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By Caitlin McNeely | Apr 27, 2016 | No Comments

TxDOT‘s Conceptual Aerial Video of Austin’s I-35 Capped With Parks
Austin Launches “Affordable Parking” for Downtown Workers & Raises Street Meter Rates (Monitor)
Barricades & Personnel to Block Dangerous Underpasses During Flooding Events (Chron)
More Houstonians Want to Live by Parks and Trails Than Ever Before (HBJ)
Oak Forest Area Revives Petition for 34th Street Quiet Zone (Leader)
How Often Do METRO Board Members Ride Transit? Look at Their Q-Card Records (Chron)
Is Historic Landmark Zoning the Ultimate Tool of Segregation and Gentrification? (ATXurbanists)
Dallas Hopes Giant Ped Bridge to Nowhere Will Spark Transit-Oriented Development (DallasNews)
Hit-and-Run, Red-Light Running Driver Kills Film Writer Where Ped Bridge Should Be (DallasNews)

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 26, 2016 | No Comments

Drunk Driver Kills UH Student Mark Tartaglia Walking on Sidewalk (Houston Chron)
1st Mtg of Reconstituted H-GAC Regional Safety Council Is Today. Vision Zero Houston Region Now!
~1 Million More People Say They Use Hike/Bike Trails Monthly in Harris Co Than in 2012 (Houstonia)
AllTransit Score Indicates That Dallas Is Better Than Houston (D Magazine)
CNU-CTX Cafe Urban With COA’s Alan Holt on the South Central Waterfront Initiative Plan, May 18
Lets Not Learn the Wrong Lessons of Expanding State Highway 161 (D Magazine)
Austin Reaches Peak Flame Wars Debating Prop 1 on Ride Hailing. Voting Started Yesterday.

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via $The Urban Edge$

Houstonians Want to Live in Walkable Communities. Often, That Doesn’t Happen.

By Kinder Institute | Apr 25, 2016 | No Comments

Ryan Holeywell | April 25, 2016 The findings suggest huge numbers of Houstonians want to live in a different type of community but have been unable to do so.

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By Caitlin McNeely | Apr 25, 2016 | No Comments

Disaster by Design: Why Houston Shouldn’t Be Surprised When Floodplains Flood (Chron)
Time for City and County to Get More Strict With Watershed Planning & Development (Chron)
BikeAustin: Bike Master Plan a Way to Address Equity, Congestion With 2016 Bond (Monitor)
Dallas Considers Smaller 2017 Bond Package, Transition to Pay-As-You-Go Model (Dallas News)
Austin MetroRail Kiosks Will Be Cash-Only by the End of the Year (KXAN)
Brookings: Poor People in Texas Cities Face Multifaceted Disadvantage
After 10 Years of Struggle to Build a Walkable Place, Lake Highlands Will Be Built for Driving (Dallas News)

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By Caitlin McNeely | Apr 22, 2016 | No Comments

How Years of Development Policy Fills Houston Living Rooms With Water (Houston Chronicle)
Flooding? Don’t Blame Dense Urban Development (Houston Chronicle)
With Highway 6 Underwater for 4-6 Weeks, 49,000 Drivers Seek Alternate Routes (ABC13)
Turner’s Traffic & Transpo Transition Comm Report Leaked to Anti-Transit Outlet (Houston Press)
Harris Co Judge Ed Emmett to Lead Project on Underpass Flood Deaths (Houston Chronicle)
Candlelight Vigil Honors Student Killed in Car Crash (YouTube)
TTI‘s Director of Transpo Policy: “We Can’t Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges With Yesterday’s Ideas”

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Talking Headways Podcast: The City Is a Painting You Walk Into

By Jeff Wood | Apr 21, 2016 | No Comments

This week I’m joined by James Rojas of Place It! to talk about art in planning and Latino urbanism. James is an award-winning planner and a native Angeleno, and he tells us about how growing up in East LA and visiting his grandmother’s house shaped the way he thinks about urban spaces and design. Tune in and hear James discuss the [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 21, 2016 | No Comments

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Seeking New Executive Director. Please Pick Ian Lockwood
Can Dallas Go to Pay-As-You-Go After 2016 Bond Vote With $90M/Yr Road Maintenance Need? (Morning News)
Strange San Antonio Commission Decides Whether or Not Neighborhoods Have Hair Salons (Rivard)
Should Population of Juarez Count in Whether TXDOT Treats El Paso as a Metro District? (El Paso Inc.)
Lack of Transportation One of Main Impediments for DFW Veterans Accessing Services, Jobs (Tribune)
Current Payoff Price for Texas Toll Road Debt = $30 Billion, From Zero Under Gov. Bush (Tribune)
Crashes on Texas Roads Up More Than 2,000 Last Year — Stats Still Not Published Online (NewsWest9)

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How Good Is the Transit Where You Live? Measure It With AllTransit

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 20, 2016 | No Comments

The top ten rankings are great conversation fodder, but the real strength of AllTransit is its deep reservoir of data, enabling multifaceted analysis of transit quality at many different scales. Table via AllTransit. Do you have the sense that transit in your city could be a lot better, and you want to show your local elected officials what [...]

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By Caitlin McNeely | Apr 20, 2016 | No Comments

Sprawl Contributing to Houston’s Horrible Flooding Problems (ABC13)
Irving Council Pushes Back on Apartments in Verizon Transit-Oriented Campus Plan (DallasNews)
Houston, Woodlands Makes Top 20 List of Most Air-Polluted Cities in US (Guardian)
TxDOT to Begin Repaving Galveston Seawall Boulevard, Just in Time for Summer
Should Dallas 2017 Bond Money Fix Mostly Empty Fair Park, Neighborhoods, or Both? (DallasNews)
After Delays, $4.2M Released for Phases I and II of San Pedro Creek Project (Rivard)
Special Ride-Hail Discounts, Driving Disincentives for Fiesta San Antonio 11-Day Festival (Rivard)

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via $Austin On Your Feet$

Four Things Austin City Council Could Do Today to Fight the Housing Shortage

By Dan Keshet | Apr 19, 2016 | No Comments

Central Austin needs more housing. Prices have been rising, more and more people want to live where they have short commutes but are only able to afford homes near the periphery. We have a long-term plan to alter our land development code that may help with this but our need is now. What options are available […]

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

Horrible Flooding in Houston: At Least 5 Dead, at Least 700 Water Rescues.
2016 Statewide Traffic Safety Conf June 6-8 Welcomes All Safety Approaches to Very Car-Based Location
Statewide Impaired Driving Forum April 27 in Parking Lot Area With Many Alcohol-Serving Businesses
Austin Mayor Adler Going to Europe with US DOT Secy Foxx to Study Up for Transit Vision (BizJournals)
TXDOT Giving Up to 75% Discount to Large Trucks on State Portion of Failed SH 130 Toll Road
Lone Star Rail Explores 5 New Options Following UP Rejection of Mixing With Freight (SACurrent)
Fort Worth Planning Entertainment District Along Trinity River, Not Toll Road (Dallas Observer)
Dallas Council Member Wants to Set Up Market for Affordable Housing Requirements (Morning News)

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America’s Pastime: Baseball or Cheap Parking?

By Christopher Andrews | Apr 18, 2016 | No Comments

A parking lot along Austin Street in Downtown Houston, a few blocks from Minute Maid ParkAs the Houston Astros played their home opener this past week against the defending World Series-winning Kansas City Royals, america's pastime was restored. No, no...

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