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Rep. Ron Simmons Believes High Speed Rail Will Survive 2017 Legislative Session (WFAA) Marketing Presents MOPAC Express Lanes as Occasional Option, Not Daily Commute (CTRMA) Harris County Voted to Turn the Astrodome Into a Parking Garage Today (Houston Chron) Alamo Area MPO Bike Night Fall 2016 Is October 12 at Lone Star Brewery (Mayor Taylor) Public Meetings […]

San Antonio’s Síclovía Open Streets Event Is Making a Positive Health Impact (Rivard) Midtown Dallas Land Owners, Developers Might Match $15M City Bond for 30-Acre Park (BizJournals) El Paso PD: Wheelchair User Eduardo Dill “Failed to Yield” to F-150 Driver Half-Mile From Crosswalk (KFoxTV) 5 Years of Austin’s Hotel Tax Could Pay for Gaudalupe Starter Light Rail Line (Community […]

Advocates for the Blind Sue for Equal Access to Ride-Hail Services (Statesman) Driver Kills Pedestrian Crossing Mile Stretch of Vista Del Sol Drive That Has No Crosswalk (KVIA) Significant Disagreements Remain on How to Make SATomorrow Plan a Real Thing (Express News) Proposed Dallas Streets Budget Would Just Barely Keep Up With Maintenance (Observer) TXDOT Says Private Toll Road […]

Houston Metro Set to Okay $1B Budget, With Lower Sales Tax Projections (Houston Chron, HPM) Proposed Capital Metro Budget: More for Inefficient Suburban Services (Monitor) …Julio Gonzales Asks Capital Metro to Fund Success Instead (Keep Austin Wonky) Austin Chamber Report: Better Land Use, More Options, TDM, Not Roads (Impact, BizJournals) Video: Dr. Stephen Klineberg on Future of Houston, Which […]

Bicycling Magazine Calls Fort Worth’s Betsy Price “America’s Most Bike-Crazy Mayor” TXDOT I-35 Open House Comment Form for Reconnect-Austin-Or-Not Decision Now Works San Antonio Siclovia Celebrating 5th Anniversary This Sunday — 72,000 Came to Last One (Rivard) Pool – Whose Property Value Will Increase from Proposed Urbanism – Not Yet Recused (Monitor) Austin Chamber of Commerce Calls Sprawl the “Original Sin” of Mobility Problems (Monitor) […]

Public Comment Period for TXDOT’s I-35 Project in Downtown Austin Open Thru October 4 (KXAN) …TXDOT Has to Respond to Questions Asked at Meeting Today or Made Online During This Period …So Far This Morning, the Virtual Open House Page Gives an Unauthorized Error …Official Comment Page Still Does Not Allow People to Comment on Downtown Austin Section Is It […]