Seek Transit Bond Vote in November 2018 (Houston Chronicle)
• VIA Completes 1,000th New Bus Stop Shelter, More to Come (Rivard)

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• As Expected, Adding New Capacity to Mopac Has Coincided With More Traffic (Monitor)
• El Paso Police Looking for Driver Who Crashed Into Bus Stop (KVIA)
• Tolls Can Fix Congestion and Help Poor If Reinvested in Maintenance & Transit (OC Register)
• Man Whose Pregnant Girlfriend Was Killed by Drunk Driver Speaks Out (CBS DFW)
• PHOTOS: New Texas Sunset Crosswalk on the Drag (Statesman)
• Statesman’s Ben Wear Live Blogs Texas Transpo Commission Debates on Funding MOAR ROADS

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• Artificial Intelligence and Supercomputers to Help Alleviate Urban Traffic Problems (UT News)
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• Austin Transportation Repainting Giant Crosswalk From the Drag to UT! (Capital Metro)
• Webinar Today at 3 p.m. on Turning Data Into Walking Action to Improve Health (Salud)
• Dallas Firefighter Suspected of Drunk Driving Rear Ends Car, Killing Pregnant Woman (Morning News)

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• City of Austin Mobility Bond Funds to Pay Half of Ridiculous TXDOT Parmer Widening Plan (KXAN)
• Does Driving Have to Suck Before Transit Succeeds? (Austin Startups)
• Former Houston Council Member Peter Brown – Pedestrian Pete – Has Died at 81 (HPM)
• Arlington Launches First in Nation Citywide “On Demand” Public Transit System (Observer)
• Census Data: Almost 80% of San Antonians Drive to Work Alone (Rivard)
• MetroRapid Ridership Up Fourfold From Fare Parity, Frequency Changes (Tyler Markham)
• City of Houston Clarifies That Public Right of Way in Wealthy Neighborhood Is Open to Public (ABC13)

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