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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 5, 2016 | No Comments

Austin-Style Path Cleared for Massive Mixed-Use, New Urbanist Development, The Grove (Austin Chron)
Austin’s Vision Zero Action Plan Triggers Work on a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, Speed Policy (KUT)
Dallas Council Considering Mixed-Use, Affordable Covenants for Sale of Old DISD Headquarters (WFAA)
Austin’s Shift to Form-Based Code Entering Knock-Out Brawl Phase; Segregationists Ready (Statesman)
High School Cheerleader, 3 Others Killed in Saturday Morning Head-On Crash on Rural Road (KXAN)
Sponsor Liz Pope Killed and 3 Cheerleaders Injured in School Bus/Semi-Truck Crash (Inquisitr)
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Stony Point HS Coach in 1 of 2 Round Rock Weekend Ped Deaths (KXAN)
Drunk Driver Crashes Into Texas Rep. Rafael Anchia, DPD Doesn’t Come, Drunk Drives Away (Anchia)
Dallas Can Pick the Expert to Serve on DART Board or Get Left at the Station (Morning News)

Talking Headways Podcast: A Bus Full of People Should Go Ahead of a Tesla

By Jeff Wood | Dec 2, 2016 | No Comments

This week’s episode returns to the Shared Use Mobility Summit in Chicago for a great discussion of how the changing technology and information landscape could yield more equitable outcomes.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 2, 2016 | No Comments

Dallas Has a #SaveThePatio Campaign to Oppose Parking Requirements (WFAA)
Building Texas Cities, Transit, Pedestrianism Is What Can Build US Economy (Morning News)
Bike Paths and TRE Rail Station Credited for Helping Keep American Airlines in Fort Worth (Milligan)
TXDOT Kind of Has a “Families for Safe Streets” Event About Drunk Driving (Fox26)
Target Opening a Pedestrian-Focused Urban Target Next to UT Campus in Austin (Statesman)
Heavy Push for Legalizing Ride-Hailing in San Antonio From Anti-Drunk Driving Angle (Rivard)
San Antonio Planning Commission Has Zero Representation for South Side (Rivard)

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$Representative on CAMPO doesn't come close to aligning with the people the agency is supposed to serve.$

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James Oakley, Member of CAMPO Board, Repudiated for Lynching Comments

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 1, 2016 | No Comments

Burnet County Judge James Oakley, who serves on the CAMPO Transportation Policy Board overseeing transportation planning and coordination for the 2 million residents of the Austin region, publicly called for the lynching of an African American suspect awaiting trial for the murder of San Antonio police officer Benjamin Marconi.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 1, 2016 | No Comments

TXDOT Proposes Lowering Speed Limits on Major Austin Surface Streets (KXAN)
TXDOT Asks Austin Council to Lower Speed Limit on Lamar and Parmer (Monitor)
Dallas ISD Creating CityLab HS to Teach Urban Planning, Architecture, and Community Planning (the hub)
Another Pedestrian Killed by Hit and Run Driver in El Paso on Street With No Safe Crossings (KVIA)
El Paso Man Crashes Into Construction Vehicle for 4th DWI Offense; No One Hurt (KVIA)
TXDOT Installing Sponsored “Safe Cell Phone Zones” at Rest Stops on Highways (KIII)
Burnet Co Judge Oakley, Member of CAMPO Exec Committee, Calls for a Lynching (Statesman)
Austin Area: You Can Fill Out the CAMPO Active Transportation Plan Survey
…or Help Edit a Wiki Map of Walking and Biking Barriers Across the Region

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$Source: Bike PGH$

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Fort Worth Joins Houston in Pursuit of Safe Neighborhood Streets

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 30, 2016 | 1 Comment

City Councilwoman Ann Zadeh is leading the charge in Forth Worth to make neighborhood streets safer through better design and lower speed limits.

