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#TXLege Sends Statewide Ride Hailing Regulations to Governor Abbott (KUT) Uber Will Go Live in Austin the Day the Governor Overrules Local Regulations (Statesman) TXDOT Hearing on Deal for Private Entity to Finish Ecological Disaster Around Houston Volunteers Use Parking Mobility App to Help Keep Parking Spots for People with Disabilities (KXAN) TXDOT San Antonio Claims “Bikes Contribute $0 to Transportation […]

Statewide Driving While Texting Ban Should Get Vote on Senate Floor Soon Turner Release 5 Housing Policy Changes in Response to Scathing Report (Houston Chron) City of Austin Has Inadequate Understanding of How to Grow Tax Base (Monitor) TXDOT Expects I-45 North Widening Will Require Extensive Displacement (HPM) Public Confused That Austin May Keep Segregation in Form Based Code […]

East Side of Downtown Austin Could Get a Grocery Store (Towers) Austin Commission Endorses Sky Bridge to Avoid New Pedestrian Train Plaza (Monitor) Top Safety Concern on Dark Sidewalks of Dense West Campus: Drunk Drivers (KEYE) BikeHouston‘s Ride of Silence to Remember People Killed While Biking Will Be May 17 Capital Metro TOD Tool Allows You to Help […]

TXDOT 3D Visualizations of I-45 SuperProject Don’t Bother Showing Transit Vehicles (Houston Chron) Sprawling Study on Houston’s Affordable Housing Spending by the Houston Chronicle Parents Upset Drivers Using Street According to Design Speed, Not Crossing Guards (KEYE) Houston PD Using Distance Measuring Radar Device to Enforce Safe Passing Law (Cycling Weekly) Actual Elected Official Believes No Real […]

Texting Ban Bill, HB 62, Will Have Public Hearing in Senate Committee on Monday Leading Socialists of the Republican Party Oppose User Fees for Transportation (The Hill) Austin Transportation Department Blocks Call for Rushed Transit Priority Policy (Monitor) SB 2103, the Last Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill Standing, Is on Life Support ATD Seeking Input on Three […]

TxDOT Will Demolish Homes to Turn College Station Intersection Into a Monster Interchange (The Eagle) Trump’s Public-Private Infrastructure Vision Rejected in Texas (Bloomberg) Change.org Petition for Dallas to Transform Columbia Ave and Abrams Road Into Complete Streets Major Flaws Found in Current Draft of Austin’s CodeNEXT (BizJournals) 1 Out Of 10 Households in Houston and Waco […]