States and Cities Creating New Leadership Positions as They Rethink Their Approach to Transportation
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Leah Binkovitz | June 16, 2016
U.S. cities are embracing new types of transportation leaders.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Today Is #DumpthePump Day for Those Not Yet Aware That Riding the Bus > Driving a Car (VIA)
- Xerox’s “Future of Transportation” Video Contains a Whopping 3 Pedestrians (Xerox)
- Real Estate Interests and Chamber Support Bond With Least Multimodal Funding (Austin Monitor)
- Reminder: $720M of Bond Funds Could Build 4,114 Miles of Sidewalks, only Half of Austin’s Need (Fox7)
- San Antonio Council Members See Annexation Proposals as Sprawl Subsidy (Rivard)
- Texas Central Expects to Break Ground on High Speed Rail in 2017 (Pasadena Citizen)
- Why Your Street Won’t Be Fixed Any Time Soon (Houston Chron)
- Board of Austin Real Estate Interests – 6 of 7 Who Are White Men – Votes to Build Sprawl Road (Monitor)
- City of San Antonio Wants More Data on Ride-Hailing Before New Regulations (Rivard)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- TTI “in the Early Stages of Making Sustainable Transportation a Priority” (TTI)
- David Crossley: In Houston’s Mobility Future, the Car Can No Longer Be King (Houston Chron)
- Dallas Can’t Have Bike-Share Because of Council Member Sandy Greyson (Morning News)
- MetroWorks Is Capital Metro’s Bulk Purchasing Plan for Employers [Private, School, or Govt]
- Online Poll at Often Transit-Hostile Site Shows 86% Support for Rail on Richmond (Business Journal)
- Grand Porkway May Be Renamed in Honor of 1,700-Acre Landowner Who Benefitted (Houston Chron)
- Expert Comments on How Loop Roads Simply Reallocate Land Values and Retail Sales (BizJournals)
- DART Could Build New Downtown Rail Line By 2021 for HSR, or 10 Years Later If Subway (NBCDFW)
- Ride Austin, Nonprofit Ride-Hailing Service, Received Operating Permit From City (BizJournals)
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Report Sheds Light on Walkability Momentum in Houston
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Leah Binkovitz | June 14, 2016
The future of walkable urbanism in the U.S. will depend on places like Houston, Los Angeles and Miami, which have made great strides -- but still have a long way to go, according to a new study.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- TXDOT CityMAP Report Does Say We Can Get Rid of I-345, But Not Until 2037 (D Magazine)
- …Report Also Says Trinity Toll Is “Needed to Realize Governor Abbott’s Vision for Texas” (Observer)
- TTI & City of Houston Seeking Federal Funds for Tech for Intersections (Houston Chron)
- US DOT Video on “Future of Transportation” Is a Sad, Pedestrian-Free World
- EVERYTHING HAPPENS TUESDAY FOR Austin Safe Multimodal Access Bond Proposals
- Construction Has Begun on Houston’s Uptown Bus Rapid Transit Line – Finally (Off the Kuff)
- San Antonio Could Have About $100M More For Transit Annually With Full Penny VIA Tax (Rivard)
- APA TX Wants More Transportation Session Proposals by June 15 for Conference on Nov 2, 3, 4 in SA
- Very Early Bird Registration Open for Houston Tomorrow’s Intersections 2016 on Nov 3, 4, 5 at UHD
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3 Lessons for Buses, From Uber, Illustrated by Presidential Candidates
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Every form of transportation has some unique considerations. Car drivers worry a great deal about parking near their destination–a consideration bus riders don’t need to think about. But, as transit consultant Jarrett Walker has written about, some considerations are universal. As Uber and Lyft have added carpool services, some people have noted that they can learn from traditional […]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Pearland Police Officer Killed By Driver Who Swerved into Oncoming Lane at 3 AM (KHOU)
- TXDOT CityMAP Report Confirms Removing I-345 Is A Good Idea, Has This Drawing (Morning News)
