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Metro Developing Regional Transit Plan, Could Be Ready for Bond Referendum in November (Houston Chron) H-GAC Will Release TIP Call for Projects This Fall, Large Amount of Funding Available (Community Impact) Fort Worth Form-Based Code Rewrite Threatened by Worries About Parking (Star-Telegram) Fort Worth Installs Reverse Angle Parking at City Hall (Ann Zadeh, Instructions) TXDOT: Relocating Our Offices Out of […]

Traffic Fatalities in Texas Again Led Nation in 2016: 3,757 Deaths, Up From 3,531 in 2015 (Insurance Journal) Transportation Advocacy Group – Houston Encourages #TXLege to Develop Multimodal Corridors (Impact) Houston’s Downtown Protected Bike Lane Will Soon Directly Connect to Buffalo Bayou Trail (HPM) Austin City Council Goes Forward With Limiting a TOD and Some Funding for […]

Traffic Deaths Are on the Rise on U.S. Roads (NYT) Austin Residents Unsatisfied With How the City Plans for Growth and Traffic (Monitor) TXDOT‘s $15B Budget Request Includes Only $100M for Transit (0.6%) and $61M for Safety (0.4%) Another Person in El Paso Was Killed by a Driver While Walking at This Intersection (KVIA) Houston Matters Today at Noon to Talk […]

Valerie Swanson Files HB 1792 to Shame Low-Income Housing and Further Segregation (Houston Chron) Mixed-Use, Transit-Oriented-Development Adding Place-to-Hang-Out at UT-Dallas (Morning News) Reason Anti-High Speed Rail “Report” Argues Texas Needs Density, Transit, Fewer Cars (BizJournals) City of Austin Seeks to Further Prioritize Looking at Capitol Over Urbanism, Affordability (Statesman) DFW Airport Covering $25M for Their Station on $500M Commuter Rail Line (Morning News) Two People Killed, Four […]

Watson, Israel File Bills to Allow Cap Metro Rail Transit Extension Without Referendum (Monitor) Driver Injures Pedestrian at Mesa and Champions in El Paso 3 Days After Crash at Same Location (KVIA) TXDOT Houston Does Not Feel Need to Correct People Calling It Highway Department (Houston Chron) …Happy Valentines Day (TXDOT) Houston Cyclist Deaths Prompt Safety Messages, […]

Arturo Huerta: What Will It Take for Legislators to Seriously Address Drunk Driving? (El Paso Times) Dallas Council Transportation Committee to Discuss Subway Alignment & Streetcar Today (Morning News) March 4: Mobility Solutions Workshop for Central Texans (Project Connect) Dallas by Drone Documents How I-30 Destroyed the Historic Cedars Neighborhood (Observer) Traveling by Car in Bad Traffic Significantly Increases Domestic […]