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With Unanimous Vote, Cap Metro Takes Next Step In Plan For Future Of Austin Transit (KUT, Austin Monitor) Houston Metro Moving Toward $3B Bond Vote in Fall 2019 for 20-year Transit Plan (Houston Chron) People Over Parking: Planners Are Reevaluating Parking Requirements for Affordable Housing (APA) Why Apple Bet on Austin’s Suburbs for Its Next Big […]

The Pedestrian Strikes Back (New York Times) Mother dead, baby and grandmother injured after head-on crash in South Houston (Houston Chron) Duncanville Police Chief Robert Brown: Bigger Rigs Mean Bigger Risk on Congested Texas Highways (Morning News) Capital Metro Board Set to Move Forward Today with Project Connect Phase III (Agenda Packet) Tuscola mourns death of […]

Incoming House Democratic Transportation Chair DeFazio Proposing a National Pilot of a VMT Fee!! (Politico) What Would a City That is Safe for Women Look Like? (The Guardian) Report: How Land-Use Regulation Threatens the Future of Texas (Manhattan Institute) …Worried About High Rent in North Texas? Blame City Hall (Morning News) Out of Control: In […]

Houston Metro’s Post Culberson “Moving Forward Plan A Plus” is Really Great …MetroNEXT Forward Plan Video – If Metro Didn’t Exist Video Video of the Presentation by Chair Patman at Greater Houston Partnership Event Police Engage Five Young People in High Speed Car Chase for Stealing Clothes (FW Star-Telegram) City of Arlington Planning to Stick With […]

2019 Texas Transportation Forum, January 7-8, 2019, in Austin Austin Has Elected a Strong Urbanist Majority to Council (Farm&City) Austin’s Making Progress On Climate Change Goals And Resiliency But Work Remains (KUT) Police Search for Driver of Deadly Hit-and-Run Crash in East Houston (ABC13) Man Killed Trying to Run Across Highway 6 in Area With No […]

New Push to Make Neighborhood Streets in Texas Slower, Safer (CBS Austin) Vision Zero Advocates Look to Legislature to Help Reduce Traffic Deaths (Austin Monitor) Why is TEXRail planning to let its commuter train passengers ride for free? (FW Star Telegram) Civic-Engagement Platforms Have Their Uses, but They’re No Substitute for Public Opinion Research (Governing) […]