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Rep. Celia Israel Files HB 1677 to Create a Texas Vision Zero Task Force (News4SA) Parents Fear for Their Children’s Lives During Elementary School Pickup Dominated by Cars (KVIA) Texas High Speed Rail Company Has Bought Land Options for 1/3 of Houston-Dallas Line (Houston Chron) Austin City Council Forces Capital Metro to Limit a Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development (Monitor) An Immigration […]

Austin, Houston, and Fort Worth Join Rep. Celia Israel to Announce Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill 3 Things to Know About the Texas State Bill to Lower Speed Limits (Community Impact) Applications Open for Summer Internships on Transportation Safety at TTI Oklahoma City Breaking Ground on Its First Streetcar Line (OKC Streetcar) Four People Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash on I-359 Near […]

San Antonio Mayoral Debate Reflects Growing Frustration Over Transportation Issues (Rivard) Houston Chronicle Kind of Calls for a Vision Zero Action Plan Grocery-Anchored, Vertical Mixed-Use Apartments Break Ground in Midtown Houston (BizJournals) Developer Sees Downtown San Antonio Market Heating Up, Increasing Units in Project (Express News) Austin’s the Best Place to Live in America; Houston, Dallas, […]

Someone Deliberately Used a Car as a Weapon to Kill Ernestina Limon-Ocana, 36, in a Parking Lot (KXAN) El Paso City Council May Fund Feasibility Study for Transit to Juarez (KVIA) Metro Light Rail’s Record-Setting Day Before Super Bowl: 109,500 Trips (Houston Chron) Driver Runs Through Stop Sign and Injures Six People, Including Two Children (Morning News) Houston Renters Own […]

Houston Light Rail Was Running Two Cars at 3-4 Minute Headways for Super Bowl (Metro) Second Person Dies Riding a Bicycle on Houston Light Rail Tracks in Three Days (Houston Chron) TXDOT Heard from Disney Imagineers at Texas Transportation Forum (TXDOT) AMTRAK Confirms It’s Working on Austin-San Antonio Commuter Rail Study (TPR) …San Antonio Mayor […]

Reports From the Arlington Demonstration of Driverless Mini Bus (Star-Telegram) It’s Remarkable That Houston’s Super Bowl Celebrations Are in a Dense Walkable Place Christopher Michael Killed Ivan Rincon Ramos, Who Was Trying to Run With His Two Sons Across This Dangerous Road With Closest Pedestrian Crossings Two Miles Away (KLTV) Someone Died This Morning Biking on Metro Light Rail Tracks (Houston […]