• 6 People Dead After Memorial Day Floods (CBS)
• Austin Mayor Wants $720 Million Bond for Roads (ABJ)
• Sen. Watson Proposes Puzzling Plan to Fund $4.6B I-35 Expansion With Local Sources (ABJ)
• University of Texas to Replace Parking Lot With Sports Arena (KXAN)
• Grand Parkway Corp Pleased About Soaring Traffic After Opening of New Segment (Chron)
• UH & TTI Study Finds Distracted Driving Ruins ‘6th Sense’ That Helps Drivers Be Safe (Chron)
• VIA to Improve Northeast Bus Service to Deal With Overcrowding, Poor Reliability (ExpressNews)

• DART Plans to Increase Frequency & Hours of Commuter Rail Without Increasing Costs (DNews)
• Houston Council Approves Fast Process for Getting Traffic Calming in Neighborhoods (Chron)
• Uber Tries to Renegotiate Fingerprint Checks in Houston Before Super Bowl 2017 (HBJ)
• Memorial City Residents Sue City Over Inadequate Stormwater Mitigation (Chron)
• 2-Way HOV Lanes Approved for Parts of Highway 281 and I-10 Near La Cantera (MySA)
• Metro Beefs Up Security Near Quitman Station After Young Boy’s Murder (HPM)

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• Parks & Wildlife Comm Might Approve Sacrificing 10 Acres of Park to Grand Porkway Today
• Austin Mobility Talks Survey: 18% Prioritize New Roads, 34% Transit, 19% Reduce Cars (ATX Urbanists)
• DART / TRE to Double Train Trips, Add Nights, Weekends, While Reducing Budget (Morning News)
• Historic San Antonio Streetcar Lines Now Available on Google Maps
• City of San Antonio Budget Process Asks Citizens to Fill Out Survey, Tinker With Proposed Budget
• Budget Amendment Will Allow Council Member Choice on Metro Mobility Funds (Houston Chron)
• Houston Planning & Development Doubles System Level Transportation Planning Budget, Prioritizes Proposed Bike Plan more than Complete Streets & Transportation Plan
• Houston PWE Goals Are to Monitor Intersection LOS, Minimize Congestion and Delays on Arterials, Reduce Traffic Bottlenecks — Do Not Include the Words “Safety, Transit, Bike, Walk”
• ReBuild Houston Performance Measures Do Not Include: Mode Share, Safety, VMT, Crashes, Access, Equity, ADA, Transit, Walk, Bike, Health
• City of Houston Manages About 2.4M Parking Meter Transactions Annually; Washington Ave Parking Benefit District Has $100K for Bike Racks, Bcycle Stations, and Bus Shelters

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• Hit-and-Run Death of 3-Yr Old Boy Begs Vision Zero Street & Intersection Improvements (KXAN)
• Is Transit-Oriented Development Key to More Riders on Metro Green & Purple Lines? (Chron)
• Republican Challenger Who Opposed Grand Porkway Toll Bridge Defeats Rep. Smith in Primary (Breitbart)
• How Third Ward Plans to Manage Gentrification (UrbanEdge)
• TxDOT Says No Safety Measures Needed Near Site of Fatal Crash That Killed DART Driver (DNews)

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• Austin Tech Leaders Launching RideAustin Nonprofit Ride-Hailing Service (Chronicle)
• City of Dallas Wants to Build a Deck Park Over I-35E Near the Zoo (Morning News)
• San Antonio Understands That Unincorporated Sprawl Imposes High Costs on City (Rivard)
• City Not Responding to Missions Neighbors’ Desire to Restrict More Neighbors Near Missions (Rivard)
• Guy in Roller Skates and Jorts Wins Houston’s Sunday Streets (Houston Chron)
• Texas Central Ready to Start Acquiring ROW for Houston-Dallas High Speed Rail (Dallas Observer)
• Lower Westheimer Corridor Study Could Be First Flexing of Turner’s New “Paradigm” Muscles

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• For Now, Feds Pull Unused Funds for Light Rail on Richmond (Swamplot)
• Janette Sadik-Khan’s Advice on How Houston Can Take Back Its Streets (Chron)
• Japanese Operator for Dallas-Houston Bullet Train Opens Dallas Office (DNews)
• 4 of 7 Family Members Killed in High-Speed Crash Near Carthage (WKYT)
• Speeding Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 4-Year-Old on Neighborhood Street (KXAN)
• Are Houston’s Sinking Suburbs Making Flooding Worse? (HPM)
• Texas Police Ramp Up Seat-Belt Enforcement to Try to Address Traffic Fatalities (TWC News)

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