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Austin City Council Divided on How Long to Keep Displacing the Poor, Destroying the Environment, Causing Traffic With Failed 20th Century Exclusionary Zoning System (Community Impact) Houston Public Works Department Launching TRANSFORM Initiative at Event Tue, Feb 5 Dallas City Council approves bike lanes for Lakewood, East Dallas (Advocate) San Antonio Places Moratorium on Scooter […]

New taskforce targets unsafe drivers on Houston roads (Houston Chron) A Trauma Surgeon’s Plea to Houston Drivers (Memorial Hermann Hospital) Just Gonna Leave This 2009 Local Options Bill Here, in Case You Want to Work on Funding Texas Transit Capital Metro Cuts Back on Downtown Station Plan in Response to Steel Trade Wars (Monitor) Dallas City […]

Round Rock Pursues Roadway Impact Fee Proposal (Patch) Fort Worth Bike Share Nonprofit Adding E-Assist Bikes, Seeking Subsidy from City (Star-Telegram) Video Available of H-GAC Transpo Policy Council Discussion on Friday of Equitable Representation Report: Record Rise in Dangerous Roads, Pedestrian Deaths in U.S. (Salud) Dallas Remains Deadly for Pedestrians, New Study Says (Dallas Observer) […]

Houston’s HGAC MPO Once Again Elects an All White Male Leadership, Ignoring Calls for Change …HGAC Regional Transpo Plan Public Meetings Yesterday Through Feb 12, Social Media Encouraged After Years of Declines, Cap Metro Sees An Increase in Ridership (Monitor) Some Denton Area Cities Could Lose Seats on the DCTA Board (Denton Record-Chronicle) City of […]

Jennifer Juarez, 20, Hit Pedestrian on Drag, Grabbed Car’s Debris then Fled, Police Say (Statesman) TXDOT’s Joint CAMPO, AAMPO Study Heading to Austin, San Antonio Transit, Merger (Monitor) Why Fort Worth is Looking to TEXRail Stations for Development (Star Telegram) Trinity Metro Say Response To TEXRail Has Been “Tremendous,” Hoping for 8K Daily Ridership (KRLD) […]

UT-Austin Campus Has New Rules Limiting Electric Scooters, Suggests Future Required 8mph Speed Limiters Stuck and Stressed: The Health Costs of Car Traffic (New York Times) Sen. Hancock Takes Over From Sen. Hall as Transportation Comm Vice Chair, Sen. Nichols Still Chair Conroe, METRO to Debut Park and Ride Commuter Bus Route (Community Impact) Austin […]