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Free Tickets Available for TransitCenter Panel Tonight With Mayor Adler, CM Garza, and Linda Watson Austin’s Nonprofit Ride-Hailing Org Slashes Prices to Compete With Uber/Lyft (RideAustin) Does the Governor Really Want Special Session to Force Cities to Allow Distracted Driving? (Statesman) … TXDOT Messaging Campaign Emphasizes Dangers of Driving While Talking on Phone 150 Acre Site 3,000 Feet From Downtown Houston […]

TXDOT Will Use Robots to Evaluate Road Conditions (The Eagle) Free Tickets Still Available for TransitCenter Breakfast in Austin Wednesday NCTCOG Transportation Public Meeting Tonight, 6 P.M. at Meadows Conference Center City of Dallas to Send New DART Board Members With Patrick Kennedy Staying (D Magazine) Montgomery County Officials Changing Deck Chairs on Toll Road Boondoggles (The Courier) Joe […]

Suspected Drunk Driver Cesar Corona-Quiterio Kills Husband and Wife’s Unborn Child (KHOU) Alcohol Likely a Factor in Death of Houston High School Coach and Father of Two (ABC13) What Is the Next Phase for Houston’s Sunday Streets? (Houston Chron) There Is Apparently at Least One Intersection Repair Street Mural in Dallas (Patrick Blaydes) City of Austin Believes Someone Intentionally Dismantled New […]

State Rep Victoria Neave Arrested for DWI (WFAA) Mayor Sylvester Turner Calls for Investing in Urban Core Transportation to Combat Sprawl (Mayor Turner/YouTube) Check Status of Your Street’s Traffic Calming Measures in Austin (Impact) Here’s the City of Austin Vision Zero Report Card and Annual Report RideAustin Explains Its Drop in Ridership Upon the Return of Uber/Lyft […]

“Austin Neighbors” Start Petition to Maintain Segregation Austin Council Establishing Land Trusts to Ensure East Side Affordable Housing (KUT) AMTRAK Could Extend Heartland Flyer to Connect Fort Worth to Kansas City (Passenger Rail OK) Where Things Could Go Next With a Texting While Driving Ban (HPM) Dallas Considering Over $400 Million in Streets Bond. Will It […]

Texas Will Become the 47th State to Ban Driving While Texting (Star-Telegram) But Gov Abbott Asks #TXLege to Overrule Locals to Legalize Driving While on Phone Calls (KERA) …On the Same Day TXDOT Explains That Any Use of Cell Phones While Driving Is Not Acceptable Crash Kills Two Teens, 51-Year-Old Couple, And Causes Woman to Give Birth at 8 Months (Morning […]