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Houston Has Long Been A Car City. Today, Residents Are Seeking Something Else.

By Kinder Institute | May 1, 2017 | No Comments

For years, Houston has been seen as a car-centric city. By and large, it still is. Fewer than 7 percent of city residents walk, bike or take transit to work, according to Census estimates. But the Kinder Houston Area Survey also indicates those attitudes are shifting, and today residents’ preference for “walkable urbanism” in the Houston area is more prevalent than ever.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | May 1, 2017 | No Comments

Success of Form-Based Code in West Campus Has Cut Need for Long Trips, Including Transit (Monitor)
Austin May Be Getting a Mixed-Use Building on Its Last Downtown Parking Crater (KUT)
Hit-and-Run Driver Killed 27-Year-Old Joshua Martine Lane Riding His Bike on Access Road (KENS)
House Committee on Transportation to Hold Hearing on HB 1368, the Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill, This Wednesday
40 Percent of Austinites Would Ride a Bike If They Felt Safe (Spectrum News)
High School Track Coach Killed in Charter Bus Crash (El Paso Times)
Husband of Woman Killed in MS150 Training Ride Carries Her Ashes 150 Miles Across Finish Line (Houston Chron)

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Why Texas Cities Need Lower Speed Limits for Safe Neighborhood Streets

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 29, 2017 | 10 Comments

I've spent part of every week for the last three years researching, experimenting, and advocating for allowing Texas cities more leeway to design safer neighborhood streets. This legislative session, there are three different safe neighborhood streets bills in the Texas House and Senate -- and a real breakthrough is within reach.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 28, 2017 | No Comments

REMINDER: Take Two Minutes to Ask Your State Senator to Prevent Traffic Deaths
NCTCOG Seeks Input From Older Adults, People With Disabilities, Transit Riders in Access North Texas Survey
Texas Will Spend $150 Million on This Intersection in Pharr — Almost $2,000 Per Resident (Valley Central)
CTRMA Moves Forward With 48 Miles of New Car Lane Traffic for 183 in North Austin (Monitor)
Austin, Houston, and San Antonio Show Signs of Inclusive Growth (Brookings)
Clearly the One Thing DFW Needs is MOAR LANES FOR CARS (Morning News)
DART Questions Whether Cotton Belt Sprawl Rail Will Provide More Transit Options

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As Nashville’s Mayor Pushes Light Rail to Win Referendum, What Will Happen to Buses?

By Stephen Miller | Apr 27, 2017 | No Comments

sustained Koch Brothers-funded attack. Since then, the city has elected a new mayor and decided on a new vision for transit. Yesterday, Mayor Megan Barry said a light rail line would be the first project funded under her plan, which is likely to go before voters next year. While that moves forward, there is a lot Nashville can do in the meantime to improve its lackluster bus network.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 27, 2017 | No Comments

FBI Raids Offices of Engineering Firm That Builds Infrastructure All Over Texas, Donates Heavily to Politicians (Fox26)
City of Austin Considering Impact Fee on New Developments to Expand Roads
Houston Man Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver While Riding His Bike at Night on This Street (KHOU)
Texas Senate Approves Bill Requiring All Public School Children Get a Seat Belt on School Buses (Tribune)
Giant Legislative Budget Board Report to #TXLege Includes a Vision Zero Section
Reminder: Texas Gerrymandering Discriminates Based on Race, Dilutes Power of Cities (US News)
Traffic Crashes in Houston Region Rose 62% in Five Years According to H-GAC (ABC13)
BikeHouston Hosting East End Houston Bike Ride and Art Tour, May 7

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Why You Should Get Involved in the Texas Strategic Highway Safety Plan

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 27, 2017 | No Comments

Texas leads the nation in traffic deaths, with an average of 10 lives lost every day -- and five times as many incapacitating injuries. It's possible to prevent these needless deaths, we just have to change the way we design and operate our streets and transportation systems.

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Tell Your State Senator You Don’t Want 10 People to Die Each Day on Texas Streets

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 26, 2017 | No Comments

Every day, 10 people lose their lives in traffic crashes on Texas streets and highways. Many people think these deaths are just another cost of doing business, but the carnage is preventable. It's time to commit eliminating traffic fatalities.

A Simple Change to Make the Walk to Transit Feel Within Reach

By Stephen Miller | Apr 26, 2017 | No Comments

Sometimes, high-quality transit is within a walkable distance, but people just aren't used to walking to the train. New signage in St. Paul, Minnesota, funded through a local challenge from a national foundation, aims to help people get over that mental block and walking to the nearest Green Line station.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 26, 2017 | No Comments

TXDOT Beginning Update to Americans With Disabilities Act Transition Plan (Rivard)
DFW’s Wealthy May Be First Americans to Ride in Uber’s Flying Cars (Fast Company)
Letter Campaign in Support of SCR 42 Asks For an End to Traffic Deaths in Texas (Action Network)
Online Forum on How to Spend Austin Hotel Taxes Allows You to Suggest Safe Streets
Laredo Socialists Aim to Remove Market Mechanisms From Transportation System (Statesman)
City of Austin to Begin Building Bus Carrying Roads With Appropriate Material (Monitor)
Senate Transpo Committee Discussing SB 2103 to Allow 20 MPH Neighborhood Streets Today

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Maintaining the Status Quo

By Chris Bradford | Apr 25, 2017 | No Comments

The CodeNEXT maps are out and, predictably, hand-wringing has ensued. The City released a tool allowing one to compare the old and new zoning side by side. People have begun looking up their neighborhoods to see what has changed. Even modest changes have provoked cries that the consultants are proposing to bulldoze neighborhoods.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 25, 2017 | No Comments

Elections for All Dallas City Council Seats Began Yesterday
Austin’s MetroRapid Sees 26% Jump in Ridership Following Fare Reduction (Monitor)
Capital Metro Will Slowly Expand Frequent Bus Grid Through Public Process (Impact)
Some Real Estate and Energy Interests Want #TXLege to Spend as Much as Possible on Roads (Tribune)
Texas Bill to Force Cities to Accept Uber/Lyft Also Includes Discrimination Against LGBTQ Residents (Statesman)
Kathryne Norsworthy Killed in Crash on This Race Track Around the City of Crockett (KTRE)
Oversized Vehicle Use of “Free Roads” Imposes Costs of at Least $150 Million Annually on Texas Counties

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