- Get Austin Moving Holding Tuesday Morning Press Conference on “Progressive” Bond Proposal
- Repeat DWI Offender Gets Life Sentence for 9th Conviction (Houston Chron)
- Tell City of Austin That You Would Like to Pay a Couple More Bucks for Safe Walking and Biking
- Austin-Travis County EMS Kept Interactive Map of Motorcycle Crashes During ROT Rally (Statesman)
- Apparently What San Antonio Really Needs to Host Final Four Is More Airport Parking (VirtualBX)
- Dallas ISD Police Chief Starting Ride Hailing Service With Only Police Drivers (Morning News)
- Houston Metro Had Nation’s Largest 1st Quarter Percent Increase in Light Rail Ridership (Geoff Carleton)
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Many Americans Live Near Transit, But Few Live Close to Good Transit
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In major American cities, most people live close to some type of transit service, but buses or trains that run every 15 minutes or less are much harder to come by. Chart: AllTransit/Center for Neighborhood Technology
This chart tells an eye-opening story about access to transit in the United States. Using the new data tool AllTransit, TransitCenter dug into who has access [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- TransitCenter Analysis: Austin, SA, & FW “Offer No High-Quality Transit Whatsoever”
- Austin Planning Commission Joins Call for Removing SOV Focus From Bond Proposal (Monitor)
- Letters Opposing Proposed Segment B of the Grand Porkway Due July 11 (Swamplot)
- Bike Rides With Summer By Rail’s Elena in SA, Austin, and DFW This Fri & Sat (BikeTexas)
- All 3 DFW Regional Transportation Input Meetings Are in Mostly Car Dependent Locations
- Austin’s Smart City Pitch: Ecosystem of Apps, “EBRT,” and Transit Centers With Pedicabs (U.S. DOT, City of Austin)
- San Antonio: Vote for “Walkable Neighborhood” as Healthiest Strategy (Salud Today)
- ATTN #TXLege House Agriculture Committee: Business Journal Enumerates Clear Violation of Intent of Texas Agricultural Land Valuation System By Landowners Encouraged by Grand Parkway to Position “Unaccessible Farmland” to Profit Off Car-Dependent Sprawl (Houston Business Journal)
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A Hit-and-Run Driver Killed 5 People on Bikes, So the Press Lectured Cyclists
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The five victims of hit-and-run driver Charlie Pickett. Photos: Mlive.com
A hit-and-run driver killed five people on a group bike ride in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Tuesday. Four others were seriously injured in the horrifying crash, caused when a driver hit their training group — known as “the Chain Gang” — from behind.
Charlie Pickett, whose Facebook page is emblazoned with [...]
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- TXDOT‘s 2015 “Texas Motor Vehicle” Stats: VMT Up, Traffic Deaths Steady at 3,531
- Also: 550 Pedestrian Deaths, a 12.7% Increase from 2014 (TXDOT)
- Whether or Not TNC Drivers are Employees Is Now a #TXLege Issue for 2017 (Quorum Report)
- Driver Who Killed Elizabeth Lezama, 23, Still on the Loose in Houston (ABC13)
- Sun Metro Seeing Increase in Transit Use as El Paso Construction Hinders Driving (KVIA)
- Mayor Turner Thinks Houston Can Add 800 Miles of Bike Lanes in 10 Years (Downtown Houston)
- AAMPO, CAMPO Not Sure About Lone Star Rail District. Maybe TXDOT Though? (Express News)
- Ride the A Train for Free on June 18 to Celebrate 5 Years of Denton County Commuter Rail (NBCDFW)
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The Grassroots Triumph Over a Ruinous Highway Plan for Charleston
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Highway opponents in Charleston, South Carolina, “beat Goliath.” That’s how the Post and Courier described the finale of a long grassroots campaign to stop the extension of I-526 into Johns Island and James Island.
Grassroots opponents quashed plans to slice a highway through island communities outside Charleston. Photo: Nix 526
Local officials made it official earlier this month: There will be no highway through [...]