Today’s Headlines

• Downtown Houston Hotel Plans to Tear Down Two 100-Yr-Old Buildings for Parking (Houston Chron)
• Survey: How Is Austin’s New City Council Doing One Year In? (Austin Business Journal)
• Thankfully Houston Metro Now Involved in Study for Connecting HSR to Downtown (Houston Chron)
• Is It Wrong to Argue Austin Is Trading Women’s Safety for More Drunk Driving? (Houston Chron)
• Newly Elected Louisiana Governor Promises Baton Rouge-New Orleans Light Rail (NOLA.com)
• Fort Worth TEX Commuter Rail on Track With Union Pacific/Amtrak/DART (Progressive Railroading)
• Wear: Making Sense of a Big Week in Central Texas Transportation (Austin American Statesman)
• Port Arthur Might Fix Hotel Sabine, Rather Than Blowing Up 100-Yr-Old Bldg as Prop (Ledger-Enquirer)

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