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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 […]

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 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 […]

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’ […]

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) […]

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 […]