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City’s Urban Transpo Commission Asks CapMetro to Ask City for Transit Lanes (Monitor) Housing Affordability: A Supply-Side Tool Kit for Cities (McKinsey) Texas Senate Transpo Leader Nichols Says Highway Expansion ROI is Now Over (Thomas Bamonte) TTI Traffic Safety Conference Plays Major Role in Developing Safety Plan for Texas Students ~70 Times More Likely to Get […]

Capital Metro Lead Planner: Is Frequency the Key to Transit Success? (BizJournals) Residents Launch “I Drive 25” Campaign on Street Corners in Mueller Neighborhood (Spectrum) Study Says Denton County Fails When It Comes to Driving Behavior in School Zones (Denton RC) CARTS Interurban Bus Realigns Round Rock Route to Meet New Local Bus Service at Transit Center […]

Cruz, Cornyn Fail to Mention Transit, Quality of Life Amazon Is Looking For (Morning News) TXDOT Wants the Grand Parkway to Eat Up More of the Katy Prairie (Houston Chron) Little Devoted to Bike Plan in Houston Bond Proposal (Houston Press) Houston Metro CEO Tom Lambert Rides the 161 Wilcrest Express, Talks to People Those […]

Turns Out Trying to Do a Huge Reform of Your City’s Building Code Is Complicated (Chron, Monitor) KUT Collected Various CodeNEXT Fear Mongering for a Fact Check Mayor Adler’s Deputy, John-Michael Vincent Cortez, Says CodeNEXT Panic Is Being Intentionally Fomented Woman Killed Walking Next to Frontage Road That TXDOT Won’t Redesign for Safer Speeds (KXAN) Police […]

Dallas Morning News Recommends Yes Vote on Prop A for All-of-the-Above Streets Spending Capital Metro Won’t Be Able to Increase Rail Frequency Until January 2019 (Fox7) CEO of Alamo Area Council of Governments Supports Consolidating Austin and San Antonio Bexar County Commissioner Wolff Claims Austin-San Antonio-DFW Rail Plans Are Real (Rivard) Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Raymone […]

Laredo Adding Bike Lanes and Becoming More Bike-Friendly (KGNS) Austin’s Attempt at Form-Based Code Maintains Legacy Zoning as a Type (Monitor) …Analyzing Draft CodeNEXT Maps Confirms Segregation Maintained on West Side (Monitor) Drunk Driver Zachary Davis Hit Cyclist Edward Hudek on a Dangerous Street, Blames World (KXAN) DFW’s Next Big i]Idea? Bringing Walkable Connections to […]