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Trump’s Budget Takes an Axe to Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 16, 2017 | No Comments

The Trump administration has released its budget blueprint, and it's a bloodbath for everything that's not defense spending. In keeping with the budget's general hostility to cities, transit would be hit especially hard.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 15, 2017 | No Comments

If You Live, Work, or Play in Downtown Houston, This Plan Downtown Survey Is For You
Perryman Group: Collin County Population in 2040 Will Be 1.9M, Not the 2.6M Road Boosters Use (Morning News)
Man Driving Pickup Without Lights Kills Self, Woman He Hit, Injures Two Kids (Morning News)
Dallas Morning News Blames Laura Lee Clay for Dying While Walking
Wendell Cox Hurls Misinformation at Texas High Speed Rail (New Geography)
HB 62, the Ban on Driving While Txting, Passes the Texas House 113-32 (Drive Out Distractions)
It Looks Like #TXLege Will Create Statewide Ride-Hailing Regulations (Monitor)
Capital Metro Brand Will Appear on Robot Mini Bus Traveling Austin Streets at SXSW
Niran Babalola Makes a Strong Anit-Segregationist Push for Urbanism in CodeNEXT (Monitor)

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Wichita Upgrades Guerrilla Plungers to Permanent Bike Lane Posts

By Michael Andersen | Mar 15, 2017 | No Comments

Two weeks after two rows of toilet plungers set up to temporarily protect a Wichita bike lane went viral, the city of Wichita has decided that come to think of it, those plungers were making a pretty good point.

Today’s Headlines

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

Texting While Driving Ban Will Be Considered on House Floor Wednesday at 10 — Watch the Live Video
…Texas One of Just Four States That Still Does Not Have Such a Ban (KUT)
DART Chief Lobbying Trump Administration for Transit (Morning News)
TXDOT Paying TTI to Study Robot Vehicles to Improve Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Safety
This Bill Would Spell the End of Vehicle Safety Inspections in Texas (Houston Chron)
TXDOT & Transpo Commission Rushing to Allocate Funds #TXLege Might Take Away (Tribune)

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The Motherland of Soul Is Getting an All-Ages Biking Network

By Michael Andersen | Mar 13, 2017 | No Comments

Even as South Memphis has left deep marks on U.S. culture, its neighborhoods themselves have suffered. Now the city is working through many channels to reverse that -- one of which is putting the district at the front of the queue to get one of the country's first connected networks of all-ages bikeways.

Today’s Headlines

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

Texting While Driving Ban Passes Senate Committee, Headed to Full Senate (KVUE)
Kyle Shelton: Transform Houston Into a City That Can Be Experienced by Foot (Houston Chron)
If You Count UT, Downtown Austin Has Most Jobs in Texas, 14K More Than HOU (Dan Keshet)
Houston Metro Reevaluating Safety Efforts After Two Deaths (Houston Chron)
…Houston PWE Allowed Red Paint as Quick Fix at Crosswalk (Amar Mohite)
Austin’s Kasita Startup Unveils $139,000 Tech-Infused Shotgun Houses (AustinInno)
Nonprofit Ride Austin Is Very Open About Its Mistakes at SXSW Peak (ATX Transportation)
Senator Sylvia Garcia Files SCR42 to Adopt a Vision Zero Goal to End Traffic Deaths

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via $Austin On Your Feet$

Seven Suggestions for CodeNEXT’s Uptown Regulations

By Dan Keshet | Mar 10, 2017 | No Comments

The city of Austin is rewriting its zoning code. Some friends of mine and I sat down at a party organized by AURA and read through the form-based downtown codes, known as T6. I love how the code description puts a real emphasis on walkability, so I’m going to share some suggestions to make this dream a reality.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 10, 2017 | No Comments

Mayor Adler: CodeNEXT Maps Will Be Wrong When We Release Them, So Fix Them (Monitor)
…Can Draft 1,000-Page Land Development Code Be Meaningfully Translated Into Spanish? (KUT)
Student Bike Advocates Doubt Mixed Ped/Bike Treatment Will Be Nice to Bike On (Daily Texan)
Houston’s Newest Bayou Greenways Hike/Bike Trail Also Has a Golf Cart Path (HPM)
Senator Borris Miles Files Paradigm Shift Bill — SJR48 — to Allow Multimodal TXDOT Funding (@JayCrossley)
…You Can Ask TXDOT For a Paradigm Shift in Unified Transportation Plan
People Who Lost Loved Ones Advocate for Statewide Texting Ban (KXAN, KCBD)

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 9, 2017 | No Comments

City Council Did Not in Fact Vote on Houston Bike Plan — Delayed 2 Weeks (Houston Chron)
US Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Overrule MPO Rule Requiring Austin and San Antonio to Act as One (Eno)
New Organization Better Block Austin Hosting First Event at 12th & Chicon, April 15
SB 312, the TXDOT Sunset Bill, Includes Anti-Transit and/or High Speed Rail Language
USDOT Funds Six Houston Hike/Bike Trail Projects With TIGER Funds (HoustonGov)

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Why Cities Are Starting to Decriminalize Fare Evasion

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 8, 2017 | No Comments

With renewed public attention on the excessive criminalization of poor people and people of color, some transit agencies and law enforcement officials are reevaluating their fare evasion policies.

via $Houston Tomorrow$

Houston’s Transit Future

By david.crossley@houstontomorrow.org | Mar 8, 2017 | No Comments

The Houston region is poised to become a leader in transit and transit-oriented development - if we just don’t lose our nerve, and are able to think outside the traditional boxes about how to deliver service in a huge, diverse, polycentric metropolitan region.

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