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EPA Delay Overruled, San Antonio Will Have to Plan Transportation to Reduce Ozone (EcoWatch) City of Austin Seeks Project Manager to Focus on Improving Transit Speed and Reliability Mayor Turner, Commissioner Ellis, Announce $30M in Complete Streets around TSU, UH (Chron, HPM) Fort-Worth to Construct More Roundabouts, Citing Benefits to Safety, Air Quality (Star Telegram) Attn: […]

Austin’s Urban Transportation Commission Votes to Recommend Transit-Prioirty Lanes (Monitor) Philip Skrobarczyk Joins Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority Board (MTM) Grapevine Breaks Ground on Transit-Oriented Development for Next Year’s TEXRail (Star-Telegram) San Antonio B-Cycle Receives Sponsor, Set to Expand (Rivard Report) Unidentified Driver Strikes Pedestrian, Gas Pump (KXAN) Podcast: Catch Up on Houston’s Major Transportation Projects […]

Boston-Based Car Hailing Service, Fasten, Closes Operations in Austin (Austin Chron) Georgetown Deploys “Parking Ambassadors” to Enforce 3 Hour Street Parking Limit (Community Impact) Terrelwin Jones Crashes into Four Other Cars on Toll Road, Killing 15-year-old, Guy Delaney (WFAA) Texas State University, Set to Debut Dockless Bikeshare in San Marcos (Community Impact) TXDOT Installs Traffic […]

Shana Elliot Pleads Guilty To Intoxication Manslaughter for Killing Engaged Man, Unborn Child (KVUE) Daniel Franco Tovar, 8th Grader, Dies in Hospital After Being Hit by a Driver While Walking to School (Statesman) Call for Public Input: Houston-Galveston MPO Asks For Input Into Multibillion Dollar Long-Term Plan (HPM) GM CEO Announces “Transportation Revolution,” Makes No […]

ATX Detour Day: Alternative Transportation Encouraged As South By Southwest Kicks Off (KVUE) …But Maybe Don’t Bank On Using The Red Line, While It Is Getting Upgraded (CapMetro) Austin Junell, 20, Charged in Death of Two Teenage Women Riding in Car He Drove Drunk (KLTV) Austin’s Capital Metro’s New CEO Plans to Ride the Bus Every […]

Aaron Davison Sentenced to Only Two Years For Killing Thomas “Tommy” Ketterhagen (KXAN) TXLege Likely to Impose Toll Fee Cap of $48 / Person / Year on Local Toll Authorities (Statesman) …While Every Single $1.25 Bus Fare Evasion Allows Penalty Not to Exceed $100 (Texas Transpo Code) City of Houston Builds Tactical Urban Bulbouts as […]