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Parks & Wildlife Comm Might Approve Sacrificing 10 Acres of Park to Grand Porkway Today Austin Mobility Talks Survey: 18% Prioritize New Roads, 34% Transit, 19% Reduce Cars (ATX Urbanists) DART / TRE to Double Train Trips, Add Nights, Weekends, While Reducing Budget (Morning News) Historic San Antonio Streetcar Lines Now Available on Google Maps City of San Antonio Budget Process […]

Hit-and-Run Death of 3-Yr Old Boy Begs Vision Zero Street & Intersection Improvements (KXAN) Is Transit-Oriented Development Key to More Riders on Metro Green & Purple Lines? (Chron) Republican Challenger Who Opposed Grand Porkway Toll Bridge Defeats Rep. Smith in Primary (Breitbart) How Third Ward Plans to Manage Gentrification (UrbanEdge) TxDOT Says No Safety Measures […]

Austin Tech Leaders Launching RideAustin Nonprofit Ride-Hailing Service (Chronicle) City of Dallas Wants to Build a Deck Park Over I-35E Near the Zoo (Morning News) San Antonio Understands That Unincorporated Sprawl Imposes High Costs on City (Rivard) City Not Responding to Missions Neighbors’ Desire to Restrict More Neighbors Near Missions (Rivard) Guy in Roller Skates and Jorts […]

For Now, Feds Pull Unused Funds for Light Rail on Richmond (Swamplot) Janette Sadik-Khan’s Advice on How Houston Can Take Back Its Streets (Chron) Japanese Operator for Dallas-Houston Bullet Train Opens Dallas Office (DNews) 4 of 7 Family Members Killed in High-Speed Crash Near Carthage (WKYT) Speeding Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 4-Year-Old on Neighborhood Street (KXAN) Are Houston’s Sinking […]

Austin City Council Adopts Vision Zero (KUOW, #atxurbanists) Houston Mayor Turner Publicly Says “Vision Zero” for the First Time (@houstontomorrow) Improving Safety on Roads Could Also Be the Best Way to Reduce Traffic (KEYE) Ride a Free Austin B-Cycle With Code 2453 for Bike to Work Day Today Austin Council Approves First Vote for Driver-Run Taxi Co-ops (Statesman) […]

Austin City Council Will Consider Vision Zero Action Plan Today — Call or Email (Tom Wald) Governor Abbott Suggests Bills Already Written to “Overturn” Failed Prop 1 Vote (Tribune) UTCTR Notes Sprawl as Transportation Problem, But Not Urbanism as Solution (Statesman) TXDOT Traveler Information Survey Doesn’t Offer Switching Modes as Option to Avoid Traffic City Along DFW Sprawl Toll Road to […]