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Help Austin Identify Top Priority Bikeway Projects (Austin Transpo Dept) Some Heights Residents Are Not That Into Houston’s Massive Critical Mass (Leader News) City of Austin Demographer Comes Out Strongly Against Smart Growth, Urbanization (Monitor) Austin Group Aims to Reframe Debates Around City Growth and Development (Tribune) Fresh Kermit Connecting Houston’s Downtown Cycle Track to Buffalo […]

Senate Committee on Transportation Sends Vision Zero Strategy Resolution (SCR 42) Unanimously to Senate Floor …Also Unanimously Sends School Bus 3-Point Seatbelt Bill (SB 693) to Local Uncontested Calendar Texas (Still) One of Four States Without a Ban on Driving While Texting (Texas Public Radio) Galveston May Cut Some Bus Service Due to Funding Issues (Houston Public […]

Study: SF’s Red Transit-Only Lanes Improve Transit Speeds, Reduce Crashes (SFMTA) Full Texas Senate Could Send Ban on Driving While Texting to Governor’s Desk This Week (Tribune) Mayor Turner Will Reveal the Complete Communities Initiative on Monday (Houston Chron) With Appeal of Open Meetings Act Violation Pending, Judge Doyal Looking at New Road Deal (Courier) Downtown Austin Plan Almost […]

Texas House Budget Gives TXDOT All Available Funds, Doubling Roads Spending Over Next Decade (Statesman) Statewide Vision Zero Resolution to Have Public Hearing in Senate Committee Wednesday at 8 a.m. Houston Metro Spending $16.5 Million Over 5 Years on Universal Accessibility (Houston Chron) City of Houston Annual Complete Streets Report Says a Pedestrian Plan Is Coming, Some Day Reminder: […]

This US290 Freeway Widening That Forces the Closure of HOV Lane Has Zero Transit Improvements (HPM) New Apartment Construction Soaring in the Dallas Fort Worth Region (Morning News) Public Private Partnerships Have Mixed Results in Texas Toll Roads (NBCDFW) The Economist Firmly Stands Against “Free Parking” Only One Week Left to Submit Comments on Changes to CAMPO TIP and Its […]

Trump Budget Proposal Would Eliminate All Intercity Passenger Train Service in Texas (Mass Transit Mag) Austin Creatives Trying to Make Sure CodeNEXT Allows for Live/Work Units & Music Spaces (Monitor) Austin Commission Empowered to Segregate Land Uses Doesn’t Know What It Is Doing (Monitor) Bills Messing With Texas Bullet Train Pass Out of Senate Transportation […]