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On First Day, New Dallas City Manager Hires Former NTTA Toll Road Exec as Chief of Staff (Morning News) Consultants Will Have 10 Months to Create Austin’s $500M Corridor Plan (Statesman) Workshop on TXDOT Transpo Alternatives Set-Aside Funding — February 16 (AACOG) What Did TTI Tell 50 #TXLege Staffers About Transpo Issues? Did They Use Any TXDOT […]

City of Austin Draft Development Code Claims That Limiting Density Helps With “Walkability” (Monitor) Transformation of North Dallas Car-Based Mall Into Mixed-Use “Midtown” Begins (Morning News) San Antonio Mayoral Candidate Forum Tuesday, Feb 6, at the Pearl Stable from 6:30-8 pm (Rivard) Rep. John Culberson’s Block of Fed Transit Funds Forces Metro to Run “Pink Shuttle” for Super […]

Behold: Austin’s Proposed 1,000 Page CodeNEXT That Started as Simplified Form Based Code Dallas’ New City Manager Walks Into Job With Amazing Tool to Build Access: CityMAP (D Magazine) Houston Public Works & Eng Dept Installing Fresh Kermit Like Mad for Super Bowl (James Llamas) Dallas Poverty Task Force Talks Housing Affordability and Transportation Access (Mayor Rawlings) Houston’s Westchase District Has Its Own […]

I-345 in Dallas Ranks #2 on CNU’s List of Freeways Without Futures (Walkable DFW) Laying Out Plan for “Ambitious Transit System” One of Austin Mayor Adler’s Goals for 2017 (Monitor) The Conservative Case for Trump to Focus on High-Speed Rail and Urban Transit (American Conservative) You Can Ride an Autonomous Mini Bus for Free Thursday in Arlington (WWLTV) Cassandra Jackson, 42, Killed and […]

Chariot Testing Late Night For-Profit Transit Route Connecting 6th and Rainey Bars (Community Impact) Dallas Spending $34M to Connect Street Grid in West Dallas Across Rail Track (Oak Cliff Advocate) BikeHouston Answers All Your Questions About the Pending Houston Bike Plan H-GAC TPC Approves All White Male Executive Committee, No City of Houston Member (HGAC) Speed […]

Today’s Your Last Day to Comment on TXDOT’s South Austin I-35 Plans (Virtual Open House) Houston Metro Will Consider Expanding Frequent Bus Network to Match Pedestrian Improvements (HPM) Attn Pretend Eminent Domain Opponents: Routine TXDOT Road Building Takes 71 Parcels This Month (TTC) Driver Who Killed 52-Year-Old Jeffrey Wall, Walking Across This Stroad, Turns Himself In […]