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Study: Drivers With Smart Phones Use Them Almost Every Time They Drive

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 17, 2017 | No Comments

Motorists with smart phones use their devices in 88 out of every 100 trips, according to data collected by Zendrive, a company that assesses driving behavior using the sensors in smart phones. Extrapolating to the entire population, Zendrive estimates there are about 600 million trips involving distracted driving in the U.S. each day.

via $The Urban Edge$

Houston Mayor Announces Complete Communities Initiative

By Leah Binkovitz | Apr 17, 2017 | No Comments

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner unveiled details of his long-anticipated Complete Communities initiative Monday, three months after a federal investigation found the city had violated the Civil Rights Act by locating subsidized, low-income housing in segregated areas.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 17, 2017 | No Comments

Mayor Adler Declares Tuesday “Everybody Chill Out Day” for Release of Form-Based Code Maps (Statesman)
D2 Subway Would Have Relieved Bottleneck That Halted All Light Rail Service This Morning (Morning News)
Transportation Key Factor in San Antonio Council Race for Extremely Car-Dependent District (Rivard)
Rapidly Densified Through Form-Based Code, Austin’s West Campus Now More Affordable (CultureMap)
3.6 Million Texans Made at Least One Trip By Transit in Month Preceding TTI Transportation Poll
Edgar Cerillo Died Driving His Motorcycle Way Too Fast on This Drag Strip of a Road (Star-Telegram)
Mayor Turner Unveils Complete Communities Initiative for Five Pilot Neighborhoods (City of Houston)
TXDOT: 1 in 5 Crashes Due to Distracted Driving in 1 of Only 4 States Without Texting Ban (KVIA)
RideAustin Hosting Hackathon With Ride-Hailing Data, Sat, May 13

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The Transit Riding Habit Can Last a Lifetime, But First You Need to Get People in the Habit

By Alon Levy | Apr 14, 2017 | No Comments

While the habit formation effect is real, it is not, unfortunately, very large.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 14, 2017 | No Comments

Dallas to Redesign Streets for Safety and Street Life to Keep AT&T Downtown (Morning News)
Austin Adopts Ambitious Affordable Housing Goal and Sets Minimum Goal for Market Housing (Statesman)
Urban Design Flaws Cause People to Make a Run For It Across I-35 Freeway (KEYE)
Senator Don Huffines: Why It’s Appropriate to Allow Private Railroad to Use Eminent Domain (Morning News)
City of Galveston Getting Closer to Approving a Thoroughfare Plan (Guidry News)
~~Two~~ Three San Antonio Area Police Officers Arrested for Drunk Driving on Same Night (Houston Chron)
TTI Issues Report on Texas Metropolitan Planning Organizations (You Can Also Read My Version)

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Get Ready for More PSAs Blaming Traffic Violence Victims for “Drunk Walking”

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 13, 2017 | No Comments

This week, the Governors Highway Safety Administration issued a press release telling state DOTs that instead of telling people not to drink and drive, they should tell everyone, including pedestrians and cyclists, not to drink and go anywhere.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 13, 2017 | No Comments

Help Austin Identify Top Priority Bikeway Projects (Austin Transpo Dept)
Some Heights Residents Are Not That Into Houston’s Massive Critical Mass (Leader News)
City of Austin Demographer Comes Out Strongly Against Smart Growth, Urbanization (Monitor)
Austin Group Aims to Reframe Debates Around City Growth and Development (Tribune)
Fresh Kermit Connecting Houston’s Downtown Cycle Track to Buffalo Bayou (Houston Bike Plan)
Drunk Driver Corina Rose Tijerina Killed Jacqulyn Yvette Pena on DWI Education Day (Conroe News)
Someone Drove the Wrong Way for Five Miles on Eastex Freeway (Houston Chron)
Caleb Pritchard: How to Beat Austin Traffic (Austin Monthly)

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Mexico City May Abolish Its Parking Minimums

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 12, 2017 | No Comments

Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera is pursuing a sweeping overhaul of the city's parking policy that's expected to do away with minimum parking requirements and generate revenue for transit and affordable housing. If enacted, the reforms could set an important precedent for cities in North and South America.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 12, 2017 | No Comments

Senate Committee on Transportation Sends Vision Zero Strategy Resolution (SCR 42) Unanimously to Senate Floor
…Also Unanimously Sends School Bus 3-Point Seatbelt Bill (SB 693) to Local Uncontested Calendar
Texas (Still) One of Four States Without a Ban on Driving While Texting (Texas Public Radio)
Galveston May Cut Some Bus Service Due to Funding Issues (Houston Public Media)
Alicia Pennington, 34, Died 14 Days After a Driver Struck Her Walking Across an Unlit Street (Star-Telegram)
Another Crash on SH71 West of Austin Kills Two People — Road Diet Needed (Statesman)

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Denver Is Your 2017 Parking Madness Champ!

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 11, 2017 | No Comments

Denver's monster parking crater is a classic of wasted urban potential: a huge swathe of land close to downtown, served by three light rail stations, and overwhelmed by massive parking lots for sports stadiums that barely get used much of the year.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 11, 2017 | No Comments

Study: SF’s Red Transit-Only Lanes Improve Transit Speeds, Reduce Crashes (SFMTA)
Full Texas Senate Could Send Ban on Driving While Texting to Governor’s Desk This Week (Tribune)
Mayor Turner Will Reveal the Complete Communities Initiative on Monday (Houston Chron)
With Appeal of Open Meetings Act Violation Pending, Judge Doyal Looking at New Road Deal (Courier)
Downtown Austin Plan Almost Certainly Will Embrace Shoup-Style Smart Parking Prices (Monitor)
Peter LeCody on the Legislature’s All-Out Assault on Passenger Trains (Tribune)
Houston Metro Deploys Nintendo-Inspired Safety Marketing Campaign (Chris Andrews)
You Can Join San Antonio Mayor Ivy Turner on a Walk This Saturday, April 15

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Is Your Local Government Falling for the Hyperloop Fantasy?

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 11, 2017 | No Comments

There are no functional, real-world examples of a Hyperloop, Tesla founder Elon Musk's long-distance transport concept that involves shooting people through vacuum-sealed tubes in pods that travel at up to 760 mph. And yet a surprising number of government agencies are treating the Hyperloop as a serious proposition.

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