Today’s Headlines

• We Can Improve Transit Access — Houston Is Proof (Houston Chron)
• Gov Abbott Nominates Woman to TTC: Laura Ryan, Auto Dealer (Houston Chron, Tribune)
• Q: Who Decides That Texans Will Depend on Cars? A: Old White Men (Houston Chron)
• As of October 9, Capital Metro Will Stop Accepting Physical Credit Cards at Machines (Monitor)
• TXDOT Conducting Real Life Experiment on Reducing Speed Limit to 50 mph on I-10 (KFOX)
• Sealy Bridge That Truck Driver Hit, Causing Partial Collapse That Killed a Girl, Will Be Demolished (KHOU)
• Do Drivers Who Motion to Pedestrians to Cross the Street Really Do Them Any Favors? (Slate)

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