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Should We Move More Oil and Gas Freight By Other Modes to Reduce the Stress on Roads? (TTI) TXDOT Proposal for Oklahoma-South Texas Rail Wouldn’t Actually Stop in Urban Austin (KVUE) Houston Metro Will Give You Free Transit Passes for Catching Pokemon on the Bus (Metro) Citizen Demand Response System for Potholes May Be Prioritizing […]

Active Transportation May Provide More Than Health Benefits (TX Transportation Institute) Houston Planning and Development Department Likes the Congress for the New Urbanism (Matt Camp) 120 Letters Means CAMPO Wants to Fast Track Expanding This Sprawl Intersection (Four Points News) FILL OUT THE SUNSET COMMISSION SURVEY ON TXDOT — TODAY IS THE LAST DAY Motorcycle Passenger Killed After Falling Off Katy […]

Wildly Successful Main Street Light Rail Could Be Much Better If Glitches Fixed (Houston Chron) 23 of 60 Vision Zero Action Plan Agenda Items Underway in Austin (Austin Chron) Trey Bowers, 21, Killed Driving Delivery Truck on I-10, Two Weeks Into Job (12News) 18-Year-Old James “Jack” Cloudt Kills Self in Solo Crash with Open Container (Statesman) […]

Can TXDOT Improve Oak Cliff Sprawl Intersection Without Inducing a Ton of Traffic? (Reddit) Remember to Take the TXDOT Sunset Survey Before July 15 (Sunset Commission) Walkable Mixed-Use Development Coming to San Antonio Greenfield on Freeway (Express News) San Pedro Creek Walkability Project Moving Along Quickly in San Antonio (Express News, Rivard) Sprawl Residents Think Their Neighborhood Not […]

We Can Improve Transit Access — Houston Is Proof (Houston Chron) Gov Abbott Nominates Woman to TTC: Laura Ryan, Auto Dealer (Houston Chron, Tribune) Q: Who Decides That Texans Will Depend on Cars? A: Old White Men (Houston Chron) As of October 9, Capital Metro Will Stop Accepting Physical Credit Cards at Machines (Monitor) TXDOT Conducting Real Life Experiment on Reducing Speed […]

Houston Asking DC for Support for Transportation Projects Not Aimed Mainly at Cars (Houston Chron) Houston City Council Member Robinson Calls for Modern Street Design Guidelines (Houston Chron) Dump Truck Driver Hits Low Bridge, Then Falling Debris Kill 12-Year-Old Girl in Car (KHOU) Ped Adv Council Wants More Bond to Sidewalks, Vision Zero, and All Projects for Safety (City of Austin) Lex Frieden, Co-Author of […]