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Five Good Bills to Watch in the 2017 #TXLege

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 20, 2017 | 2 Comments

Earlier this month, we told you about five bad bills to oppose in the Texas Legislature this session, and now it's time to move on to the good bills worth your support. These five bills could do tremendous good by leading to more complete neighborhoods and safer streets, and ending the crisis of road deaths in Texas.

Why Is Transit Ridership Falling?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 20, 2017 | No Comments

Transit ridership took a turn for the worse in 2016. In all but a handful of cities, fewer people rode trains and buses, and it's not just a one-year blip, either. In many American cities, the drop in transit ridership is an established trend. The big question is why.

Think of Trump’s Budget as an Attack on Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 17, 2017 | No Comments

Yesterday Donald Trump released a budget outline that calls for severe cuts to transit, and the reaction was swift and scathing. The National Association of City Transportation Officials called it "a disaster" for cities. Transportation for America said it was a "slap in the face" for local communities that have raised funds to expand transit.

Trump’s Budget Takes an Axe to Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 16, 2017 | No Comments

The Trump administration has released its budget blueprint, and it's a bloodbath for everything that's not defense spending. In keeping with the budget's general hostility to cities, transit would be hit especially hard.

Why Cities Are Starting to Decriminalize Fare Evasion

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 8, 2017 | No Comments

With renewed public attention on the excessive criminalization of poor people and people of color, some transit agencies and law enforcement officials are reevaluating their fare evasion policies.

Austin Is Starting a Three-Year Plan to Fight Congestion With Bikes

By Michael Andersen | Mar 6, 2017 | No Comments

Its proposed biking network will increase road capacity as much as a freeway expansion.

How Engineering Standards for Cars Endanger People Crossing the Street

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 3, 2017 | No Comments

At the Landmark Interchange by Fenway Park in Boston, people trying to walk across the street sometimes have to wait as long as two minutes for a signal. And that, says Northeastern University Civil Engineering Professor Peter Furth, is dangerous.

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Five Bad Bills to Watch in the 2017 #TXLege

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Mar 2, 2017 | 8 Comments

To make it easier for you to participate in your democracy, we're highlighting five good ideas and five bad ideas to watch in the 2017 Texas Legislative Session, starting with the bad ones.

A Fixation on Parking Threatens Transit Progress on Atlanta

By Yonah Freemark | Mar 2, 2017 | No Comments

Darin Givens is frustrated with how Atlanta is planning for the future. “We don’t feel like the city is building transit that fits needs, or places that fit transit,” says the founder of local advocacy site Thread ATL. “You see nodes of density nowhere near a MARTA station or a regular MARTA bus. We’re not matching development and transit.”

Transit Ridership Falling Everywhere — But Not in Cities With Redesigned Bus Networks

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 24, 2017 | No Comments

Transit ridership decreased in almost every major American city last year. But there were two notable exceptions -- Seattle and Houston. Those two outliers share one thing in common: In addition to expanding light rail, they're both redesigning their bus networks.

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Celia Israel Files Bill to Create Texas Vision Zero Task Force

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Feb 23, 2017 | No Comments

The bill would create a Vision Zero Task Force that would present a traffic safety plan to the legislature in 2018, with the goal of reducing fatalities in Texas 50 percent by 2029 and to zero by 2050.

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It’s On: Legislators Call for Safe Neighborhood Streets

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Feb 10, 2017 | 1 Comment

Yesterday Texas State Representative Celia Israel called for passage of the Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill (HB 1368). She was joined by Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Fort Worth Council Member Ann Zadeh, and Houston Public Works and Engineering Department Deputy Director Jeff Weatherford, as well as Representative Helen Giddings, who said that she would be the first co-sponsor of the bill.

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