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  • TXDOT Wants Input on Amarillo Road Project Submitted by US Mail (Amarillo Globe-News)
  • Core of Pedestrian Improvements on Allen Parkway Was Bringing Down Car Speed (Houston Press)
  • 1st Year of Austin Bond Spending Will Focus on Sidewalks, Safe Routes to School (Community Impact)
  • Memorial Walk Mourns People Killed in Crashes, Calls for Safe Speed Bill (Statesman, KVUE, KXAN)
  • Austin Police Begin Using Bike-Mounted Device to Enforce Safe Passing Law (TWC)
  • Austin Vision Zero Program Means Actual Spending of Funds on Safer Intersections (Fox7Austin)
  • Hit-and-Run Driver Not Yet Charged for Death of 13-Year-Old Richard Snyder of Belton (KWTX)
  • Children Forced to Walk, Bike on High-Speed Surface Road (Temple Daily)
  • ULI Report: Walking and Cycling Can Be Good For Business (HPM)

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  • World Day of Remembrance Vigil and Memorial Walk Tonight in Austin to Honor Traffic Victims
  • You Can Sign the Petition for a Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill to Fight Speed-Related Deaths
  • It’s Hard to Ignore Mike Dahmus’ Critique of Cap Metro’s Project Connect 2.0 (M1EK)
  • Texas Transportation Commissioners Chastened by TXDOT Sunset Report (Quorum Report)
  • That Cute Ad About the Smart Commissioner? He’s a Builder of Unnecessary Roads (Statesmen)
  • El Paso Toll Road Losing Money Fast, While Bike-Share System Turns a Profit (KFOX)
  • Unnecessary Toll Road South of Austin Blazes Through Lawsuit, Begins Construction (CTRMA)
  • Uber Urges State to Take Ride Hailing Regulation Away from Cities, But Listens to Austin (Tribune)

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  • Über Accepts Fingerprints Through SuperBowl, Houston Accepts Less Fees (Press Release, ABC13)
  • …Austin Journalists Note that Uber Insists on No Fingerprints in Austin (BizJournals)
  • Quorum Report Calls TXDOT Sunset Report “Scathing,” Not Ready for $80B New Funding (Quorum)
  • Austin’s New Urbanist Mueller Now Largest LEED Gold Neighborhood in the World (Press Release)
  • TTI Keeping List of All Transportation-Related Bills Filed for the #TXlege 2017 Session
  • HB 354, Filed by Raney, Would Let Charters Have School Zone Speed Limits & Easier for All Schools
  • HB 85, Filed by Campbell, Would Require MPO Policy Board Members to Be White Men, er Elected
  • Houston Health Dept & Air Alliance to Monitor Effect of TXDOT Pilot Freeway Removal (Houston Chron)

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  • Watch Patrick Kennedy Make His Case to Become a Member of the DART Board (City of Dallas)
  • …Committee Voted to Recommend the Marketing Guy, Instead of Guy Who Knows Transit (Observer)
  • Austin Parents Demand Safe Streets After Truck Hit Kid on the Way to School on Tuesday (TWC)
  • Sylvester Turner to Announce Agreement Between City of Houston and Uber Today (Houston Chron)
  • Restoring AMTRAK Sunset Crescent Route Would Also Connect Houston to Florida (NWFDailyNews)
  • TXDOT, US Fish and Wildlife Investing $8M in 12 Underpasses – For Endangered Ocelots (KSAT)
  • El Paso Becomes Bronze Bicycle-Friendly City (The League of American Bicyclists)
  • TXDOT Signs Give Information on Alternative Car Routes, Reduces Gridlock (My35)
  • Reminder: Inefficient Road Hierarchies Are Not Resilient (TXDOT)

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  • CAMPO Consultants Move Forward With Road Diets for 183 Area (Community Impact)
  • Austin City Auditor: Neighborhood Plans are Inequitable, Unrepresentative, and Block Participation
  • San Antonio VIA & Communities in Schools Give Students in Need Free Transit Passes (Rivard)
  • Tom Craddick Has Again Filed a Bill to Ban Driving While Using a Phone in Texas (Houston Chron)
  • …Senator Judith Zaffirini Has Also Filed a Distracted Driving Ban Bill
  • CityLab Reprints Misleading Austin Gondola Talking Point That It Is “Cheap”
  • USDOT Asst. Secretary for Research & Technology Gregory Winfree Named New Head of TTI
  • Bar in Spring Settles for $3M for Serving Ed Blackwell, Who Killed 3 People with Car (Houston Chron)

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  • Houston Tomorrow Is Broadcasting Intersections 2016 on Facebook Live
  • Round Rock to Pay Capital Metro to Provide Transit Outside Service Area (Statesman)
  • Council, Capital Metro, Activists Seem Ready for Good Urban Rail for Austin (KXAN)
  • SA Council Won’t Fund More Frequent Bus Service for VIA (Maybe After 2017 TXLege) (Express News)
  • Texas Employer Traffic Safety Program Helps Companies Train Employees Not to Crash
  • Video: TTI Supports TXDOT’s Mission to Make Texans Safer on Our Roadways (But Assumes High VMT)

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