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Online Survey Available On City of Austin’s Priorities for Next Five Years of HUD Funding Galveston’s trolley cars still months away from getting back on track (Houston Chron) Fort Worth is crazy over TEXRail, so is now the time to extend the trains south and west? (Star Telegram) Gulfton community honors child struck and killed in […]

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Says that Houston Will Become a Vision Zero City!! (Houstonia) Woman Survives Hit-and-Run that Killed Husband at DART Bus Stop (Fox4News) Houston Will Have Free B-Cycle rentals on Marathon Weekend (ABC13) Uber launches dockless electric bikes and scooters In Dallas (CultureMap) Patrick Kennedy Says Focus North Texas 2019 – on Feb 8th […]

Need for speed a recipe for disaster, national safety group says (Houston Chron) As Tech Invades Cycling, are Bike Activists Selling Out? (Wired) Driver Kills Pedestrian Trying to Cross Dallas Street at Bus Stop a Third of a Mile From Nearest Crosswalk (Morning News) Cap Metro & City Create New Transit & Bike Lane (Capital […]

More Details on Houston’s Downtown, Midtown, Parks, and Museums Bike Lane (Swamplot) City of Austin Wins Bloomberg Climate Change Money for Electric Cars, TDM (Statesman) City of Houston Bicycle Advisory Committee Will Have Vision Zero Discussion and Possible Action at Meeting this Wednesday, January 16 LBJ Future Forum Event: Austin Housing Affordability: A Critical Moment for […]

Car Debt Accounts for Nearly Half of the Amount Older San Antonio Residents Owe (CNBC) Large Majority of Voters in Austin’s Urban Core rejected NIMBY Referendum in November (Community Impact) You Have Until Sunday Night to Comment on the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan Policies or Take the Survey …Please Take the Time to Read the Maps, […]

Does Texas need a hands-free law for drivers? [Asnwer: Yes] (KXAN) In Increasingly Diverse Texas, the Legislature Remains Mostly White and Male (Texas Tribune) Limiting the Amount of People Allowed to Live in the City of Austin Not Working Out Well (CultureMap) Sit-Down Scooter Rental Program To Debut In Austin (KUT) …Fights Over Scooters Reflect […]