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By Caitlin McNeely | May 13, 2016 | No Comments

There Isn’t Enough Walkable Urbanism For Everyone in Houston Who Wants It (Chron)
Houston’s First Walking Tour to Explore How to Improve Streets & Public Space for Women 5/19
Janette Sadik-Khan, Former NYC Transpo Commissioner, at Kinder Institute Forum 5/18
Honor Bicyclists Who Have Been Killed at the Worldwide Ride of Silence 5/18 in Houston, Austin
Austin Urban Transpo Commish Unanimously Recommends Light Rail for 2016 Bond (KEYE)
City of Austin Extended the Deadline for the Mobility Survey They Really Want You to Take
How Sprawl Works: Three Voters Decide to Spend $5 M in Fort Bend County MUD Bond (Chron)
US Rep Joe Barton Files Opposition to Texas High Speed Rail With Surface Transpo Board (TRA)

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via $The Urban Edge$

Urban Planners and Public Health Experts Rarely Work Together. That’s a Problem.

By lb26 | May 12, 2016 | No Comments

Leah Binkovitz | May 12, 2016 Experts from the two fields are starting to collaborate -- but not nearly enough.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | May 12, 2016 | No Comments

KUT Week Long Series on Vision Zero: Speed Limits, Drunk Driving Deaths, Plan Heads to Council
Austin Transportation Department Pursuing Deregulation of Taxis, “Open Entry System” (KUT)
Austin Mayor Adler Unveils “TransitScreen” at City Hall for the Smartphone-less (MassTransitMag, TWC)
New Houston Metro Chairwoman Wants Transit Expansion, Regional Plan, Bond Vote (Houston Chron)
City of Austin Report Examines How Form-Based Code Will Affect Affordability (KXAN)
What Is City of Austin Hiring Three Senior Planners to Work On?
Guadalupe Corridor Vision: 2 Bike Lanes, 2 Car Lanes, 2 Bus Lanes, Level Boarding (Andrew Mayer)
Periscope: TXDOT Investing Heavily in San Antonio Area Without Buildings or Property Value

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Reminder: Just Laying Track Is No Guarantee Riders Will Come

By Angie Schmitt | May 12, 2016 | No Comments

Atlanta’s streetcar route is still surrounded by parking lots. Photo: Streetcarviews/Tumblr Laying track isn’t enough to build a successful transit system — as some cities are learning the hard way. A slate of new rail projects — mostly mixed-traffic streetcars, but that’s not the only way to mess up — are attracting embarrassingly few passengers. Some of these projects may be [...]

via $Austin On Your Feet$

8 Reasons to End West Campus Minimum Parking Rules

By Dan Keshet | May 11, 2016 | No Comments

In West Campus, as in all of Austin outside downtown, there are rules that require new homes and shops to build new parking spaces. Minimum parking rules don’t make a lot of sense for the city in general but make even less sense in West Campus. Here’s 8 reasons those rules should be repealed: 1. Most west campus residents walk, bike, […]

Today’s Headlines

By Caitlin McNeely | May 11, 2016 | No Comments

Austin Zoning & Platting Commish Unanimously Supports Master Sidewalk & ADA Plans (Monitor)
Important Public Meeting Tonight on the Future of Austin’s Guadalupe Corridor (AURA)
Electronic Signs on I-30 Are Flashing Toll Rates But Drivers Don’t Have to Pay Yet (DMN)
SA City Council to Vote on SA Tomorrow Plans and Anti-Idling Ordinance (Rivard)
Amarillo Mayor Hilariously “Very Concerned” About Ugliness of I-40/27 Weeds (Channel10)
Corpus Christi Bridge Expected to Heavily Affect Historically Black Neighborhood (Caller Times)
Developer Plans Massive Sprawl Community in Celine to Consume Precious Open Land (DMN)
Over 10,000 Homes & Apts Experienced Some Form of Flooding Last Month (SpaceCity)

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How Can Cities Move More People Without Wider Streets? Hint: Not With Cars

By Angie Schmitt | May 10, 2016 | No Comments

Here’s how many people a single traffic lane can carry “with normal operations,” according to the National Association of City Transportation Officials. How can cities make more efficient use of street space, so more people can get where they want to go? This graphic from the new NACTO Transit Street Design Guide provides a great visual answer. (Hat tip to Sandy Johnston for [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | May 10, 2016 | No Comments

TAG Houston Says Paradigm Shift = Not Just Roads, But Lots of Road Spending (Houston Chron)
President of Dallas Fed Rode a DART Bus for 3 Hours to Experience How Poor People Live (Observer)
San Antonio Council Believes They Will Soon Be Out of Compliance on Clean Air Act (SA Tomorrow)
Two Roundtables Coming Up to Discuss Ride Hailing in San Antonio (SACurrent)
Uber, Lyft Usually Get What They Want, But Austin Is Weird (Slate)
Maybe Uber, Lyft Are Fighting Fingerprinting So Hard to Avoid Classifying Drivers as Employees (Inc.com)
Austin Tech Worried Prop 1 Loss Could Have Lasting Damage to Industry (512tech)
…But the #TXLege Is Likely to Love Overruling Austin Voters in 2017 Session (Rep. Gene Wu)

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By Caitlin McNeely | May 9, 2016 | No Comments

Austin’s Prop 1 Defeated, Uber and Lyft Say They Will Cease Operations Today (Texas Tribune)
Lyft Suspends Austin Service, Uber to Follow (Statesman)
Man Charged With Homicide for Killing a Pedestrian at 60 MPH, Fleeing Scene (Star Tribune)
5 People Killed in Head-on Crash Near Dripping Springs (Statesman)
The Old, Mysterious Buffalo Bayou Water Cistern Will Open May 13 (Houston Chronicle)
Houston Traffic Pollution Linked to Premature Births, Higher for Women With Longer Commutes (Houston Chronicle)
NHTSA Administrator Rosekind Will Speak as TTI Traffic Safety Conference Keynote

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Room to Breathe: The Feds Just Made It Easier to Fit Bike Lanes on Streets

By Michael Andersen | May 6, 2016 | No Comments

Photo: Adam Coppola. Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. A large car is less than seven feet wide. But thanks in part to an obscure federal rule, millions of miles of traffic lanes on local streets around the country are [...]

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By Caitlin McNeely | May 6, 2016 | No Comments

Austin Bond Oversight Commission Votes No on Bike & Sidewalk Plan Recommendation (Monitor)
SA Bicyclists: Ride VIA Metro for Free & Get Free Bike Repairs TODAY at Walk & Roll Rally
Waco City Council & MPO Support TX High-Speed Rail (TexasCentral)
Shikun & Binui Closes Deal to Build $1B Toll Express Lane Mega-Project in Houston (AZOBuild)
Texas A&M to Redevelop TTI Campus for More Driverless Tech & Robotics
TTI Study Asks Austinites If They’d Use a Self-Driving Car, Response Is About 50/50
After Much Fear, Affluent Preston Hollow Residents Decide on Walkable, Mixed-Use Vision (DMN)
FEMA Assesses Montgomery Co to See If It Meets Threshold for Disaster Declaration (HPM)

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U.S. DOT Wants to Show America How to Heal Divides Left By Urban Highways

By Angie Schmitt | May 5, 2016 | No Comments

Highway destruction in reverse: U.S. DOT used the teardown of Milwaukee’s Park East Freeway, shown here mid-demolition, to illustrate its “Every Place Counts” initiative. Photo: Milwaukee Department of City Development via CNU Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx opened up earlier this spring in a refreshingly personal speech about how highway construction in American cities isolated many neighborhoods — especially black [...]

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