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Governor Abbott Not Sure If He Will Sign or Veto Texting While Driving Ban (Tribune) …You Can Call (512) 463-1782 To Let Him Know Where You Stand Will Federal Judges Drawing Congressional District Maintain Anti-Urban Bias? (Tribune) TXDOT, HGAC Already “Swapping” Millions in Response to #TXLege Anti-Toll Actions (HGAC) 183 South Highway Widening the Largest Highway Project Ever in […]

San Antonio Was the Fastest Growing City in Texas Last Year (Yonah Freemark) TXDOT Sunset Bill Conferees Have Four Days to Keep TXDOT Alive (Statesman) Spend $600M on a Single Freeway Intersection or Fix 375 Urban Intersections? (Community Impact) Houston Metro Offering Free Summer Transit Pass to All K-12 Students (Defender Network) If Texas Tea Party Doesn’t […]

City of Austin Takes to the Airwaves to Publicize Goal of Zero Deaths by 2025 City of Belton Installing Traffic Circle for Safety and Traffic Flow Benefits (KXXV) There Are Three High-Speed Rail Related Bills on Governor Abbott’s Desk (TTI) Capital Metro Signs New Contract With HNTB for General Planning Services (Monitor) TXDOT Decides Not […]

Advocates of Texting Ban Call on Abbott to Support HB 62 — Call Him at 512-463-1782 KTMPO Working to Improve Biking and Walking With Interactive Map (KCENTV) Ridership on Houston Metro‘s Low-Performing Light Rail Lines Doubled From May 2015 to April 2017 Austin Forcing Capital Metro to Redo Utilities as Part of Station Upgrade (Monitor) Advocates Convince West Dallas […]

With House Agreement to Amendment, HB 62 — the Texting Ban — Heads to Governor’s Desk Rep. Israel’s Vision Zero Action Plan Rider in Budget Bill Has Reportedly Been Stripped Out Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 91-Year-Old Woman Killed in Houston Heights (Houston Chron) Three-Motorcycle Crash Claims Life of Draylon Ish, 44 (Morning News) Police Find Tawana Atkins 3 Weeks After […]

San Antonio Council Runoff Presents Different Visions of How to “Attack Traffic” (Rivard) City of Houston Figures Out ADA Crosswalk After Resident Complains for a Year (HPM) Senator Garcia’s School Bus Seat Belt Bill Passes House on 1st Reading Unchanged (Tribune) Colleyville Widening 4-Lane Road That Austin Would Put on a Road Diet Instead (Community Impact) Will Dallas’s […]