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“When Roads Are Built To Prioritize Cars, Pedestrians Are Often Faulted For Getting Hit” (KUT) Proposed Plan for Congress Avenue Reduce Car Lanes & Parking, Add Bike Lanes (Monitor) Small Bike Share Program A Success, Will Expand Next School Year (OU Daily) Peter Simek: Data Does Not Justify I-30 Highway Expansion (DMag) What It’s Like […]

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 […]

Correction: SA Neighborhood Association Did Not Oppose 400 Housing Unit Development Daniel Day: Give San Antonio Residents Free Transit (11.3% of 2016 Expanded Operating Funds) Bagby Street Urbanist Redesign Could Teach Houston About Safe Walkability (Houston Chron) TXDOT Press Conference This Morning About a Highway Expansion in an Austin Cemetery? (CBS) Thousands to Participate in Austin’s […]

Promising Signs Two Years Into Austin’s Vision Zero Commitment (KUT) NCTCOG Wants DFW’s Input on 20 Year Transpo Plan, Currently Includes Myriad Highway Expansions San Antonio Zoning Commission Denies 400 Housing Units At Behest of Neighborhood Association (Correction) (Rivard) Garland Demolishes 226,000 sqft Vacant Building, Making Way for Better Development (Morning News) 2,000 Word Story on […]

TXDOT Proposes Downtown Highway Expansion, Contradicting Its Own Dallas CityMAP (DMag) Free Metro Rides From June Through August for K-12 Houston Students!! Dallas, With Longest Light Rail Network in America, Begins Design Work on 2.34 Mile D2 Subway CapMetro Reaching Out to Riders Ahead of June Systemwide Remap (KUT) Arlington Woman Killed Crossing Street, No […]

Public Health Professional: Dallas, Revoke DART’s Upcoming Fare Hike (Morning News) People Get Mad at TXDOT for Re-striping Poorly Functioning Car-Priority Infrastructure (KXAN) Seven Year, $2.5 Billion Widening of US 290 – With No Transit Benefits – Nears Completion (HPM) City of Conroe Wants $52 Million for Road Widening (Your Conroe News) Three Month El […]