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Austin Council Member Don Zimmerman Sues to Overturn Ride Hailing Prop 1 Vote (Court Filing) Houston Bike Plan Should Get Vote in August, With Ordinances Added to Strengthen It (News88.7) Corpus Christi Victim Embraces and Forgives Hit-and-Run Driver at Sentencing (Corpus Christi Caller) Austin City Manager Might Have Another Job Before Transportation Bond Gets a Vote […]

Austin Council Adopts New Sidewalk Plan (Community Impact) … Fort Worth Only Other Big 10 Texas City With Ped or Sidewalk Plan El Paso County Commissioners Don’t Understand Induced Demand From Road Building (KVIA) Will the Texas Dept of Insurance Safety Summit (Aug 8-10 in Austin) Include Vision Zero? Houston Metro Hiring an Urban Designer (Metro) Patton Village […]

Eight Organizations Urge Austin to Meet January 2017 Target for Form-Based Code (Monitor) Austin “Environmental” Commission Opposes Density of Jobs and Retail Development (TWCNews) People Crashing Cars Into Cows Is a Thing With the Ag Land-Destroying Grand Porkway (CW39) The Power of Transit 2016: Advancing Regional Coordination, June 22 at H-GAC & Online Austin Council Passes Amazing […]

Today Is #DumpthePump Day for Those Not Yet Aware That Riding the Bus > Driving a Car (VIA) Xerox’s “Future of Transportation” Video Contains a Whopping 3 Pedestrians (Xerox) Real Estate Interests and Chamber Support Bond With Least Multimodal Funding (Austin Monitor) Reminder: $720M of Bond Funds Could Build 4,114 Miles of Sidewalks, only Half […]

TTI “in the Early Stages of Making Sustainable Transportation a Priority” (TTI) David Crossley: In Houston’s Mobility Future, the Car Can No Longer Be King (Houston Chron) Dallas Can’t Have Bike-Share Because of Council Member Sandy Greyson (Morning News) MetroWorks Is Capital Metro’s Bulk Purchasing Plan for Employers [Private, School, or Govt] Online Poll at Often Transit-Hostile Site Shows […]

TXDOT CityMAP Report Does Say We Can Get Rid of I-345, But Not Until 2037 (D Magazine) …Report Also Says Trinity Toll Is “Needed to Realize Governor Abbott’s Vision for Texas” (Observer) TTI & City of Houston Seeking Federal Funds for Tech for Intersections (Houston Chron) US DOT Video on “Future of Transportation” Is a Sad, Pedestrian-Free World EVERYTHING […]