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What’s Your Bold Idea For Public Spaces in Houston?

By Kinder Institute | May 20, 2016 | No Comments

Kyle Shelton | May 20, 2016 Recent Houston visitors are sending the city the same message: don't be afraid to think outside the box.

Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | May 20, 2016 | No Comments

Austin City Council Adopts Vision Zero (KUOW, #atxurbanists)
Houston Mayor Turner Publicly Says “Vision Zero” for the First Time (@houstontomorrow)
Improving Safety on Roads Could Also Be the Best Way to Reduce Traffic (KEYE)
Ride a Free Austin B-Cycle With Code 2453 for Bike to Work Day Today
Austin Council Approves First Vote for Driver-Run Taxi Co-ops (Statesman)
How Has Dallas Used Its Desegregation Trust Fund? (Observer)
Mixed-Use New Urban Project Moves Forward After Decade of Working to Change the Game (HBJ)

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New Census Numbers Show Houston, Other Texas Cities, Among Fastest-Growing in U.S.

By Kinder Institute | May 19, 2016 | No Comments

Ryan Holeywell | May 19, 2016 From 2014 to 2015, Houston added more new residents than any other city besides New York.

Today’s Headlines

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

Austin City Council Will Consider Vision Zero Action Plan Today — Call or Email (Tom Wald)
Governor Abbott Suggests Bills Already Written to “Overturn” Failed Prop 1 Vote (Tribune)
UTCTR Notes Sprawl as Transportation Problem, But Not Urbanism as Solution (Statesman)
TXDOT Traveler Information Survey Doesn’t Offer Switching Modes as Option to Avoid Traffic
City Along DFW Sprawl Toll Road to Go on Single Family Home Construction Bonanza (NBCDFW)
Climate Change, Runaway Development Worsen Houston Floods (AP)
Joel Kotkin Wants Innovative “Keep Subsidizing Car Dependency” Strategy for Austin (BizJournals)

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Mayor Turner’s Paradigm Shift Includes Regional BRT, TOD, Flexible Funding

By jay.crossley@houstontomorrow.org | May 18, 2016 | No Comments

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner explained the paradigm shift to the Transportation Advocacy Group - Houston at a luncheon on Tuesday, according to the Houston Chronicle: “The solution is to increasingly take advantage of other modes of travel,” Turner said at the event, hosted by Transportation Advocacy Group – Houston Region.…

Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | May 18, 2016 | No Comments

Turner’s “Paradigm Shift” Includes Regional BRT, TOD, Flexible Funding (HoustonTomorrow)
People Who Spend Time by Highways Incur Significant Health Risks From Micro-Particles (Observer)
Women Walk to Reclaim Public Space in Houston and Beyond (Texas Monthly)
SA Tomorrow Briefs City Council on All Three Draft Plans Today at 2 p.m.
Houston Micro-Units Most Popular Option for Veritas Equity Management’s Residents (HBJ)
Tonight: Janette Sadik-Khan Talks Transpo Revolution at Free Kinder Institute Forum
Also Tonight: Houston’s New Flood Czar Talks Water & Development at Houston Green Film Series
Invasive Trees Get Replaced With Live Oaks on Houston Montrose Esplanades (Chronicle)

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A Big Idea Emerges for a Tiny Space

By Kinder Institute | May 17, 2016 | No Comments

Ryan Holeywell | May 17, 2016 Kinder Institute sponsoring $10,000 effort to improve underused plot of land near light-rail stop.

We Can Do It: A Zero-Carbon Transportation System Is Possible

By Tony Dutzik | May 17, 2016 | No Comments

Cross-posted from the Frontier Group. The Paris Climate Agreement, approved by world leaders last December, represented a bold commitment to prevent the worst impacts of global warming – a commitment that must now be followed by action. Meeting the agreement’s target of limiting global warming to no more than 2° C (and ideally no more than 1.5° [...]

Today’s Headlines

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

AURA Calls on Austin Council and CapitalMetro to Transform Austin for Transit
TXDOT Celebrates 5 Months of Increased Traffic/Decreased Travel Time at Diamond Intersection
Houston Mayor Turner to Speak at BikeHouston Ride of Silence Wednesday (Houstonia)
City of Austin Hosting Job Fairs with Discount Fingerprinting for Former Uber/Lyft Drivers
Capital Metro Hosting Connections 2025 Open Houses This Week In Austin
Today’s the Last Day to Comment on TXDOT I-35 Rundberg to 290 Plans in Virtual Open House
SATomorrow Plan Presented to Council Calls for Policies to Encourage Density, Safe Streets (TWC)
Janette Sadik-Khan Speaking in Houston at Kinder Event Wednesday (Free Tickets)
Dallas Residents Want to Keep Dangerous Design to Avoid Looking Both Ways (Morning News)

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How to Rethink Urban Design in the Wake of Flooding

By lb26 | May 16, 2016 | No Comments

Leah Binkovitz | @leahbink | May 16, 2016 To prevent devastating floods, experts say, the region may need to adjust the way it grows.

Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | May 16, 2016 | No Comments

Drunk Driver Chased By Police Kills Houston Student on Prom Date (Chron)
UTSA Architecture Imagines Sky Transit & 1000 Parks for Broadway Ave Makeover (MySA)
Lakeshore Blvd Gets Road Diet and 2-Way Protected Bike Lanes in Austin (via @kdaacon)
Kingston & Griggs Defend Oak Cliff Streetcar Against Criticisms of Utility & Cost (Observer)
Dallas Gives Costco Unnecessary $3M Incentive to Pave Over North Dallas (Observer)
Harwood Center Enters Competition Over Who Can Bring Most Congestion to DT Dallas (DMN)
Sign This Petition to Bring Rainbow Crosswalks to Austin (Change.org)
What are They Using to Quantify ‘Charm’ in This Map of Houston Neighborhoods? (Rentlingo)
Walkable Spaces Tops the List for ’13 Ideas Houston Should Steal From Other Places’ (Chron)
Street Brawl Erupts After Trucker Won’t Let Car Driver Merge Onto Highway in Houston (Chron)

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It Just Got Easier for Cities to Design Walkable, Bikeable Streets

By Angie Schmitt | May 13, 2016 | No Comments

The federal government threw out 11 rules that prevented cities from building walkable streets. Photo: NJbikeped.org We probably haven’t seen the last of engineers who insist on designing local streets like surface highways. But at least now they can’t claim their hands are tied by federal regulations. Last week, the Federal Highway Administration struck 11 of the 13 design rules for “national [...]

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