Today’s Headlines

People Experiencing Homelessness Comprise One Third of Austin’s Pedestrian Deaths (Monitor)
Turner Announces Expansion of Safer Streets Program Citywide to Fix 10 Worst Intersections (James Llamas)
…Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo Calls on #TXLege to Lower Prima Facie Speed Limit to 25mph
…Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis’ Office Working on Complete Streets Policies for Unincorporated Areas of Precinct
San Antonio Opens First 2,220 ft of Latino High Line, New Pedestrian Riverwalk (Arch Paper)
Advocating for Perspective in Public Safety, Safe Streets Debates (Nic Moe Stats)
Houston CM Gallegos Uses Discretionary Funds on Greenway Trail, Bike Station
Interview with LimeBike Investor on Growing a Bikeshare Company (Morning News)
Online Survey, Public Meetings Beginning Tomorrow for $1.15B Harvey Recovery Funds (Houston Chron)

[Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated the message from Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis’ office this morning. While they are working to ensure the residents of their precinct that live outside cities see the benefits of Complete Streets, a county-wide policy is a differently, possibly great concept, but not what they are currently working on]