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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 8, 2017 | No Comments

City Council Finally Voting on Houston Bike Plan This Morning (HPM)
SXSW Is Also an Open Streets Event with Streets Dedicated to People for Up to 9 Days (SpectrumNewsATX)
Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority Succeeds at Inducing Suburban Traffic (Monitor)
Senator Bob Hall Advocating for More Traffic Deaths at Transportation Committee (Houston Chron)
San Antonio Rebuilding Frio Street for Safety and Walkability, But Might Have the Wrong Crosswalk (Rivard)
Kids Who Are Driven Everywhere Lack Spatial Understanding of Their Neighborhood (CityLab)
Easy Mile Robot Mini Bus Will Be Doing Live Demos in Austin During SXSW (Lonny Stern)
San Antonio Offering $25 Incentive for TNC Drivers to Get Verified (Rivard)
Two 16-Year-Old Women Killed in Car Racing Crash in Plano (Morning News)

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via $The Urban Edge$

Bike Plan Rolls To Its Next Stage

By Kinder Institute | Mar 8, 2017 | No Comments

The effort could transform Houstonians' relationship with their transportation system.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 7, 2017 | No Comments

Four Things to Know About All the Austin Area Transportation Plans (Community Impact)
US Mayors Push for New Federal Infrastructure Spending to Come Directly to Cities (Route Fifty)
Kinder Institute Study Trying to Get a Handle on Close Calls for Bicyclists and Pedestrians (HPM)
3 Blocks of Mixed-Use Development to Replace Downtown Dallas Surface Parking (Morning News)
TXDOT Officials Keep Noting That Most of Their Funding Is Restricted to Roads (Waxahachie Daily Light)
New Texas A&M Center Will Focus on Health Impacts of Road Emissions (Houston Chron)
Two Teenage Cousins Killed in Rollover Crash in Tarrant County (NBCDFW)

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Austin Is Starting a Three-Year Plan to Fight Congestion With Bikes

By Michael Andersen | Mar 6, 2017 | No Comments

Its proposed biking network will increase road capacity as much as a freeway expansion.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 6, 2017 | No Comments

Okay, Maybe It Is Real This Time: Houston Bike Plan Going to Council March 8 (Houston Bikeways)
17-Year-Old Killed in Car Crash on Arlington Freeway (Arlington Voice)
March 9: Public Meeting on Georgetown‘s Williams Drive Study Seeking Safe, Multimodal Street
Mixed Use Redo of Highland Mall Bringing Various Improvements to Neighborhood (Community Impact)
Today on Houston Matters at Noon: Gail Delauder Talks Transportation
Texas House Committee on Transportation to Consider Distracted Driving Bills Thursday, 8 a.m.
…Democratic Rep Harold Dutton Comes Out Against It For Fear of Unfair Enforcement (USA Today)
…L0cal Leaders Waiting on #TXLege Actions Instead of Passing Patchwork Bans (Mesquite News)
TXDOT Official Praises $12 Million Car Bridge Saying It “Probably Makes It Safer Too” (Star-Telegram)

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How Engineering Standards for Cars Endanger People Crossing the Street

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 3, 2017 | No Comments

At the Landmark Interchange by Fenway Park in Boston, people trying to walk across the street sometimes have to wait as long as two minutes for a signal. And that, says Northeastern University Civil Engineering Professor Peter Furth, is dangerous.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 3, 2017 | No Comments

Houston Finally Relaxes Parking Requirements for City of Montrose — Congrats OKRA (Houston Chron)
Houston Area MPO Leaders Accept Mayor Turner’s Call for Paradigm Shift to Transit (Houston Chron)
Austin Council Finally Approves TXDOT Request to Lower Speed Limit on North Lamar (Mayor Adler)
Austin Council Fends Off NIMBYs to Approve 800 Unit Mixed-Use, Mixed-Income TOD (BizJournals)
We Missed This: #TXLege Budget Writers Consider Better Uses for Roads-Only Funding (Tribune)
…”Transportation Advocates of Texas” Fighting to Keep the Roads-Only Funding
…Senator Kirk Watson Willing to Consider Better Uses
…Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Promises to Stick With Moar Roads (Star-Telegram)

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Five Bad Bills to Watch in the 2017 #TXLege

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 2, 2017 | 8 Comments

To make it easier for you to participate in your democracy, we're highlighting five good ideas and five bad ideas to watch in the 2017 Texas Legislative Session, starting with the bad ones.

A Fixation on Parking Threatens Transit Progress on Atlanta

By Yonah Freemark | Mar 2, 2017 | No Comments

Darin Givens is frustrated with how Atlanta is planning for the future. “We don’t feel like the city is building transit that fits needs, or places that fit transit,” says the founder of local advocacy site Thread ATL. “You see nodes of density nowhere near a MARTA station or a regular MARTA bus. We’re not matching development and transit.”

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 2, 2017 | No Comments

Austin to Spend $37M in Bond Funding on Sidewalks in 2017; Corridors Will Be Hard (TWC, Impact)
Capital Metro Project Connect Has Big Focus on Transit Outside Its Tax Paying Service Area (TWC)
HGAC Proposes Creating Transit Task Force for Next Regional Transportation Plan (Houston Chron)
Form-Based Code Has Helped Downtown Bastrop Thrive (Statesman)
March 10: AAA Will Lead DWI March for Change to Stop the Killing of 1,000 Texans Every Year
A Montrose Bus Stop Was a Tiki Hut for a Little While During Friday Rush Hour (Swamplot)
Maria Town, Houston’s New Disabilities Director, Comes From Obama White House, Blogs at CP Shoes

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Win Back Transit Riders By Speeding Up Bus Boarding

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 1, 2017 | No Comments

One surefire way for U.S. transit agencies to improve bus service is to streamline the boarding process by enabling riders to get on at any door. In a new report, NACTO makes the case for all-door boarding and looks at how American transit agencies are moving forward on implementation.

via $Austin Contrarian$

CodeNEXT and Parking

By Chris Bradford | Feb 28, 2017 | No Comments

I've been critical of CodeNEXT so far, so it's time to point out one of its positive changes: Parking. Take residential parking. The current draft cuts required parking by half.

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