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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 16, 2015 | No Comments

Can Climate Action Plans Help Texas Cities Build ETOD? (San Diego Union Tribune)
Brownsville Bicycling Culture Emerged From Shadows (Better Bike Share)
Bexar County Approves Plan to Transform San Pedro Creek from a Ditch to a Linear Park (Rivard)
Houston Chronicle Sets Up Mobility Houston Blog for MobilityHouston Website
Join the HOUrbanists Facebook Group So We Can Catch Up to ATXUrbanists
Items that Reach Texas Transportation Commission Agenda Virtually Assured of Passage (Statesman)
124 Student Engineering Teams Designing Future Transit Pods for HyperLoop at Texas A&M (KBTX)
Texas AG Opinion Unclear, But Does Not Stop Metro in Building Uptown BRT (Houston Chron)

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By Caitlin McNeely | Dec 15, 2015 | No Comments

Urbanists Will Like Houston’s New Mayor (NextCity)
Cool Climate Map Shows Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Urban Population Density
METRO Changing Transfer Rules to Allow Trips in Any Direction Without Extra Cost (Houston Chronicle)
Light Rail Would Get More Love in Austin If It Was Built Where People and Places Are (Statesman)
School Bus, Big Rig Drivers Crash in Liberty County (ABC13)
Attorney General’s Ruling Gives METRO Path to Uptown TIRZ Partnership for Proposed Bus Lanes (Houston Chronicle)
Watch the Smart Growth America Webinar: ReBuilding Downtown, A Guidebook to Revitalization.
Man’s Romantic But Reckless Gesture Shuts Down One of Houston’s Busiest Freeway (Houston Chronicle)
Where Cyclist Was Hit and Killed Is Also Where Bike Lane Ends (@maggie_vespa)

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2-Minute Video: Why Parking Minimums Are the Worst

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 14, 2015 | No Comments

“Minimum parking requirements act like a fertility drug for cars,” Donald Shoup wrote in his celebrated investigation of parking economics, The High Cost of Free Parking. The above video, from the city of Ottawa, does a good job explaining exactly why that is and the problems it causes. Ottawa commissioned the animation to explain why its 1960s-era parking regulations [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 14, 2015 | No Comments

Sylvester Turner Will Be the Next Mayor of the 4th Largest City in the Country (Houston Chron)
Politicos in Houston Will Now Wrestle Over Appointments to These Entities and Department Directors
Dallas Morning News: DART Smart to Make It Easier for Smaller Cities Not to Pay Transit Tax
Half of Downtown San Antonio Mixed-Use Project’s Housing Reserved for Affordable Units (Rivard)
City of Arlington and Texas Rangers Want to Turn Stadium Parking Lots Into Mixed Use (Morning News)
Hike and Bike Trail Connecting Downtown Fort Worth and Dallas Less Than Decade Away (Star Telegram)
It’s Time to Get Involved in San Antonio’s Participatory Bond Budgeting Process (CM Shirley Gonzales)
Austin Woman in Hospital With Serious Injuries Because Someone Was Texting While Driving (KVUE)
Living Near Bus or Rail Transit May Be Good for Mental Health (CityLab)

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Federal Report: Bad Street Design a Factor in Rising Ped/Bike Fatalities

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 11, 2015 | No Comments

A new report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office [PDF] examines why people walking or biking account for a rising share of traffic deaths in the United States. While the conclusions aren’t exactly earth-shattering, one culprit the GAO identified is street design practices that seek primarily to move cars. The investigation was ordered by U.S. representatives Rick Larsen (Washington State), Peter [...]

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 11, 2015 | No Comments

Neighborhood Centers Runs Private Circulator Transit Service in Dense Neighborhood (Houston Chron)
Major Law Firm Chooses Mixed-Use Uptown Dallas Offices to Keep Creative Workers (Morning News)
Austin City Council Expands West Campus Parking Benefits District (Dan Keshet)
Check Out Details From the TXDOT Open House on Proposal to Add SOV Capacity for 610 Loop (TXDOT)
Are There Any Texas Cities Not Vulnerable to a Lawsuit Based on Unsafe Street Design? (Planetizen)
Watch Video of SATomorrow Virtual Town Hall Meeting on Transportation
BikeHouston Q&A With Two Remaining Houston Mayoral Candidates
Houstonians: VOTE TOMORROW, Saturday, Dec 12 (Locations and info)

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Talking Headways Podcast: The End of “Planning By Pitchfork” in Houston

By Jeff Wood | Dec 10, 2015 | No Comments

On September 30, Houston passed a new comprehensive plan, more than 14 years in the making, and ceased to be the largest city in the United States without one. Jay Crossley of Houston Tomorrow and Streetsblog Texas joins us this week to discuss Plan Houston and how it allows the city to stop “planning by pitchfork.” Houston is famously [...]

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By Caitlin McNeely | Dec 10, 2015 | No Comments

Rice Village Study Shows Cities Have Enough Parking, They Just Manage It Poorly (Governing)
Montrose TIRZ Created to Work on Complete Streets, Improved Transit (Houston Public Media)
Forum Tonight: UTSA Architecture Students Share Designs For Alamo Heights & Broadway Corridor Transformation
Renewed Rail Planning Efforts Gaining Momentum in Austin (Community Impact)
Woman Struck By DART While Walking, Second Crash on Young St. This Morning (Morning News)

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 9, 2015 | No Comments

Federal Transpo Bill Includes New Texas Interstate That Won’t Touch a Major City (Houston Chron)
Gulf Coast Rail District to Study Commuter Rail to Connect HSR to Downtown Houston (KUHF)
Developers Envision 20th Century Driveable Campus for Houston Spaceport (Swamplot)
Luxury Bus Service to Connect Houston and Austin (CultureMap)
BikeHouston Seeks New Executive Director
Streetsblog Texas Readers Get Free Beer at Bikes Vs Cars Movie Thursday at 14 Pews
Sneak Peek Video of Memorial Park Eastern Glades (BizJournals)

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Send in Your Nominations for the Best Urban Street Transformation of 2015

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 8, 2015 | No Comments

Center-running, level boarding sbX bus service helped E Street in San Bernardino capture “Best Urban Street Transformation” honors last year. Photo courtesy of Matt Korner Did your city turn a dangerous, high-speed street into a safe place to walk and bike this year? Got a new transitway or protected bike lane in your hometown that’s changing how [...]

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By Caitlin McNeely | Dec 8, 2015 | No Comments

Infill or Sprawl? San Antonio’s Bond Money and the Annexation Conversation (Rivard Report)
Driver Strikes 8-Year-Old Riding Bike in Bexar County, Victim in Serious Condition (KSAT)
Dallas’s ‘Smart City’ Launch Could Bring Smart Parking, Better Bike Lanes, and More (Morning News)
Less Parking, More Bus Stops: What Makes Effective Transit-Oriented Development (Urban Edge)
As TAPS Unravels, DART Eyes Service Expansion (Morning News)
All DART Rides Are Free on New Year’s Eve (Morning News)
Blue Star Land Looks Like the Latest Poorly Designed Suburban Development (Morning News)
Tweaking METRO’s New Bus Network, Based on Rider Feedback (Houston Public Media)
Some Fun Pictures From TTI on How to Reduce Congestion With Pedestrian Connections

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