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Austin to Spend $37M in Bond Funding on Sidewalks in 2017; Corridors Will Be Hard (TWC, Impact) Capital Metro Project Connect Has Big Focus on Transit Outside Its Tax Paying Service Area (TWC) HGAC Proposes Creating Transit Task Force for Next Regional Transportation Plan (Houston Chron) Form-Based Code Has Helped Downtown Bastrop Thrive (Statesman) March 10: AAA […]

Capital Metro Board Approves Connections 2025 Frequent Bus Grid Overhaul (Monitor, KUT) …But Hidden From Public Debate Was Hardening of Sub-Urban Subsidy (Julio Gonzalez) Terribly Designed 5-Year-Old Sprawl “Neighborhood” Often Trapped By Trains (NBCDFW) DART Adds Deep Ellum Area to Free Drink Downtown Circulator Service (CultureMap) Mitchell Schnurman: Economically, How Can We Oppose the Texas Bullet Train? (Morning News) […]

TXDOT Set to Spend Heavily on Houston Downtown Freeway Redo, Starting With Expansion (Houston Chron) Houston Partnering With Researchers to Mine Big Data for Solutions (Progrss) Capital Metro Set to Discuss and Vote on Connections 2025 Starting Today at Noon (Live Feed, KUT) Mayor Turner: #TXLege Needs to Allow TXDOT to Optimize Multimodal Use of Funds (@JayCrossley) CM Griggs […]

HGAC Transportation Policy Council Asks TXDOT to Spend $3B on I-45 Downtown Loop (HGAC) Can Texas Central Really Raise $12 Billion for High-Speed Rail From Private Investors? (Tribune) Transit Ridership Plummeting in Austin, While Houston Growth Is 2nd Best in Nation (Purgatorian) Capital Metro Board Approaching Final Vote on Connections 2025 Plan (Monitor) Does DFW Area Growth Have […]

Long Read on the Conflicts Surrounding Texas High-Speed Rail Effort (Morning News) Texas Central High-Speed Rail Company Hits Back at Flawed Reason Report (BizJournals) Pent-Up Demand for Affordable Housing in Houston Is Between 124K and 400K Units (Houston Chron) You Can Help Use Data and Tech to Solve Mobility Issues at ATX Hack the Traffic Event […]

Houston Public Works Director Dale Rudick is Retiring (Houston Chron) TTI Live Blogs the Texas Senate Transportation Committee Pro-Segregation Group PODER Gets Austin Mayoral Task Force to Support Anti-Urbanism (Statesman) DFW Developers Envision Building Suburbs in a Post-Personal Car Future (Star-Telegram) Bexar County Installing High Tech Wayfinding Kiosks in Urban Areas (Rivard) Two of Seven Central TX […]