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House Transportation Chair Joe Pickett: Roads Are Not Going to Get Better (Tribune) Pedestrian Killed By Driver Swerving Around Another Car (Statesman) Largest Voter-Approved Road Project in San Antonio History Is Complete (TPR) Houston Council Considers $4M Contract Expanding Bike-Share System By 71 Stations Houston Bringing Buffalo Bayou Hike/Bike Trail Up to ADA (Council Agenda) Houston Midtown Conducting Pilot […]

Senator Brandon Creighton Votes for Sprawl MUDs for Firm Where He Is Exec VP (Houston Chron) Rep Cecil Bell Landed $2.4M Contracts Off Sprawl MUDs, Which He Supports in Lege (Houston Chron) Fort Worth Councilwoman Ann Zadeh Pushing for Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill (Star-Telegram) Induced Traffic Is Eliminating the “Miracle” of Opening Shoulders on SH161, as Expected (Observer) Bills Filed […]

Woman and Child Killed in Crash at Newly Rebuilt CTRMA Toll Road Intersection (Statesman) 48% of Downtown Dallas Residents Don’t Drive a Car, Need Safe Multimodal Options (Morning News) Apple Paid TXDOT to Install a Safe Intersection on Stroad at Apple Austin Campus (Community Impact) While You’re Documenting Parking Waste on Black Friday, Get 30% Off Amtrak Tickets […]

TXDOT Wants Input on Amarillo Road Project Submitted by US Mail (Amarillo Globe-News) Core of Pedestrian Improvements on Allen Parkway Was Bringing Down Car Speed (Houston Press) 1st Year of Austin Bond Spending Will Focus on Sidewalks, Safe Routes to School (Community Impact) Memorial Walk Mourns People Killed in Crashes, Calls for Safe Speed Bill (Statesman, KVUE, KXAN) […]

World Day of Remembrance Vigil and Memorial Walk Tonight in Austin to Honor Traffic Victims You Can Sign the Petition for a Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill to Fight Speed-Related Deaths It’s Hard to Ignore Mike Dahmus’ Critique of Cap Metro’s Project Connect 2.0 (M1EK) Texas Transportation Commissioners Chastened by TXDOT Sunset Report (Quorum Report) That Cute Ad About the […]

Über Accepts Fingerprints Through SuperBowl, Houston Accepts Less Fees (Press Release, ABC13) …Austin Journalists Note that Uber Insists on No Fingerprints in Austin (BizJournals) Quorum Report Calls TXDOT Sunset Report “Scathing,” Not Ready for $80B New Funding (Quorum) Austin’s New Urbanist Mueller Now Largest LEED Gold Neighborhood in the World (Press Release) TTI Keeping List of All […]