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Real Estate Interests Advocating for Removing Parking Requirements in Montrose (Realty News) Map of Bills Filed by Texas House and Senate Members by Party and Geography (January Advisors) Support #PasstheBikePlan Effort by Posting Selfie With Written Support and District (BikeHouston) TXDOT Now Expects Construction for 290 SOV Lane Expansions to Continue Into 2018 (Houston Chron) 17-Year-Old Driving […]

Austin Council Adopts Comprehensive Speed Policy Reform & Supports State Bill (Statesman, KEYE) Austin City Council Finally Allows The Grove, Massive Mixed-Use, New Urbanist Infill (Statesman) Houston Will Be Finished Building New Light Rail Lines (For Now?) on January 11 (Christof Spieler) Alamo Regional Mobility Authority Thinks Doubling Lanes on Loop 1604 Is a Good Idea (Express News) 22 […]

How an Elevated Freeway Devastated the City of Pasadena (Houston Chron) US DOT Provides Guidelines for Opposing the Impending Road-Spending Glut (CityLab) Reminder as Texas Doubles in Population: Sprawl Is Subsidized (Smart Growth America) …Older Suburban Cities in DFW Object to Paying Into the Ponzi Scheme (Morning News) Capital Metro Reimagining Muddied by MetroRapid and […]

Prop 1 & 7 Mean Road Spending in Texas Metros Basically Doubling in Coming Years (Statesman) …See Which Road Projects Are Expected to Get That Funding in Austin (Community Impact) Hit and Run Driver “Purposely” Hit a Pedestrian, Then Hit an SUV, Then a Tree, Then Ran (Morning News) NIMBYs Win Austin Council Runoff (KXAN) and San Marcos […]

TTI Safety Testimony to House Transportation Committee Doesn’t Focus on Street Design (TTI) Mixed-Use LEED Building With 85% Affordable Apartment Units Going Up in Mueller (Building ATX) San Antonio Vision Zero Resulting in Heavy Investments in Pedestrian Safety, Narrower Motor Lanes (News4SA) Houston Strategy of Spending Big on Freeway Expansion Not Working Out (Houston Chron) Driver Killed […]

You Can Participate in San Antonio VIA “Allocation Game” to Help Push for Frequent Service National Association of Rail Passengers Has Come to Houston to Advocate for Suboptimal Transit Are You Going to the CAMPO TPB Meeting on Monday to Ask for Removal of Pro-Lynching Judge Oakley? Houston Uses Emergency Alert System to Notify Drivers of a Road Closure (Alert Houston) Austin Bike-Share Adding […]