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Houstonians Rallying for Houston Bike Plan – Again – At City Hall: Tuesday, 6:30pm (BikeHouston) El Paso Police Investigated 11 DWI Cases in 26 Hours Over The Weekend Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Rachel Spelman Walking Across Street in Uptown Dallas (CultureMap) …Dallas Council Member Phillip Kingston Calls for Completely Rebuilding the Dangerous Street Hit-and-Run Driver Crashed Into […]

Engineer Karun Sreerama Will Be Houston’s New Director of Public Works and Engineering (HoustonGov) San Antonio VIA Hosting Series of Workshops for Transit Corridor Planning City of Austin Vision Zero Input Map Allows Citizens to Report Dangerous Streets Rainey Traffic Study Calls for Less Parking, More Pedestrian Infrastructure (KUT) Senator Robert Nichols Joins Anti-High Speed Rail Activists […]

Metro Houston Partners With Private Garages for Park and Ride to Rodeo (Christof) Reminder That HOU Is Building Very High Quality Hike/Bike Infrastructure (Houston Parks Board) Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk: Why I Signed On to the Texas Bullet Train (Morning News) 57-Year-Old Man Trying to Catch a Bus Killed By Pickup Truck Driver (Morning News) Drunk Driver […]

If You Live, Work, or Play in Downtown Houston, This Plan Downtown Survey Is For You Perryman Group: Collin County Population in 2040 Will Be 1.9M, Not the 2.6M Road Boosters Use (Morning News) Man Driving Pickup Without Lights Kills Self, Woman He Hit, Injures Two Kids (Morning News) Dallas Morning News Blames Laura Lee Clay for Dying While Walking […]

Texting While Driving Ban Will Be Considered on House Floor Wednesday at 10 — Watch the Live Video …Texas One of Just Four States That Still Does Not Have Such a Ban (KUT) DART Chief Lobbying Trump Administration for Transit (Morning News) TXDOT Paying TTI to Study Robot Vehicles to Improve Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Safety This Bill Would Spell the End of Vehicle Safety Inspections in […]

Texting While Driving Ban Passes Senate Committee, Headed to Full Senate (KVUE) Kyle Shelton: Transform Houston Into a City That Can Be Experienced by Foot (Houston Chron) If You Count UT, Downtown Austin Has Most Jobs in Texas, 14K More Than HOU (Dan Keshet) Houston Metro Reevaluating Safety Efforts After Two Deaths (Houston Chron) …Houston PWE Allowed Red Paint […]