• Houston’s HGAC MPO Once Again Elects an All White Male Leadership, Ignoring Calls for Change
• …HGAC Regional Transpo Plan Public Meetings Yesterday Through Feb 12, Social Media Encouraged
• After Years of Declines, Cap Metro Sees An Increase in Ridership (Monitor)
• Some Denton Area Cities Could Lose Seats on the DCTA Board (Denton Record-Chronicle)
• City of Denton Survey Wants Your Opinion on Safe Streets Around Square (BikeDenton)
• TXDOT Conducting Freeway Removal Pilot Program in Houston All Summer Long (KHOU)
• METRO seeks Input for Public Transportation Plans in NW Harris County (Houston Chron)

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• Jennifer Juarez, 20, Hit Pedestrian on Drag, Grabbed Car’s Debris then Fled, Police Say (Statesman)
• TXDOT’s Joint CAMPO, AAMPO Study Heading to Austin, San Antonio Transit, Merger (Monitor)
• Why Fort Worth is Looking to TEXRail Stations for Development (Star Telegram)
• Trinity Metro Say Response To TEXRail Has Been “Tremendous,” Hoping for 8K Daily Ridership (KRLD)
• Fort Worth City Council Designates 7 TEXRail Crossings as Quiet Zones
• Alamo College Students Can Now Ride VIA Buses For Free (Rivard)
• Is TXDOT Reimagining of I-10 Through El Paso Actually Allowing for Imagining Anything Different? (BikeHombre)
• Please Go to TXDOT Long Range Plan Meeting in San Antonio, Tuesday, Jan 29, 4615 NW Loop 410, Bldg 2

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• UT-Austin Campus Has New Rules Limiting Electric Scooters, Suggests Future Required 8mph Speed Limiters
• Stuck and Stressed: The Health Costs of Car Traffic (New York Times)
• Sen. Hancock Takes Over From Sen. Hall as Transportation Comm Vice Chair, Sen. Nichols Still Chair
• Conroe, METRO to Debut Park and Ride Commuter Bus Route (Community Impact)
• Austin Transit Ridership Trending Up (Cap Metro Blog)
• 500 Letters Sent to San Antonio City Council to Request Bike Lanes on Broadway (KENS)
• …You Can Still sign Bike San Antonio Petition.
• What Cities Get Wrong About Public Transportation [TLDR: Low-Density Car Dependency] (CityLab)

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• Online Survey Available On City of Austin’s Priorities for Next Five Years of HUD Funding
• Galveston’s trolley cars still months away from getting back on track (Houston Chron)
• Fort Worth is crazy over TEXRail, so is now the time to extend the trains south and west? (Star Telegram)
• Gulfton community honors child struck and killed in 2016 crash (Houston Chron)
• El Paso District Attorney: Driver involved in deadly Tippin crash will not face criminal charges (KTSM)

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• Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Says that Houston Will Become a Vision Zero City!! (Houstonia)
• Woman Survives Hit-and-Run that Killed Husband at DART Bus Stop (Fox4News)
• Houston Will Have Free B-Cycle rentals on Marathon Weekend (ABC13)
• Uber launches dockless electric bikes and scooters In Dallas (CultureMap)
• Patrick Kennedy Says Focus North Texas 2019 – on Feb 8th in Las Colinas – is About to Sell Out
• Drunk Driver Causes Fiery Crash – But Victim Not Hurt – While Being Chased By Police (Morning News)
• Downtown Houston Center to Undergo Street Friendly Renovations (BizJournals)
• HOU<->DFW HSR Opening Day Now Pushed Back to 2025. Originally Was 2021 (Community Impact)
• Austin’s 2016 Bond Funds Expanding Car Traffic Lanes for Hill Country Sprawl on Edge of City (Patch)

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• Need for speed a recipe for disaster, national safety group says (Houston Chron)
• As Tech Invades Cycling, are Bike Activists Selling Out? (Wired)
• Driver Kills Pedestrian Trying to Cross Dallas Street at Bus Stop a Third of a Mile From Nearest Crosswalk (Morning News)
• Cap Metro & City Create New Transit & Bike Lane (Capital Metro Blog)
• Metro Plan’s Mix of Transit, Services a Nod to Differing Houston-area Demands (Houston Chron)
• Harris County sheriff urges greater focus on road safety (Houston Chron)
• Transportation Advocacy Group – Houston’s Lobby Day is February 28 in Austin

