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Next Monday, 10am, Austin: TXDOT Hosting Statewide TIP Public Hearing Austin Preparing for Multibillion Dollar Transit Vote in 2020 (Statesman) FTA Awards $264m for Bus Projects, $10.5m (4%) for Texans (8.7% of Americans) (Planetizen) Arnulfo Castro Crashes SUV Into Home, Exploding Gas Line, Injuring 5 (MySA) City of Dallas Mobility Committee Exploring Dockless Bikeshare Regulations Today […]

New TXDOT Campaign to Curb Distracted Driving, Which Kills 9 People and Injures 1,000 Every Day Nationwide Construction Beginning on Loop 610 Dedicated Transit Lane (Houston Chron) CAMPO Recommends Funding Regional Transportation Demand Management Study, But None of the Proposed TDM Projects (Movability Austin) Dockless Electric Scooter Share Launches Small Pilot in Austin (Austin Monitor) Driver […]

San Antonio City Council Governance Committee Selects 3 VIA Board Candidates (Rivard) San Antonio Establishing Car-Free Zone at Alamo Plaza (SA Express) Houston Selected for Transportation4America’s Smart Cities Collaborative (Houston Chron) The Average Texas Car Owner Pays $985 a Month For the Privilege (US News) Compared to $38 a Month for VIA, $41.25 with CapMetro, […]

Driver Flees Hit and Run Scene with Victim on Car Hood for One Mile (DMag) Travis County Commissioners Court Commissions Commuter Rail Study (Austin Monitor) Railway Companies Offer Competing Visions for Texas Railway Network (DMN) Just Another Day: TXDOT Planning $98m Highway Expansion by Houston (Community Impacts) Off-Duty Nurses Save Hit and Run Victim, Offender […]

Public Transportation Liberates Young San Antonians (Express News) Six Open Houses This Month, Beginning Tomorrow, as Austin Prepares for Dockless Bike Share Alamo Area COG Seeks to Distribute $23m of Volkswagen Settlement Funds (SA Biz Journal) Unidentified Driver Attempts to Overtake Vehicle, Crashes in Head-On Collision, 4 Dead (KLTV) Man Killed Crossing Southwest Freeway Immediately […]

Austin-Area Toll Roads Have Even More Induced Demand Than Expected (Statesman) Expanding Viewshed Protections Obstruct San Antonio Infill Development (Rivard) Dallas Councilmember Wants Federal Rent Subsidies for Mixed-Income Housing (Dallas Observer) Brazos County Court Awards $17M to Man Hit By U-Haul Driver (KBTX) Harvey-Recovering Residents to H-GAC: More Sidewalks, Transit, and Bike Lanes, Please! (HPM) […]