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Devastating Hurricane Harvey Continues to Pour Rain Across Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana (Houston Chron) Please Continue Not to Drive in Houston Unless Evacuating or Emergency (TXDOT) Please Consider Donating to the Local Relief Fund at the Greater Houston Community Foundation Thank You So Much to All the People – First Responders & Volunteers – […]

Stay Safe for Hurricane Harvey, Everybody. Please Don’t Drive in Floods. …Coastal Evacuees Headed to Austin. Red Cross Needs Volunteers at Shelters Transit Agencies Work Alongside TXDOT as Part of Evacuation Efforts Comments Due By August 31 on Austin’s Draft Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Nine Texas House Districts Must Be Redrawn to Remove Discriminatory Nature […]

Stingy Transit Funding Seen as Limiting Factor for Houston Ridership (Houston Chron) Dropping Off Children at Schools in Cars Is a Horrible, Stupid Mess (Morning News) Will Hurricane Harvey Mean Another Evacuation Traffic Nightmare Like Rita? (Tribune) What Dallas and Houston Teach Us About Widening Freeways: Don’t! (StrongTowns) Dan Keshet’s Zoning Reform Idea: Focus on […]

Capital Metro Explains Why They Aren’t Seriously Looking at Heavy Rail or Gondolas DART Board Added Four New Members Today, a Potential Paradigm Shift …But Yesterday, They Handed $17 Million in Transit Funding to Wealthy Suburban Cities (Morning News) Morning News: DART Must Raise Fares, But Should Provide Subsidies for Working Poor Mayor Nirenberg Explains Equitable Needs-Based Streets Repair Funding […]

Center for Houston’s Future’s New CEO: “People Don’t Like Sprawl … We Have to Deal With It” (Urban Edge) Austin’s MetroRapids Went to All-Day 10-Minute Frequency This Weekend (Austin Mobility) Dallas City Council Weighing Four Different Downtown Streetcar Proposals (Morning News) NCTCOG Has Put $100 Million on the Table for Cotton Belt Sprawl Rail (CBSDFW) […]

Capital Metro Reopening Freight Service on Rail Line That Goes Half of Houston Intercity Rail Transit (Statesman) Gamify Regional Transit Planning at Project Connect Game Night, Thursday, August 24 at Scholz Garden Sprawl Caused by Building Unnecessary Roads Continues to Destroy Texas Farmland (Morning News) Meetings to Unveil Final CAMPO Regional Active Transportation Plan Start Tonight […]