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Fuel Truck Driver Crashes, Dallas North Tollway Covered in Oil, All But One Lane Closed (DMN) Brownfield Teen Dead, Two with Incapacitating Injuries After Crashing into Trailer (E Lubbock) Dallas CM Caraway Focuses on Trivial Anti-Dockless Bike Sentiment Amid His Own Struggles (NBC DFW) 4 Year, $200m Widening of Texas Highway 146 Beginning This Summer (Houston […]

Bike Houston Executive Director John Long Calls for Houston to Adopt Vision Zero NCTCOG Challenges You to Bike Everywhere… Perhaps They Could Fund More Bike Lanes Dallas Ranks Last in Economic Inclusivity Study, Another Reason for Robust Transit (DMag) Following Several Deaths, TXDOT Adding Turn Lanes, Shoulder to Rural Highway (Statesman) Fort Worth Grants Residents […]

Texas Cities Missing Out on Millions in TNC Tax Revenue (Rivard) OpEd: San Antonio Must Realize Its Compact, Connected Vision – The Decade of Downtown TXDOT, Harris County Deal Means Huge Loss for Transit on US 290 (Houston Chron) Texas Has Eighth Highest Rate of Hit and Runs (HPM) Manhattan Institute Recommends I-345 Removal in […]

The Texas Transportation Commission Besties Again With Tolls for Unnecessary Road Widening (Statesman) …Extensive Tolling Could Mean Receiving More Federal Funds (Wall Street Journal) Dallas’ Henderson Street Balancing Revitalization, Walkability with Neighborhood Concerns (DMN) High Speed Rail Proposal Connecting Fort Worth, San Antonio, & Laredo Gets More Funding (Hunstville Item) 437 Crashes in 2017 on Midland’s 10 […]

Houston Metro Piloting Robot Bus Along Texas Southern University’s Tiger Walk …Where TSU Would Have Light Rail Today if They Hadn’t Helped Block the University Line Austin City Council Approves $482m in Traffic Corridor Projects from 2016 Mobility Bond (Monitor) … Also Approves Permitting Process for Dockless, Electric Bike & Scooter Share – DEBSS (ABJ) […]

Permian Basin MPO Integrates Public Concerns for Safety, High Speeds, & Bike/Ped Services in 25-Year Plan (OA) Kinder Foundation Pledges $70m to Fund Memorial Park Master Plan with Bridge, Bike, & Ped Services (Houston Chron) Dallas City Council Votes to Charge $100,000 in Fare Revenue From Formerly Free Streetcar, .6% of Operating Costs (DMN) Bike […]