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Capital Metro to Consider Fare Parity for MetroRapid Bus. Support Emails Requested. (Brennan Griffin) Austin Traffic Counters Show Decreasing Car Trips on S. Lamar, City Plans for Increase Anyway (Monitor) Houston Spending $4.1M to Help Dinosaurs Store Their Horseless Buggies Downtown (Houston Chron) Construction to Begin on TXDOT’s First Dutch Junction on I-10 in Energy Corridor Dallas […]

High Speed Rail Is Not the Only Possible Use of Eminent Domain in a State Doubling in Population (HPM) Houston and San Antonio Investing in Clean Burning Buses to Meet Growing Demand (PRNewswire) Austin Pro-Car, Anti-Bond Group Does Not Think Bicycles or Buses Are Vehicles (Honest Transportation) Austin Council Member Blocking Sustainable Urban Development Says Process Too […]

TODAY: Last Day to Register to Vote in the November Elections Dallas-Based Better Block Launches WikiBlock Toolkit for Creating a Better Block Bike-Oriented Development Is a Real Thing in Houston Along Bayou Greenways (Realty News Report) TXDOT Meeting Tonight on Bike / Ped Along SH183 Will Inform All Local Freeway Projects (Tom Wald) A Driver Crashed Into an […]

Only 2.8% of Austin Voters Oppose the Bond Because It Has Too Much for Bikes and Trails (BizJournals) …But Another Poll Shows 60% of Austin Voters Want to Prioritize Roads (Monitor) Calling Guadalupe an “Activity Corridor” Will Loosen Some Anti-Urban Regulations for Small Area (Monitor) Suburban Lawmakers Like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Financed by Attorneys for Sprawl MUDs (Houston Chron) […]

17-Year-Old Daniel Palomo Died of High-Speed Driving on Road Designed for High Speed (Houston Chron) College Station Has First in US, Dutch-Style Intersection With Glowing Bike Lane (TTI, The Batt) Share Your Walk/Bike Ideas for 183N Austin Freeway at Open Houses Next Week (CAMPO) BikeAustin Pro-Bond Editorial Seeks Congestion Reduction, Segregation of Modes (Statesman) AAMPO’s Bike Night Is an Actual […]

Alamo Area MPO Calls for Proposals for $15M in Active Transportation TAP Funding (AAMPO) 21st Century Transportation Planning Requires Focus on Access, Not Mobility (NextCity) One Crash in a Non-Resilient Transportation System Blocks Tens of Thousands (Houston Chron) Mark Tirpak: San Antonio Needs Real Transit Service Improvements, Not Wifi (NowCastSA) Confronting the Perils of Walking […]