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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 31, 2017 | No Comments

It’s Time for Texas to Take Cell Phones Out of Motorists Hands (Morning News)
Texas County Sheriffs Carry High Costs for Our Broken Transportation System (Dallas Observer)
Houston’s Long Nightmare Is Over: Bike-Share Now Open 24 Hours a Day (Houston Bcycle)
Capital Metro Got About 390 Households to Give Up Driving Alone for Only $300,000 (KXAN)
Historic Preservation Should Focus on Public Plazas, Not 1950s Single Family Homes (Monitor)
Julia Zaman Killed While Trying to Help Someone Involved in a Crash on NTTA Toll Road (NBCDFW)
Driver With Beer Cans in Vehicle Crashes Into Car at Toll Booth, Kills Passenger (Houston Chron)
Texas Does Not Have a Statewide Bike Plan (NextCity)

Trump Moves to Immediately Gut Transit Expansion and TIGER Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments

Waiting for fiscal year 2018 isn't fast enough for the Trump administration to cut transit funding. The White House wants to slash transit expansion and TIGER grants immediately.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments

Texas Senate — Led By Bob Hall — Wants More People to Die at Red Lights (NBCDFW)
Senator Hall Does Not Believe This 2014 Study, But Likes This 2004 Study (Star Telegram)
…SB 88 Was Amended to Exempt School Bus Cameras (TheNewspaper)
This TTI Study Shows that Texas Red Light Cameras Have Reduced Crashes at Intersections
13 People Killed When Church Bus Crashes on Rural Undivided Road (NBCDFW)
…The National Transportation Safety Board Is Investigating (KEYE)
Rebuilding a Mile and a Half of Four Car Lanes in Downtown Houston to Cost $35 Million (HPM)
Driver Kills 50-Year-Old Man Riding a Bike on South First in Austin (Patch)
…BikeAustin Says Two Recent Deaths Were Avoidable With Better Road Design (Statesman)

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What Explains the Decline in Driving Among Young People?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2017 | No Comments

New research from UCLA concludes that while attitudes toward driving may be shifting, economic factors explain most of the recent decline in driving among younger Americans.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 29, 2017 | No Comments

Most of Dallas Is Unaffordable When You Count Transportation Costs. Can DART Fix It? (Morning News)
DART BoardUrges Dallas Council Not to Take Away Transit Sales Tax Funding
Texas Transportation Commission UTP Vote Opens the Firehose of Road Spending (Statesman)
Someone Killed Jamie Ray Petree With a Car and Left Him to Die in a Ditch (12News)
Pickup Driver Kills 23-Year-Old Woman in Front of Her Daughter; Police Blame Victim (KHOU)
Austin “Eco-Suburb” Requires Driving on Unnecessary Sprawl Toll Road to Go Anywhere (Curbed)
The Houston Region Adds Another Person Every 4.2 Minutes (Greater Houston Partnership)
CTRMA Says It Will Not Pursue Gondolas Following TTI Feasibility Study (KXAN)
92-Year-Old Man Dies Trying to Cross SH53 in Golf Cart in Town With No Safe Crossings (KCEN)

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Talking Headways Podcast: When Relatives Take Transit, You Ride Too

By Jeff Wood | Mar 28, 2017 | No Comments

This week's guest is Darnell Grisby, director of policy development and research at the American Public Transportation Association. We discuss the national drop in transit ridership, who rides transit in the United States, and federal policy going forward.

Today’s Headlines

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

Mother of Child Killed in Crash on I-35 in Waco Dies 16 Days Later (KXXV)
Faster Driving Doesn’t Make You Happier, But Does Make You Drive More (CityLab)
Who Is Funding Texas Infrastructure Now Campaign to Keep Spending So Much on Roads?
San Antonio’s Hemisfair Park Transformed With Complete Street Retrofit (Rivard)
Woodlands Representative Mark Keough Okay After Crash With Cement Truck This Morning (Quorum)
…We Wish Him a Rapid Recovery and Hope Reconsiders His Opposition to Road Safety Measures (mySA)

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via $The Urban Edge$

Study: Past Transit Habits Shape Future Ones in Dramatic Ways

By Leah Binkovitz | Mar 28, 2017 | No Comments

The transit habits we grew up with shape our transit habits as adults, according to new research. The finding is a bit intuitive, but researchers say local governments could use it to help groom the next generation of riders.

Today’s Headlines

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

Victor Kevin Tome Killed Two People Riding Bikes on MS150 Training Ride – 80 Yards Apart (Houston Chron)
Colleen Corcoran: Houston Bike Plan Offers a Future With Safer City Streets (Houston Chron)
Michael Skelly: To Function Efficiently, Our Roads Must Work for All Users (Houston Chron)
Austin Transpo Dept Hosting Walk + Bike Talk Tomorrow at 6 p.m.
Reminder: You Can Give Comments at All Texas Transportation Commission Meetings – Next One: Tue, Mar 28
Mayor of HOU Danced in the Open Streets Sunday. Mayor of SA Drove a People Powered Pushcart.

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Seattle Campaign to #GivePedsTheGreen Would Do Away With “Beg Buttons”

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 26, 2017 | No Comments

A petition in Seattle is calling on the city to do away with "beg buttons" and automatically give pedestrians a walk signal at every traffic light in its "urban villages" -- areas that are walkable and transit-oriented. While pressing a button may seem like a small imposition, it's not that simple.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 24, 2017 | No Comments

Please Join BikeTexas on Monday at the Capitol to Advocate for Safe Neighborhood Streets
Austin NIMBYs Completely Out of Their Minds; Some of the Craziest Now on Council (Statesman)
NCTCOG Offering Rewards for Regular People Deciding Not to Commute Alone in a Car on I-30
First Mixed-Income Apartments Coming to San Antonio’s Developing Lone Star Brewery Area (mySA)
H-GAC Transpo Policy Council Sets Up High-Capacity Transit Task Force (@DugBegley)
Texas A&M Seeking Ideas to Improve Campus Transportation
Texas Statewide Motorcycle Safety Forum — April 7 in Austin

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via $The Urban Edge$

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Harris County No Longer Leads Country in Population Growth

By Leah Binkovitz | Mar 23, 2017 | No Comments

After an eight-year run as the county with the biggest population gains in the U.S., Harris County, home to Houston, has relinquished the top spot to Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, according to new Census data released Thursday.

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