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Dallas Mayor Opposes Streets Bond Because Private Interests Won’t Pay to Lobby Citizens (Observer) Forth Worth Wants Transportation User Fee on Water Bills, But Also MOAR ROADS! (Star-Telegram) Houston Pedestrian Deaths Up 30% From Previous Year; Changes to Streets Needed (HPM) San Antonio Pedestrian Deaths Up 40% From Previous Year; Lower Speeds, Crosswalks Needed (KSAT) Neighbors Previously Demanded Crosswalk Where 75-Year-Old San Antonio Man Died Using […]

Hallelujah! Austin’s MetroRapid Fares to Be Lowered to Match Local Bus This Sunday (Community Impact) About 100 Semi Truck Drivers Got Lost in El Paso Detour of Closed Freeway With Bad Wayfinding (KFOX14) Dense, Walkable, Mixed-Use Areas Were Key to Houston Getting the Super Bowl (Houston Chron) 21-Year-Old Man Dies in Single-Vehicle Rollover Crash on […]

I-45 in Houston Is #1 for Drunk Driving Crashes in Nation, TXDOT Planning to Encourage More (Houston Chron) H-GAC Policy Council Could Allocate $675M More to Transit, Safe Streets, But Doesn’t (Houston Chron) Two Dead, Two Injured in Hays County Crash on SH21 (Austin American Statesman) Better Block-Inspired Tactical Urbanism Project in Austin’s Mueller Makes Traffic […]

Anthony Foxx: CAMPO and AAMPO Must Collaborate on Regional Transportation Plan or Merge (Eno) Austin’s Entire Priority Bike Plan Could Have Been Funded for Cost of Removing 360 Stop Lights (TWC) Whether or Not Texas Central High Speed Rail “Is” a Railroad Will Go to Full Trial (Community Impact) Santa Needs Streets That Are Safe and Comfortable for […]

Police Still Investigating Whether They Can Blame Victim Killed By Red Light Running Driver (KXAN) Charging $2/Day for Parking, Metro Loses Money on Grand Parkway Park and Ride (Houston Chron) Travis Co Commissioner Brigid Shea Opposes CTRMA Park and Ride Plan, Calls for Shared Use of Existing Parking (Monitor) Memorial Village Police Chief J.D. Sanders: Gov Abbott Wrong About Traffic […]

FTA Commits Half a Billion Dollars to Fort Worth Dallas Rail Transit (Star-Telegram) Williamson County Commissioner Cynthia Long Opposes Using CTRMA Funds on Transit (Monitor) TXDOT Updated its Environmental Handbook for Public Involvement NCTCOG Will Hold Meetings in January for Its Regional Transit Plan, Access North Texas Beloved UNT Campus Albino Squirrel Was Killed By a Driver on Highland Street (UNT […]