• Council Hopes to Expand Parking Benefit District (Spectrum News)
• …Retweeted by Professor Donald Shoup himself
• New Resolution Calls for End to Parking Requirements Across Austin (CBS Austin)
• City of Fredericksburg Bans Motorized Scooters (KSAT)
• Residents of Car Dependent Housing Induced by Toll Road Now Demand Free Roads (Community Impact)
• H-GAC Still Funneling Bulk of Federal Funds to Widen Roads, Yet Says Focus is Safety (Houston Chron)
• TXDOT Fixing the Dangerous Part of 290 Between Houston and Austin Without Capacity Expansion (KVUE)

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• 2019 Could Be the Year to End City Parking Minimums (Austin Monitor)
• One Line of Your Zoning Code Can Make a World of Difference (StrongTowns)
• Nonprofits, Community Groups Can Sign On to Endorse the Vision Zero Texas TXLEGE Agenda
• Bad News for Austin Traffic: SH 45 SW Toll on Track for Completion this Spring (Community Impact)
• House Bill Could Lower Speed Limit on Residential Streets to 25 mph (KXAN)
• H-GAC High Capacity Transit Task Force Meeting on Feb 15, at 1pm at 3555 Timmons Ln, 2nd Floor
• Bike Share of Austin Nonprofit Launching Bike Share System in Austin’s 2nd Private Downtown (KXAN, Impact)
• Climate Responsibility for San Antonio Means Dealing with Emissions from Buildings and Cars (Express News)

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• House Appropriations Subcommittee to Discuss TXDOT Budget Mon, 4/11, You Can Testify
• Students Call for Additional Bike Lanes on UT Campus Following Cyclist Death (The Daily Texan)
• Latest Cycling Fatality Could Spur City to Make Broadway More Bike Friendly (News4SA)
• Salud America! Members Provide 30% of Comments for Texas Transportation Safety (Salud America)
• Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council Recommends Removing Minimum Parking Requirements Citywide
• Transportation Buffs are Staking Out Houston’s Most Dangerous Intersections (Swamplot)
• Casar Seeks to Reduce Parking, Compatibility Requirements for Subsidized Housing (Austin Monitor)

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• TXDOT Will Solicit Bids to Redo Roadway Design Manual, Bring Up to Current Standards
• Hines Building Second Residential Tower in Downtown Houston With Street Retail Instead of Tunnels (Houston Chron)
• Denton Retail Owners Going Through Standard Anti-Bike Lane Hysteria Process to Defend Car Storage (NBC DFW)
• 8 Ways to Reduce Road Fatalities Using the ‘Safe System’ Approach (The City Fix)
• Houstonians Will Be Able to Bike and Walk 150 Miles of New Trails in 2020 (Houstonia)
• SUV Driver Drove Onto Sidewalk and Killed 18-year-old Woman in Arlington. No Charges Filed (Morning News)
• Austin City Council Member Greg Casar Unveils Proposed Citywide Affordable Housing Measure

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• Public Hearing on TXDOT’s 2019-2022 Statewide Transpo Improvement Program (STIP), Thu, Feb 21
• Austin Considers Taking Another Shot at High Capacity Transit Bond (Community Impact)
• City Finds Its Voice, Pushes Back on TxDOT’s Awful I-30 Redesign (D Magazine)
• Backlash Against Austin’s Frequent Grid Network Continues (Austin Monitor)
• City Considering Protected Bike Lanes for Broadway Redevelopment (Rivard)
• Fox 7 News Austin Asks Public For Information on Crash That Killed Tony Diaz on His Bike
• Southeast Houston Mobility Plan Public Meetings Wed & Fri, Feb 6 & 9
• Yet Another Cost of Driving: Hundreds Without Power After Driver Hits Utility Pole (Morning News)

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• New Braunfels Bans Motorized Scooters, Electric Bicycles (KXAN)
• Google Reportedly Signs Deal for 35-Story Tower in Downtown Austin (Morning News)
• City Reluctantly Fulfills Legal Obligation for Oak Hill Parkway (Monitor)
• Cooper McGough, Ten Years Old, Presents to Texas Transportation Commission on Ending Traffic Deaths
• $242 million Metro line could connect Bush Airport to Downtown Houston (Houston Chron)
• FOX 7 Austin Mourns Loss of Employee Who Died Riding His Bike (Fox7)
• Scooter Rider Critical After Being Hit by a Lyft Driver in Downtown (KXAN)

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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 Permits, Mulls More Regulations (Rivard)
• ITE Chooses Austin as One of Two Cities to Receive Workshop on Speed Management

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• 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 Hall Beats Back TxDOT’s Early Plans for I-30’s $1.3 Billion Makeover (NBCDFW)
• TXDOT Plan 2050 Public Input Session Today in San Antonio, Thursday in Austin
• Lyft Says it Reduces Drunk Driving and Boosts DFW Economy. But at What Cost? (Morning News)

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• 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)
• Developer Adding Residential, Parks to Old Mall in Plano (Plano Profile, Morning News)
• Renderings of Proposed Redevelopment of Austin State Hospital Site Show Walkable Urbanism (Statesman)

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• 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 Denton Survey Wants Your Opinion on Safe Streets Around Square (BikeDenton)
• TXDOT Conducting Freeway Removal Pilot Program in Houston All Summer Long (KHOU)
• METRO seeks Input for Public Transportation Plans in NW Harris County (Houston Chron)

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• 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)
• Fort Worth City Council Designates 7 TEXRail Crossings as Quiet Zones
• Alamo College Students Can Now Ride VIA Buses For Free (Rivard)
• Is TXDOT Reimagining of I-10 Through El Paso Actually Allowing for Imagining Anything Different? (BikeHombre)
• Please Go to TXDOT Long Range Plan Meeting in San Antonio, Tuesday, Jan 29, 4615 NW Loop 410, Bldg 2

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