• #TXLege Sends Statewide Ride Hailing Regulations to Governor Abbott (KUT)
• Uber Will Go Live in Austin the Day the Governor Overrules Local Regulations (Statesman)
• TXDOT Hearing on Deal for Private Entity to Finish Ecological Disaster Around Houston
• Volunteers Use Parking Mobility App to Help Keep Parking Spots for People with Disabilities (KXAN)
• TXDOT San Antonio Claims “Bikes Contribute $0 to Transportation Budgets”
• Fort Worth Council Wants to Team Up With Dallas to Build High-Speed Rail (Mass Transit)
• Texas Central Close to a Deal With Designer-Builder for HOU-DFW High-Speed Rail (NBCDFW)
• NCTCOG Claims Growth Causes Increasing Traffic, Contradicting TXDOT Data (NBCDFW)

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• Statewide Driving While Texting Ban Should Get Vote on Senate Floor Soon
• Turner Release 5 Housing Policy Changes in Response to Scathing Report (Houston Chron)
• City of Austin Has Inadequate Understanding of How to Grow Tax Base (Monitor)
• TXDOT Expects I-45 North Widening Will Require Extensive Displacement (HPM)
• Public Confused That Austin May Keep Segregation in Form Based Code Redo (KUT)
• Emily Galiano, 14, Killed in Crash Leaving High School Softball Team Party (Morning News)
• 36 Amendments Added to TXDOT Sunset Bill on House Floor Yesterday
• The NACTO Global Street Design Guide Is Free and Now Available Online

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• East Side of Downtown Austin Could Get a Grocery Store (Towers)
• Austin Commission Endorses Sky Bridge to Avoid New Pedestrian Train Plaza (Monitor)
• Top Safety Concern on Dark Sidewalks of Dense West Campus: Drunk Drivers (KEYE)
• BikeHouston‘s Ride of Silence to Remember People Killed While Biking Will Be May 17
• Capital Metro TOD Tool Allows You to Help Shape More Sustainable Regional Growth
• The Woodlands Celebrates National Bike Month With Series of Events

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• TXDOT 3D Visualizations of I-45 SuperProject Don’t Bother Showing Transit Vehicles (Houston Chron)
• Sprawling Study on Houston’s Affordable Housing Spending by the Houston Chronicle
• Parents Upset Drivers Using Street According to Design Speed, Not Crossing Guards (KEYE)
• Houston PD Using Distance Measuring Radar Device to Enforce Safe Passing Law (Cycling Weekly)
• Actual Elected Official Believes No Real People Ride Bikes in Houston (ABC13)
• 2012 Survey Found Only 6% of Austin Apartments Accept Section 8 Vouchers (Monitor)
• El Paso Police Note Pedestrian Not in This Terrible Crosswalk When a Driver Killed Him (KVIA)

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• Texting Ban Bill, HB 62, Will Have Public Hearing in Senate Committee on Monday
• Leading Socialists of the Republican Party Oppose User Fees for Transportation (The Hill)
• Austin Transportation Department Blocks Call for Rushed Transit Priority Policy (Monitor)
• SB 2103, the Last Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill Standing, Is on Life Support
• ATD Seeking Input on Three Streets Getting Mobility Bond Funds (Community Impact)
• Opposing Affordable Housing in Texas Rooted in Bigotry (Frontline)
• Houston Walkable Places Committee Meeting Next Wednesday, May 17
• Houston Bike to Work Day Is Next Friday, May 17

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• TxDOT Will Demolish Homes to Turn College Station Intersection Into a Monster Interchange (The Eagle)
• Trump’s Public-Private Infrastructure Vision Rejected in Texas (Bloomberg)
• Change.org Petition for Dallas to Transform Columbia Ave and Abrams Road Into Complete Streets
• Major Flaws Found in Current Draft of Austin’s CodeNEXT (BizJournals)
• 1 Out Of 10 Households in Houston and Waco Have No Car (Governing)
• Houston Trying to Keep Westheimer Weird While Making it Safe. Video (HPM, KHOU)
• Likely Special Session This Summer May Not Include Transpo, Except as Part of Budget (Houston Chron)

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