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Heeding Lessons From Austin, Dallas, City of San Antonio Shows Measured Approach to Regulating First/Last Mile Dockless Options (Rivard) CTRMA Funding $743m SH 183 South Expansion (Community Impact) …We Invite CTRMA to Explore Funding Our Need for Regional Multimodal Transportation I-35 in Austin is One of the Nation’s Top Highway Boondoggles (Streetsblog) Frisco’s Robot Shuttle Experiment […]

Oped: Houston Needs to Build Safer, Complete Streets, and Needs Safer Drivers (Houston Chron) You Can’t Call Yourself Progressive if You’re Fighting a Compact, Connected Austin (Austin Politics) Transportation Accounts for 38% of San Antonio’s GHG Emissions, Based on Available Data (Rivard) Despite $8m Susbsidy, Developer Pulls Back from Downtown Mixed-Use Tower (Rivard) DMag Poll: […]

Oped: Houston Needs Walkable Neighborhoods. Now (Houston Chron) CAPCOG Explains: Opportunity Zones, Federal Program to Incent Transit-Oriented Development Tomorrow: NTX Transit Riders Opposing 20% Fare Hike at DART Board Meeting $100m Walk&Bike Bridge in Dallas May be Dismantled Before Opening (Dallas Observer) Just-Retired Round Rock Pastor in Critical Condition After Losing Family in Head-on Collision, […]

Austin Police, Travis County Sheriff’s Office Lead Texas in Punitive Citations for Driving Without License (Statesman) …Texas, However, Leads the Nation in Highest Speed Limits But Lowest Enforcement (Statesman) …Speeding Kills More New Sidewalks Coming to Fort Worth, Always a Good Thing The State of Texas Needs a Safe Passing Law, Leave At Least Three Feet […]

Austin Removing Parking, Converting Downtown Street to Two-Ways After Delay (Towers) Regional Air Quality – Poisoned by Car Exhausts – Poses Health Risks for Houstonians (Houston Chron) Louisiana Launches Nation’s First Digital Driver’s License (Times-Picayune) Two Cases of People Crashing Automobiles into Austin Homes This Week (CBS Austin) City of Dallas Struggles to Open Bridge to […]

Arbitrary Concept of Compatibility Restricts Transit-Oriented Development in Austin (Austin Monitor) …Despite Housing Crisis, Some City Council Members Proudly Champion This Inequitable Exclusion Oil Trucks Aren’t Using the Grand Parkway as Expected, So H-GAC Proposes $1B for SH 146 (HPM) Slideshow: The Worst HOA Rules in Houston. Our Favorite – No Cars in Driveways Three Arrests […]