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Today’s Headlines

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

Bicycling Magazine Calls Fort Worth’s Betsy Price “America’s Most Bike-Crazy Mayor”
TXDOT I-35 Open House Comment Form for Reconnect-Austin-Or-Not Decision Now Works
San Antonio Siclovia Celebrating 5th Anniversary This Sunday — 72,000 Came to Last One (Rivard)
Pool – Whose Property Value Will Increase from Proposed Urbanism – Not Yet Recused (Monitor)
Austin Chamber of Commerce Calls Sprawl the “Original Sin” of Mobility Problems (Monitor)
Shell Moving Out of Downtown Houston to Urbanizing West Side (Houston Chron)

How Transit Agencies Can Offer Better Paratransit Service at Lower Costs

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 20, 2016 | No Comments

Paratransit costs are rising fast. Graph: Brookings via Rudin Center Paratransit service for people with disabilities is a big part of what modern transit agencies do, and it’s getting bigger all the time. As the population ages and more people rely on paratransit to get around, agencies need to get smart about how they provide the service [...]

Today’s Headlines

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

Public Comment Period for TXDOT’s I-35 Project in Downtown Austin Open Thru October 4 (KXAN)
…TXDOT Has to Respond to Questions Asked at Meeting Today or Made Online During This Period
…So Far This Morning, the Virtual Open House Page Gives an Unauthorized Error
…Official Comment Page Still Does Not Allow People to Comment on Downtown Austin Section
Is It Time to Finally Kill the Trinity Toll Road – on Its 9th Iteration – and Build the Park? (Observer)
San Antonio and Austin Had the Highest Growth in GDP Among U.S. Major Metros Last Year (BEA)
That Corpus Christi Bridge Is Displacing Public Housing, Some Can’t Find New Homes (Tribune)
Texas Transportation, Urban Planning Failed Boy Who Died Walking Across I-10 (News4SA)
DART Committing to Taxi Vouchers for Sub-Urban, Car-Dependent Collin County (DART)
Something About Houston’s Lack of Zoning = More Households Near Polluters (Houston Chron)

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Today’s Headlines

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

San Antonio, Austin Mayors Want Better Regional Transportation Planning (BizJournals)
…With Many Ready to Declare Lone Star Rail Dead (My San Antonio)
…and the SH130 Toll Road a Tremendous Failure (Express News)
City of Houston Slowly Replacing “Share” Signs With “Bikes May Use Full Lane”(BikeHouston)
TXDOT Publishes Bicycle Fatality Stats — City Street Crashes Less Lethal Than Others
TTI Finishing Up Statewide Transportation Opinion Poll, Updating 2014 Survey (TTI)
City of Round Rock Updating Transportation Master Plan; Survey Refers to “Accidents”
Austin Wins US DOT “Ladders of Opportunity” Award for Low-Income Walking Efforts (Mayor Adler)

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Talking Headways Podcast: A Different Look at Transportation

By Jeff Wood | Sep 19, 2016 | No Comments

Our guest this week is Rob Puentes of the Eno Center for Transportation, an organization that has focused on better transportation outcomes for 95 years. Rob touches on a number of topics that we don’t usually explore in-depth, like aviation, freight, and coordinating automated vehicle policy. With November 8 less than two months away, we also discuss the presidential election. Enjoy.

Where Car Commuting Is Shrinking — And Where It’s Not

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 16, 2016 | No Comments

Where are Americans making the shift away from driving to work? Crunching newly-released Census data, Yonah Freemark looked at how commute travel is changing in different cities and regions. In general, car commuting in major metro areas declined between 2005 and 2015, but the shift was greater than a couple of percentage points in only a few cities. Keep [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 16, 2016 | No Comments

