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New Report Urges More Sidewalks, Less Parking in Houston

By Leah Binkovitz | Nov 29, 2016 | No Comments

More than a third of the people who want to live in an urban neighborhood in Harris County said they don’t currently live there, based on the survey’s findings. One thing that’s responsible for the gap? A lack of suitable sidewalks.

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Hays County Used Flawed Population Forecasts to Lobby for Road Bond

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 8, 2016 | No Comments

Local governments in Texas are not supposed to spend public funds to lobby for a particular outcome to a local bond election. But Hays County went ahead and used bogus population forecasts to make the case for a proposed road bond. This video, which seems to have been created with public funds, includes a county EMS employee making an […]

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Do Atlanta Residents Value Transit More Than Houstonians?

By Kinder Institute | Nov 2, 2016 | No Comments

Ryan Holeywell | October 28, 2016 Houstonians and Atlantans alike are frustrated by traffic. How they want to address it is a different matter.

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Is Something Wrong With TXDOT’s Data on Driving?

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 28, 2016 | 1 Comment

Recently, we explored how Texans seem to be driving less than they did 10 years ago. According to Texas DOT’s data, the average Texan is driving less every day, and Dallas, Tarrant, and Harris counties saw a decline in total driving mileage, even though they added millions of people. If this data is accurate, it suggests […]

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Can Public Transit and Ride-Share Companies Get Along?

By Kinder Institute | Sep 22, 2016 | No Comments

Kyle Shelton | September 22, 2016 Across the country, transit agencies and ride-sharing services are partnering up. Will those agencies come to regret it?

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A Year After Bus Redesign, METRO Houston Ridership is Up

By Leah Binkovitz | Aug 16, 2016 | No Comments

Leah Binkovitz | August 16, 2016 A year into the overhaul of the region's bus network, METRO officials say they're pleased with the results -- and have more improvements in the works.

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