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Austin Council Outcome-Based Budgeting Includes Affordable and Accessible Transportation (Monitor) HUD Bombshell: Houston Housing Policy Violates Civil Rights Act, Adds to Segregation (Houston Chron) Metro Auditors Suggest Regional BRT in HOT Lanes, No Cars on Light Rail Streets (Houston Chron) Firm TXDOT Hired to Study I-35 Toll Lanes Accused of Long History of Falsified Forecasts (Statesman) Capital Metro Board to Vote on […]

Patrick Kennedy: Why Texas Is Spending Too Much on Roads and How to Stop (Strong Towns) DART’s Top 5 Questions About the Suburban Cotton Belt Rail Line Don’t Mention Ridership (DART) Sunset Commission Recommends Watering Down Oversight of TxDOT (TTI) Grapevine Commuter Rail Station Will Have Boutique Hotel, Garage, and Plaza (Community Impact) San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor […]

Austin Vision Zero Program Asks Residents to Pinpoint Dangerous Places on Vision Zero Input Map CNU-CTX Posts Video of Remarkable Address by Jeffrey Tumlin in Austin in December Texas Researchers May Test Automated Transit Vehicles on Houston Express Lanes, Streets (Houston Chron) El Paso Council Member Peter Svarzbein Working to Rebuild an International Streetcar Line (CityLab) TXDOT Public Transportation Advisory […]

Houston and McAllen Are Among the Most Dangerous Places to Walk in America (SGA) …People of Color and Low Income People Face Greater Dangers as Pedestrians (FastCoDesign) …San Antonio Has Gotten More Dangerous for Pedestrians Than in Recent Years (Rivard) With East End Line Complete, Houston Finally Finished Building Light Rail – For Now (HPM) 100-Yr-Old […]

Houston Planning Commission Has Formed a Walkable Places Committee! 1st Meeting: Wed 1/11, 4pm Hit-and-Run Tahoe Driver Struck and Killed While Fleeing, by 2nd Tahoe Driver, Who Also Fled (Houston Chron) Jesse Copeland, 22, Killed Walking Across High-Speed SH155 Outside Tyler, But “Not at a Crosswalk” — Closest Pedestrian Crossings Are 21.9 Miles Apart (KTRE) The Texas Legislature Does Not Reflect the Gender, Race, […]

Tally of Over 100 Transportation-Related Bills at the #TXLege Shows Focus on Financing MOAR ROADS (TTI) Add to the List of Costs Due to Truck Freight: Total Closure of I-10 in Houston This Weekend (HPM) ABC13: A Car (Not a Driver) Hit and Killed a Man on a Bridge, Wonders Why He Was Walking There ABC13: A Car (Not a Driver) […]