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Today’s Headlines

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Austin Releases Unfinished Zucker Report Critical of Planning Dept (Austin Monitor) KUHF Asks What Can Be Done to Slow Traffic In Neighborhoods? Answer: Neighborhood Greenways Texas Wesleyan U Students Want and Are Getting More Walkable Campus (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Blow: I Don’t Love Red Light Cameras, But I Love the Dangerous Alternative Less (Morning News) Woodlands […]
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Lesson, Learn

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The other day, @BrettChisum posted the following images on twitter.  He reported the Before image to 311Dallas who reported it to TxDOT.  Check the conversation.  It’s rather funny.  Brett was concerned about the lack of ADA access and the minimum 36″ access around any obstacle.  TxDOT was apparently thinking his concern was the lack of […]
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Death and Safety

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More than 3,000 Texans die on Texas roads every year.  More than any other state and almost 1/10th of all traffic fatalities nationwide. My guess is zero of those deaths in Texas are due to viaducts or bridges falling on people’s heads.  No, the real danger is being hit by other cars.  As the head […]
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The Right Question of Congestion

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As you may have seen, A New Dallas non-profit and movement, has grown up.  It has now spun-off a political action committee.  A New Dallas has always been about more than just 345.  345 just happened to be the most ripe target to generate a dialogue about what’s best for the city of Dallas, increasing […]
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Austin’s Secret Midrise Neighborhood

By Dan Keshet | | No Comments
Austin famously has a “missing middle” of housing. There are high-rise residential towers downtown, VMU along major corridors, and, most of the rest is zoned single-family-only, where even modestly denser homes like rowhomes are disallowed. But one neighborhood has, with far less fanfare than downtown condo towers or corridor VMU, remade itself into Austin’s premier […]
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