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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 21, 2016 | No Comments

Broussard Family Investing in Restoring Vibrant Urban Downtown – to Beaumont (Houston Chron)
DART Opening Two New Light Rail Stations in Oak Cliff (Morning News)
Debate Over Austin Proposal to Impound Cars From Unlicensed Drivers as Vision Zero Strategy (Monitor)
Montgomery County Subsidizes The Woodlands’ Resistance to Becoming a Real City (Houston Chron)
City of Austin to Invest More in System to Block Urban Development With Flawed ITE Traffic Studies (TWC)
Dallas Developer Hosts Design Contest for HSR-Oriented Development (Morning News)
Austin Personal Rapid Transit System on List of Proposals for Chinese Investors (BizJournals)
People Do Walk or Bike to Work in East Texas Longview Area Cities (Longview News-Journal)
Driver Will Not Be Charged for Hitting 10-Year-Old Girl on Bike on This Dangerous Street (ABC13)

Comparing the Price of Parking Across U.S. Cities

By Joe Cortright | Oct 20, 2016 | No Comments

This article was cross-posted from City Observatory. How much does it cost to park a car in different cities around the nation? Today, we’re presenting some new data on a surprisingly under-measured aspect of cities and the cost of living: how much it costs to park a car in different cities. There are regular comparisons of rents and [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 20, 2016 | No Comments

Texas Land Use and Transportation System Design Allows for Lots of Drunk Driving the Wrong Way (Eagle)
I-30 HOV Lanes in Arlington to Close for 4 Years to Construct Free Lane Direct Connectors (Star-Telegram)
TXDOT Trying to Fix I-35E Bottleneck With $100M Additional Lanes – Not on Freeway (Morning News)
Correction: Rally in Support of the Houston Bike Plan Is Tuesday, October 25 (BikeHouston)
Houston Metro Says the Bulk of Next Generation of Real Estate Is Dense, Urban Development (Metro)
Dallas High-Speed Rail Station Will Not Be at Union Station, But May Be Close (Morning News)
Oklahoma Senator Who Tried to Gut Amtrak Line to Texas Requests Study, Hearing (Passenger Rail OK)
You Can Take the Travis County Transportation Plan Survey

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 19, 2016 | No Comments

Meeting 10/24 on This Interesting Study to Invest in Accessibility Along Fort Worth Freeway (NCTCOG)
Driver Severely Injures Popular Downtown Dallas Restaurateur Waiting to Cross Street (Morning News)
Transportation Commissioner Bruce Bugg Sells Multifamily Project — Neighbors Fear Traffic (Express News)
More Than 1,700 Austinites Cited for Endangering School Children By Passing Buses Last Month (KXAN)
Austin CM Leslie Pool’s Campaign to Segregate Austin, Block Sustainable Urbanism Could Work (Monitor)
Suburban Tomball Walking More, Following Sidewalk Installation Paid for by Red Light Cameras (Houston Chron)
…City of Conroe Investing $1.2 Million in Sidewalks Targeted to Transit Use (Courier)
Mayor Rawlings Wants TXDOT CityMAP to Prove That Road in Trinity River Is Dumb (Tribune)
Why Is the Oak Cliff Streetcar Out of Service So Often? (Morning News)

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Private Toll Road Backed By $430 Million in Federal Funds Goes Bust

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 18, 2016 | No Comments

From the beginning, there were plenty of reasons to suspect that Texas 130 — a private toll road between San Antonio and Austin — was a bad idea. Photo: Flickr/Ken Lund For one thing, the state of Texas looked into extending the highway in 2006 and concluded it wouldn’t generate nearly enough toll revenue to pay for construction. Nevertheless, when two [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 18, 2016 | No Comments

Lone Star Rail Is Dead — Long Live Studies of Multimodal Trips From Austin to San Antonio (Monitor, KUT)
Houstonians Can Help Prioritize PlanHouston Focus for the Next Year
More Signatures From Brentwood / Crestview Residents Needed to Beg City of Austin to Make Grover Safe
Vision Zero ATX Takes a Neutral Stance on the Austin Bond With $15M for Vision Zero
San Antonio Converting Main and Soledad in Downtown to Safer Two Way Streets (Rivard)
Car Crashes Block Entire Transit Lines in Houston All the Time (Houston Chronicle)
Texas Transportation Commission Plans to Decide 5 Years of Windfall Spending in 60 Days (Jay Crossley)
Online Discussion with Awesome Panel on Austin’s Bond Proposal TODAY at Noon on Reddit