Governor Abbott Says Something About High Speed Rail, Thinks Robo-Cars Are Future (Tribune)
Can Mixed-Use, Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Not Price Out Existing Folks? (Houston Chron)
HGAC Federal Clean Air Funds Drive Kids to School in Cleaner Buses (Your Houston News)
El Paso Drivers Pissed Off at Inconvenience of Police Cleaning Up Deadly Bus Crash (KVIA)
TXDOT Trying to Recoup Costs From Truck Driver for Rebuilding Bridge He Hit (Houston Chron)
$743M 183 Expansion Has Capacity for 3 Times as Much Traffic (Construction Equipment Guide)
“Construction Will Mean Headaches” Along I-35 in Austin (Community Impact)

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FHWA’s New Goal: Eliminating Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths in America

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 15, 2016 | No Comments

Pedestrian and cyclist deaths account for a growing share of traffic fatalities in America. Can federal officials reverse the trend? Graph: FHWA The Federal Highway Administration wants to eliminate pedestrian and cyclist fatalities “in the next 20 to 30 years.” In a new strategic plan [PDF], the agency calls for reducing serious injuries and deaths 80 percent in the [...]

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 15, 2016 | No Comments

CAMPO TPB Votes to Reduce Travis County Reps on the Technical Advisory Committee (Monitor)
CARTS & Cap Metro Help City of Georgetown to Launch Four Bus Routes (Statesman)
San Antonio City Council May Vote Today to Expand Vacant Building Program (Express News)
Bexar County Leads State in Distracted Driving Crashes and Deaths (WOAI)
Austin Was Only Major Texas City to Reduce Solo Car Commuting From 2005 to 2015 (Yonah Freemark)
Drivers Worried Nonprofit RideAustin Fare Cut Could Mean Lower TNC Wages (BizJournals)
Investors Plan 283 Acres of Sprawl on San Antonio South Side, No Word on TIA (Express News)
El Paso Considering Whether to Allow Bike-Powered Pub Crawl Thing (KFOXTV)
Dallas City Council Approves Plan to Convert Polk and Tyler Streets to Two-Way (Morning News)

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Texas DOT’s Own Numbers Cast Doubt on Its Story of Ever-Rising Traffic

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 14, 2016 | 25 Comments

Back in 2015, the people of Texas were asked by the legislature and Governor Greg Abbott to meet the challenge of the state’s projected traffic growth by enacting a constitutional amendment to require road spending for the next decade. The people agreed and voted to allocate about $38 billion in state taxes for the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) […]

Today’s Headlines

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

Majority of Texans Want TNCs Regulated Like Taxis by Cities, Not Lege (Houston Chron)
Driver Hits and Injures 5th Grader Trying to Pass a Loading School Bus (Wilson County News)
…Alamo Area Council of Governments Believes It Was an “Accident” That Injured 5th Grader
North Dallas CM Lee Kleinman Argues for the Cotton Belt Rail Line (Morning News)
City of Mont Belvieu Bans Driving While Texting or Using Cell Phone (Baytown Sun)
You Can Keep Driving Fast on I-10 in Beaumont For a Little Grace Period (Beaumont Express)
TXDOT Subsidizes Roadside Assistance for Highways Users (Community Impact)
TTI Is Out With More Fearmongering About North Texas Traffic Congestion (WFAA)

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Today’s Headlines

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

CAMPO TPB Further Disenfranchises Travis County Residents (Decide Texas)
Credit Where Due: TAG Houston Puts a Diverse Face on Its Transportation Spending Lobby
Thankfully, Progress on the Trinity Toll Road Has Stalled (Morning News)
Charges Not Expected Against Driver Who Killed Bicyclist in “Accident” on Dark Road (KHOU)
Bexar County Deputies Target Speeding Traffic in School Zones (FoxSanAntonio)
Will the Houston Bike Plan End the Battle Between Bicyclists and Drivers? (Houston Press)
Rob Spillar, Austin Transportation Dept, Defends Traffic Impact Analysis of the Grove (TWC)
Port of Houston Signs Deal With Freight Shuttle Company Birthed By TTI and TXDOT (HPB)
Governor Abbott – Who Uses a Wheelchair – Said This: “It’s a Sad Day When a Guy Pushing a Wheelchair Can Go Faster Than Traffic Stuck on Some of Our Congested Roadways”

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