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New Director of Texas Transportation Institute Likes to Leave His Car Idling While Inside Stores Nueces County Judge Loyd Neal: Don’t Interfere With Self Governance By Counties (Caller Times) Four Teenagers Injured in a T-Bone Crash This Morning in Fort Worth (Morning News) Houston’s Monthly Sunday Streets Event Is This Weekend in the Spring Branch Area Austin May Spend Another $750K […]

SCR 42, the Vision Zero Resolution, [Update: is on Intent Today. Vote Expected Next Week] Lawmakers Proceeding Statewide Rules for Ride Hailing Companies (Houston Chron) Houston Critical Mass Continues Growing, Could Use Some More Ride Leaders (Houston Chron) Denton Asks NCTCOG for Safe Routes to School Funds for Terribly Dangerous Streets (NBCDFW) Dallas Men Bilked Taxpayers Through […]

Kaz Wojtewicz: Let’s Tackle Austin’s Affordability Crisis Without Villainizing Newcomers (KUT) Dallas City Council Approves New 7-Year Contract for Red Light Cameras (Morning News) …Program Could Be Grandfathered in Even If Senate Version of Red Light Ban Passes (The Newspaper) Son of Man Killed in Texas Church Bus Crash Seeks Texting-and-Driving Ban (Morning News) Austin […]

SUV Driver Hit a 5-Year-Old Girl on Her Scooter on This Dangerous Neighborhood Street (Morning News) Sylvester Turner: Don’t Take Away City Rights to Provide Transportation for People with Disabilities (Tribune) Christopher Koskinen Died From Driving at High Rate of Speed on Road Designed for High Speed (Morning News) Proposed CodeNEXT “Form-Based Zoning” Maps Released (Compare To […]

Mayor Adler Declares Tuesday “Everybody Chill Out Day” for Release of Form-Based Code Maps (Statesman) D2 Subway Would Have Relieved Bottleneck That Halted All Light Rail Service This Morning (Morning News) Transportation Key Factor in San Antonio Council Race for Extremely Car-Dependent District (Rivard) Rapidly Densified Through Form-Based Code, Austin’s West Campus Now More Affordable (CultureMap) 3.6 […]

Dallas to Redesign Streets for Safety and Street Life to Keep AT&T Downtown (Morning News) Austin Adopts Ambitious Affordable Housing Goal and Sets Minimum Goal for Market Housing (Statesman) Urban Design Flaws Cause People to Make a Run For It Across I-35 Freeway (KEYE) Senator Don Huffines: Why It’s Appropriate to Allow Private Railroad to Use Eminent Domain […]