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 17, 2016 | No Comments

Austin’s First Dynamically Priced Express Lane Opened This Weekend on Mopac (Impact)
TXDOT: Grand Porkway-Induced Sprawl Requires Breaking Original Core Parkway Concept (Impact)
Houston’s 290 Expansion May Be Open in 2018 With No Transit Improvement, Just More Lanes (Katy Mag)
The Woodlands Will Be Pilot For Stationless Bike-Share System (Houston Chronicle)
Joel Kotkin Spreading His Stories to Austin / San Antonio With Growth Conference (BizJournals)
Houston Keeps Breaking Ground on More Off-Road Hike & Bike Trails – Sims Bayou Next (HPM)
City Council Vote to Follow Houston Bike Plan Pep Rally on Tuesday, November 1… Finally
Join the FAN/AURA Reddit AMA on the Mobility Bond With Mayor Adler & Me: Tuesday, Noon (AURA)

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Can Police Departments Get on Board with #CrashNotAccident?

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 14, 2016 | 1 Comment

Words matter. But when we talk about traffic deaths and injuries, too often we slip into language that obscures how preventable these tragedies are. Referring to them as “accidents” connotes a lack of human agency, as though no one was at fault and the crash could not have been avoided. Instead of examining how the […]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 14, 2016 | No Comments

HGAC, TXDOT Paint Nightmare Scenario of Unrealistic Future Traffic on I-45 (Community Impact)
Data Shows People Are Driving Less on Major Austin Arterial Corridors (Monitor)
Real Estate Expert: Housing More Than 18 Miles From Jobs Is Crazy (BizJournal)
Three People Have Died in Car Crashes This Morning So Far in Houston (Houston Chron)
No One Chose to Ride Pilot Willis Bus Service Offered Once a Week (Courier)
Austin Planning Commissioner Believes Allowing Dense Urbanism Displaces Folks (Monitor)
Cameron at 183 Is the Next Priority Intersection Austin Vision Zero Will Fix (City of Austin)

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Sprawl Is a Global Problem

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 13, 2016 | No Comments

Even in the places with the best transit systems, there’s a steep drop in transit access once you venture outside the central city. Graphic: ITDP Sprawl isn’t just a problem in car-centric America. Even cities with the world’s best transit systems are surrounded by suburbs with poor transit access, according to a new report by the Institute for Transportation and [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 13, 2016 | No Comments

Capital Metro to Consider Fare Parity for MetroRapid Bus. Support Emails Requested. (Brennan Griffin)
Austin Traffic Counters Show Decreasing Car Trips on S. Lamar, City Plans for Increase Anyway (Monitor)
Houston Spending $4.1M to Help Dinosaurs Store Their Horseless Buggies Downtown (Houston Chron)
Construction to Begin on TXDOT’s First Dutch Junction on I-10 in Energy Corridor
Dallas County Schools Pays School Bus Drivers to Run Red Lights (NBCDFW)
Public Meeting Tonight on 183 Walk/Bike Access at Completely Car Dependent Location With No Sidewalks
DART Gets $1.2M From Secretary Foxx to Integrate Ride-Hailing Into Their Transit App (US DOT)
More Than You Wanted to Know About the Epic Transit Discussion at Dallas City Hall (D Magazine)
Austin CM Ora Houston Is in Favor of Car-Dependence (Statesman)

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Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 12, 2016 | No Comments

High Speed Rail Is Not the Only Possible Use of Eminent Domain in a State Doubling in Population (HPM)
Houston and San Antonio Investing in Clean Burning Buses to Meet Growing Demand (PRNewswire)
Austin Pro-Car, Anti-Bond Group Does Not Think Bicycles or Buses Are Vehicles (Honest Transportation)
Austin Council Member Blocking Sustainable Urban Development Says Process Too Squishy (KUT)
Dallas Council Talked Bus for Two Hours, Asks DART to Prioritize Subway (D Magazine, Morning News)
Austinites Petition to Prioritize Frequent Local Service on Most Dense, Highest Ridership Bus Line
Survey: Only 1% Think Current Bishop Arts District Valet Parking System Is Good (Observer)
Houston Region to Add Twice as Many People by 2040, But Journalists Say Austin Is Hot! (BizJournals)
John Wilson “Could Not See” Minnie Menefield, Killed Her Walking On Road With No Sidewalks (News10)

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