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  • Can TXDOT Improve Oak Cliff Sprawl Intersection Without Inducing a Ton of Traffic? (Reddit)
  • Remember to Take the TXDOT Sunset Survey Before July 15 (Sunset Commission)
  • Walkable Mixed-Use Development Coming to San Antonio Greenfield on Freeway (Express News)
  • San Pedro Creek Walkability Project Moving Along Quickly in San Antonio (Express News, Rivard)
  • Sprawl Residents Think Their Neighborhood Not Accessible Place for Those People to Live (ABC13)
  • CACDC Report: 5.3-Mile Light Rail Could Rival Boston Ridership Rates (BizJournals)
  • Is the Perception of Danger Created by Street Trees Making an El Paso Intersection Safer? (KVIA)
  • Former Austin Mayor Todd Proposes Market Price for Parking, Rewarding Carpooling (Statesman)
  • Austin Mother Arrested After Causing Crash While Drunk With Children in Car (KEYE)
  • Bellaire Police Officer Anthony Zarate Dies in Motorcycle Crash Chasing Theft Suspects (Houston Chron)

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  • We Can Improve Transit Access — Houston Is Proof (Houston Chron)
  • Gov Abbott Nominates Woman to TTC: Laura Ryan, Auto Dealer (Houston Chron, Tribune)
  • Q: Who Decides That Texans Will Depend on Cars? A: Old White Men (Houston Chron)
  • As of October 9, Capital Metro Will Stop Accepting Physical Credit Cards at Machines (Monitor)
  • TXDOT Conducting Real Life Experiment on Reducing Speed Limit to 50 mph on I-10 (KFOX)
  • Sealy Bridge That Truck Driver Hit, Causing Partial Collapse That Killed a Girl, Will Be Demolished (KHOU)
  • Do Drivers Who Motion to Pedestrians to Cross the Street Really Do Them Any Favors? (Slate)

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The Right to Peaceful Assembly vs. the “Right” to Convenient Motoring

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Demonstrations against police brutality spilled onto streets and highways in American cities this weekend, with protesters stopping traffic in Baton Rouge, Memphis, St. Paul, Los Angeles, and Oakland. NPR reports 102 people were arrested in St. Paul and another 120 in Baton Rouge, including prominent Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson, who was arrested while walking along Airline [...]

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  • Houston Asking DC for Support for Transportation Projects Not Aimed Mainly at Cars (Houston Chron)
  • Houston City Council Member Robinson Calls for Modern Street Design Guidelines (Houston Chron)
  • Dump Truck Driver Hits Low Bridge, Then Falling Debris Kill 12-Year-Old Girl in Car (KHOU)
  • Ped Adv Council Wants More Bond to Sidewalks, Vision Zero, and All Projects for Safety (City of Austin)
  • Lex Frieden, Co-Author of ADA, Metro Board Member, Trapped by (Lack of) Houston Sidewalk Policy
  • Baton Rouge PD Using Cars as Weapons to Threaten BlackLivesMatters Protestors (Brietbart)
  • Reason Argues for a More Dense, Walkable, Transit Accessible Texas — So HSR Works (Star-Telegram)

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Unless US DOT Changes Course, Building Protected Bikeways May Get Tougher

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Seattle, Washington. Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. “Hey, how long does it take you to get to work?” “Well, on average my car is usually traveling at 36 mph.” No actual human makes transportation decisions this way. But for some reason, the federal government has [...]

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  • Brent Thompson Was First DART Police Officer Killed in Line of Duty (DART) Sadness for Dallas (HPM)
  • Unnamed, Uncharged Person in Car Kills Child in Parking Lot While Driving Wrong Way (KVUE)
  • Mayor Sylvester Turner Met With Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx (Bill Kelly)
  • Dallas Installs Trolley Street Signal Blocking Entire Sidewalk, Will Patch With Bulbout (Morning News)
  • Is Houston Metro Point System for Allocating Bus Shelters Used for Park-and-Ride Parking Spots?
  • Elizabeth English Continues to Struggle After Devastating Hit-and-Run in Austin (Aus Chron)
  • New Roads Are Hog Manure (Equipment World)

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  • DFW Regionalism Has Meant Subsidy of Suburbs, Next Mayor Can Make It Real (D Magazine)
  • Turner Delaying Bond Vote Until 2017, After Pensions, But Promises “Next Level” (Houston Chron)
  • TXDOT Conducting Real Life Experiment on Ability to Remove Freeways in Downtown Houston (KUHF)
  • San Marcos Comes Out on Favor of LSTAR After Every Body Else Calls for Replacement (Monitor)
  • TTC Puts $5M Into a Road Widening and a Pedestrian/Transit/Safety Project in Montgomery (Courier)
  • City of Richardson Red Light Cameras Take a Hit in Court, Still in Use (Morning News)
  • TAG – Houston Calls for Increased User Fees for Driving in Texas (Community Impact)
  • Unlike Most Other Claims That Something Will “Reduce Congestion” Could HSR Actually Work? (Metro)
  • Capital Metro Expanding Leander Bus and Rail Service (KUT)

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