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Proposed $750 Million Roads Bond Only Beginning of Potential $13 Billion Nightmarish Mistake for Collin County (Morning News) DCTA Proposes 121 Commuter Bus Service With “Lyft Zones” to Link Lewisville and McKinney (Community Impact) Texas State University, City of San Marcos to Launch VeoRide Bike-Share Program (Community Impact) Community Wants Justice and Infrastructure Improvements for […]

Connecting 11 Cameron County Communities to Boost Health and Tourism (Texas Public Radio, Texas Standard) Watersheds and Walkability: Watchwords for a Resilient Houston (Texas A&M Coastal Watershed Program) Buses Do the Heavy Lifting in Likely Long-Range Houston Transit Plan (Houston Chronicle) Mode Activists Mad at Other Mode Activists for Not Being Mad Enough in Transit […]

Using Design, Austin Advisory Council Looking to Lower City Speeds to 35 mph (CBS Austin) Top Traffic-Death Rate Stems from Houston’s Commuting Culture and Infrastructure (Texas Standard) Houston Chronicle Editorial Board: Ditch Houston’s Burdensome Parking Regulations Austin Council Approves Budget Without Meeting Promises of Sidewalk Master Plan / ADA Transition Plan Joint Capital Metro Board / […]

Governor Abbott Wants #TXlege to Ban Cities From Using Red Light Cameras  (Houston Chron) …in contradiction of the Texas Strategic Highway Safety Plan Developer to Build Mixed-Use Center on Site of Palace Bowl, Preserving the Bowling Lanes (Houston Chron) Bunching is for Bananas, Not Buses: Dispatches from Austin (TransitCenter) CAMPO Webinar on Available 5310 FTA Funding […]

Driver May Get Citation For Failing to Yield After Driving into Two Teenage Women in Crosswalk (Houston Chron) Professor Klineberg Says Harvey Changed Houstonian Attitudes about Climate, Development (Climate News) Austin Area Pro-Rail Transit Folks Pushing Hard Ahead of Oct. 1 Cap Metro Announcement at Chamber Event Austin’s Capital Metro Budget Proposal is Ready for You […]

Want to See Houston Drivers Slow Down? Here’s How to Report the Problem (Houston Chron) Pregnant Woman Survives Hit-and-Run in Southwest Houston (cw39) Tia Roland, 19 of Tyler, Dies in Car Crash (East Texas Matters) Applications to Join the City of Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council Due Sep 16 H-GAC Has Money for a Seamless Houston […]