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• More Details on Houston’s Downtown, Midtown, Parks, and Museums Bike Lane (Swamplot)
• City of Austin Wins Bloomberg Climate Change Money for Electric Cars, TDM (Statesman)
• City of Houston Bicycle Advisory Committee Will Have Vision Zero Discussion and Possible Action at Meeting this Wednesday, January 16
• LBJ Future Forum Event: Austin Housing Affordability: A Critical Moment for Solutions, Thursday, January 24
• Seven Year Old Child Critically Injured in Crash at Northeast Dallas Intersection (Morning News)
• Texas School For The Blind And Visually Impaired Calls On Scooter Riders To Be More Mindful (KUT)
• Neighborhood Planning Poised to Change (Austin Monitor)

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• Car Debt Accounts for Nearly Half of the Amount Older San Antonio Residents Owe (CNBC)
• Large Majority of Voters in Austin’s Urban Core rejected NIMBY Referendum in November (Community Impact)
• You Have Until Sunday Night to Comment on the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan Policies or Take the Survey
• …Please Take the Time to Read the Maps, Scroll to the Last Map or Skip to it Here to Comment on Specifics
• Texas Scientists Offer to Brief Gov. Greg Abbott on Climate Change (Morning News)
• Austin’s New Bus and Bike Priority Lane Deployed on 5th Street Today, Over Cyclist Objections (Jay)
• Cotton Belt Commuter Line Construction Contract Awarded (Railway Gazette)
• New TEXRail Line Rolls in DFW (Railway Age)

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• Does Texas need a hands-free law for drivers? [Asnwer: Yes] (KXAN)
• In Increasingly Diverse Texas, the Legislature Remains Mostly White and Male (Texas Tribune)
• Limiting the Amount of People Allowed to Live in the City of Austin Not Working Out Well (CultureMap)
• Sit-Down Scooter Rental Program To Debut In Austin (KUT)
• …Fights Over Scooters Reflect Desperate Need for Multimodal Safe Networks in Texas Cities (KXAN)
• City of Austin on Track to Finish 2016 Mobility Bond in Eight Years (Community Impact)
• A Growing Texas City Rethinks its Transportation Plan (Planetizen)
• TXDOT Releases Report on Agency’s Plans for the Intersection of U.S. 290 West and Texas 71 (Austin Chron)

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• Big Cars Kill (National Post)
• TxDOT makes Final Decision on East Dallas ‘3G’ Intersection (Morning News)
• OurBus Makes Texas Permanent Transportation Option (Patch)
• Comment Period Closes Jan. 13 for Austin’s First Comprehensive Transportation Plan since 1995 (Community Impact)
• In Texas, rural and urban must unite against a common threat (Houston Chron)

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• Higher Gas Taxes Are Needed (Bloomberg)
• Major Bus Checkpoints Set to See Improvements Near UT (CBS Austin)
• TXDOT Asks Houstonians for Imput on Statewide Rail Plan (Innovation Map)
• Some Conservatives Do Not Like TEXRail (Texas Scorecard)
• …They’ll Likely Conflate Sprawl Rail with Urban Light Rail as Austin Moves Forward on Project Connect
• Sorry for the Short Stack it Headlines Today. I Gotta Go Talk at the TXDOT Conference About Vision Zero

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• Houston Region Numbers Show Road Deaths Decreasing (Houston Chron)
• Sylvester Turner: Paradigm Shift: Houston is Creatively Reshaping its Mobility Approach (HNTB)
• Tarrant County’s TEXRail Makes Maiden Voyage to DFW Airport (Morning News)
• Houston Council Member Amanda Edwards Calls for H-GAC Leadership to Represent Diversity of Region
• …Two Years After MPO for Most Diverse Metro Region in Nation Selected All White Male Exec Committee
• Wide-Open Election for Dallas Mayor has Candidates Racing to Build Coalitions (Morning News)
• Survey: walkWestside is Interested in Your Feedback on the Walking Facilities Within the Westside of San Antonio

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