via $The Urban Edge$

$Photo by Jerald Jackson$

New Report Urges More Sidewalks, Less Parking in Houston

By Leah Binkovitz | Nov 29, 2016 | No Comments

More than a third of the people who want to live in an urban neighborhood in Harris County said they don’t currently live there, based on the survey’s findings. One thing that’s responsible for the gap? A lack of suitable sidewalks.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 29, 2016 | No Comments

House Transportation Chair Joe Pickett: Roads Are Not Going to Get Better (Tribune)
Pedestrian Killed By Driver Swerving Around Another Car (Statesman)
Largest Voter-Approved Road Project in San Antonio History Is Complete (TPR)
Houston Council Considers $4M Contract Expanding Bike-Share System By 71 Stations
Houston Bringing Buffalo Bayou Hike/Bike Trail Up to ADA (Council Agenda)
Houston Midtown Conducting Pilot to Give Parking Spots to Car Share (Council Agenda)
4 of 5 Dallas City Manager Finalists Are From Outside Dallas (NBCDFW)
Dallas “Quality of Life” Committee Wants to Mandate More Parking Subsidy for Sidewalk Cafes (D Mag)

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$As long as Trump doesn’t release his tax returns, divest from his assets, and put his wealth in a true blind trust, the public can have no confidence that federal infrastructure spending will be based on merit and not Trump’s personal financial interests. Photo: Kamoteus/Flickr$

4 Ways Trump’s Transportation Plan Is Ripe for Corruption

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 28, 2016 | No Comments

While the vast sums we spend on infrastructure have always been vulnerable to various forms of corruption, the potential for Trump to game the system goes far beyond typical “highway to nowhere” graft. Here’s a closer look at why.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 28, 2016 | No Comments

Senator Brandon Creighton Votes for Sprawl MUDs for Firm Where He Is Exec VP (Houston Chron)
Rep Cecil Bell Landed $2.4M Contracts Off Sprawl MUDs, Which He Supports in Lege (Houston Chron)
Fort Worth Councilwoman Ann Zadeh Pushing for Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill (Star-Telegram)
Induced Traffic Is Eliminating the “Miracle” of Opening Shoulders on SH161, as Expected (Observer)
Bills Filed in #TXLege to Remove Local Ability to Save Lives With Red Light Cameras (Morning News)
Senator Robert Nichols Contradicts TXDOT Sunset Report Ahead of Dec 8 & 9 Hearing (Houston Chron)
Half of the $3 Million Scammed From El Paso Streetcar Project Has Been Recovered (El Paso Times)
Texas Lawmakers Find Trump Toll-Based Road Spending Plan “a Little Scary” (Tribune)
Houston Metro Running Test on Zero Emissions, All Electric Bus for 90 Days (Defender)

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 23, 2016 | No Comments

Woman and Child Killed in Crash at Newly Rebuilt CTRMA Toll Road Intersection (Statesman)
48% of Downtown Dallas Residents Don’t Drive a Car, Need Safe Multimodal Options (Morning News)
Apple Paid TXDOT to Install a Safe Intersection on Stroad at Apple Austin Campus (Community Impact)
While You’re Documenting Parking Waste on Black Friday, Get 30% Off Amtrak Tickets
Texans Are Hardcore Socialists When It Comes to Assigning Any Costs to Driving (Morning News)
North Texas Tollway Authority Does Not Want to Build Trinity Toll Road (D Magazine)

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Thanks for reading and being in the street fight. We’ll be back on Monday.

$This temporary protected bike lane is one of several in northwest Arkansas supported by the Walton Family Foundation. Photo: Walton Family Foundation$

Protected Bike Lanes Are Sprouting Up in Arkansas

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 22, 2016 | No Comments

Can protected bike lanes get people biking for transportation in northwest Arkansas? The Walton Family Foundation wanted to see. The foundation, which is supported by the Walmart family fortune, has been studying the way people get around in the Bentonville area, including the cities of Rogers and Bella Vista, which is world headquarters of the Walmart corporation. The foundation […]

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