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In Texas, Houston Dominates the Most-Congested Roads List

By Leah Binkovitz | Feb 2, 2017 | No Comments

Nearly half of the state’s 100 most congested roadways are in the Houston area. Taking the title of most-congested roadway in the state is the roughly 3.6-mile segment of 610 Loop by the Galleria, running between I-10 and US-59.

Today’s Headlines

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

On First Day, New Dallas City Manager Hires Former NTTA Toll Road Exec as Chief of Staff (Morning News)
Consultants Will Have 10 Months to Create Austin’s $500M Corridor Plan (Statesman)
Workshop on TXDOT Transpo Alternatives Set-Aside Funding — February 16 (AACOG)
What Did TTI Tell 50 #TXLege Staffers About Transpo Issues? Did They Use Any TXDOT Funds? (TTI)
Three Things to Know About the Central Texas Active Transportation Plan (Community Impact)
I-35 North 16 – Austin to Round Rock – Open House Tonight (Patch); Virtual Open House Starts Today
Alamo Area MPO Looking to the Dutch for Bicycle Infrastructure Design Inspiration
Amarillo City Transit Is Doing a Bus System Reimagining (KTRE)
Transit is Resilient and Can Respond to Houston Super Bowl Demand. Roads Just Clog Up.

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America Builds Way Too Much Parking Near Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 1, 2017 | No Comments

We build parking that nobody ever uses because that's what American engineering standards recommend.

Today’s Headlines

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

City of Austin Draft Development Code Claims That Limiting Density Helps With “Walkability” (Monitor)
Transformation of North Dallas Car-Based Mall Into Mixed-Use “Midtown” Begins (Morning News)
San Antonio Mayoral Candidate Forum Tuesday, Feb 6, at the Pearl Stable from 6:30-8 pm (Rivard)
Rep. John Culberson’s Block of Fed Transit Funds Forces Metro to Run “Pink Shuttle” for Super Bowl
Several Hospitalized After Drivers Crashes a Pickup Onto the Roof of a House (Morning News)
Hit and Run Driver Killed a Pedestrian This Morning on This High-Speed Road in Dallas (Morning News)

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Houston Installs Its First Bike Box

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jan 31, 2017 | 2 Comments

In a rush to install upgrades for all the visitors expected at this weekend's Super Bowl, Houston has installed its second green bike lane and its first bike box on Holman Street in Midtown

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Could Houston Become a Protest City?

By Leah Binkovitz | Jan 31, 2017 | No Comments

Though Houston is known as diverse city, and it’s a welcoming city, Houston hasn’t historically been seen as a protest city. That’s not necessarily due to a lack of trying.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jan 31, 2017 | 2 Comments

Behold: Austin’s Proposed 1,000 Page CodeNEXT That Started as Simplified Form Based Code
Dallas’ New City Manager Walks Into Job With Amazing Tool to Build Access: CityMAP (D Magazine)
Houston Public Works & Eng Dept Installing Fresh Kermit Like Mad for Super Bowl (James Llamas)
Dallas Poverty Task Force Talks Housing Affordability and Transportation Access (Mayor Rawlings)
Houston’s Westchase District Has Its Own Ped/Bike Plan to Retrofit, Attract Millenials (Houston Press)
Houston Metro Transit Maps and Schedules Now Work in Apple Maps (Houston Chron)
An Analysis of Various Ride-Hailing Bills at #TXLege (TTI)
Lack of Transit Access Has Been a Limiting Factor on Protests in Houston (Urban Edge)
To Meet Demand From New Bars, El Paso Will Encourage Drunk Driving With Parking (El Paso Times)

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Houston Regional Planning Agency Installs All White Male Executive Committee

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jan 30, 2017 | 5 Comments

The Houston - Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council has voted to fill its powerful executive committee this year with only white men. The five men on the panel will represent a region that is the most diverse in the nation and home to about 3.4 million women.

$The I-280 freeway seen from Pennsylvania and Mariposa street in San Francisco, Calif. Friday, February 26, 2016. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Examiner)$

10 Urban Freeways That Need to Come Down

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2017 | No Comments

There are excellent candidates for freeway removal in many American cities, where roads built 50 or 60 years ago are nearing the end of their useful lives. Cities that take the plunge and get rid of their urban highways don't regret it.

$Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a ceremony where NASA transferred title and ownership of space shuttle Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011 at the museum in New York City. The transfer is the first step toward Intrepid receiving Enterprise in the spring of 2012. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)$

Democrats Can’t Fight Trump and Make a Deal on Infrastructure at the Same Time

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2017 | No Comments

Chuck Schumer says he will "claw, scrap, and fight with every fiber of my being" to overturn Donald Trump's executive order preventing refugees and residents of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country. If that's the case, Schumer should abandon his strategy of dealmaking with Trump on a big infrastructure bill.

Today’s Headlines

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

I-345 in Dallas Ranks #2 on CNU’s List of Freeways Without Futures (Walkable DFW)
Laying Out Plan for “Ambitious Transit System” One of Austin Mayor Adler’s Goals for 2017 (Monitor)
The Conservative Case for Trump to Focus on High-Speed Rail and Urban Transit (American Conservative)
You Can Ride an Autonomous Mini Bus for Free Thursday in Arlington (WWLTV)
Cassandra Jackson, 42, Killed and Infant Injured at This Wide Open Fort Worth Intersection (Morning News)
San Antonio Fixing Dangerous Intersection with Roundabout, Shared Use Path, Lighting (News4SA)
Report: Excessive Parking at Development Near Transit Is Stupid (NITC)
Sponsors Are Paying Everybody’s Fares for Rail and Bike-Share During Super Bowl Week in Houston

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If Trump Wants to “Fix It First,” a Big Spending Spree Isn’t the Way to Go

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 27, 2017 | No Comments

It's hard to pin Donald Trump down on policy issues. But let's take one of his recent infrastructure pronouncements literally and see where the implications lead.

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