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CAMPO Policy Board Adds Transportation Demand Management as Funding Category Guy Brasted Was Driving at Double Legal Alcohol Limit When He Killed Mom and Child (CBS Austin) Multiple Members of #Txlege Accused of Sexual Assault, But Not Named (Tribune) How to Request a Bike Lane in San Antonio (Rivard) Boring: CapMetro, CTRMA Want More Park&Ride; […]

Alamo Area MPO Collecting Input, Including WikiMap, on Expanding Bike-Share TTC Grants Austin Area Suburbs $4.5M in Ped/Bike Projects (KVUE) Speeding and Alcohol Factor Into Crash That Killed Three on High-Speed Feeder Road (KRIS) TransitCenter: Making Transit Work For Everyone in America’s Rapidly Aging Cities Steven Todack Got a Ticket for Riding His Bike on the […]

Why Austin Needs To Ditch Traffic Impact Studies and Parking Requirements (BizNow) Arlington Police Chased a Drunk Driver for 8 Miles Until They Crashed (Morning News) UT Student Slams Into Restaurant Along The Drag, Charged With DWI (KXAN) TXDOT’s #EndTheStreak Program Has Been Running Over 365 Deadly Days Community Mtg on DART Cotton Belt Suburban Rail […]

New Downtown Houston Plan Is Great (Bis Now) City of Houston Aquiescence to Neighborhood Bigotry May Delay Harvey Recovery Funds (Houston Chron) Houston Planning Director: Highway-Driven Western Growth Is Fair to Question in Wake of Harvey (Planetizen) Texas Cities Lack Basic Enforcement to Keep Parked Vehicles Out of Bike Lanes (Houston Chron) Bike-Friendly South Dallas Operating […]

Houston Light Rail Ridership Set a Record for Astros Parade (Metro) Turns Out Encouraging Growth Outside Cities Made Harvey More Devastating (Houston Chron) Study of I-345 Removal Pulled From Dallas Council Agenda in Favor of Different, Broader Study (D Magazine) Developers Believe Houstonians Are Ready for Small Apartments With Good Transit Access (Houston Chron) TXDOT Begins […]

Austin Ahead of Its 2017 Target for Building Out All Ages and Abilities Bike Network (Mayor Adler) Chariot – Operating in Austin – Settles ADA Lawsuit, Agrees to Provide Access to All (DOJ) Nirenberg Opening Pandora’s Box of Impervious Cover, Will Impact Urbanism (Rivard) Galveston County Taking Radical Approach of Including Cities in Transpo Bonds […]