These People Lost Their Minds Over a Bike Lane
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The photos don't lie -- these protesters actually called some new stripes on the street a "Nazi lane."
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Capital Metro Lead Planner: Is Frequency the Key to Transit Success? (BizJournals)
- Residents Launch “I Drive 25” Campaign on Street Corners in Mueller Neighborhood (Spectrum)
- Study Says Denton County Fails When It Comes to Driving Behavior in School Zones (Denton RC)
- CARTS Interurban Bus Realigns Round Rock Route to Meet New Local Bus Service at Transit Center
- Excessive Car Speed Is Largest Concern Dallas Council Member Mark Clayton Hears in District
- Transit-Oriented Developments Kicks Off in Farmers Branch (Morning News)
- Our Cities Need Fewer Cars, Not Just Cleaner Cars (The Guardian)
- City of Austin Debuts Robot Car Roadmap (Monitor)
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Uber and Lyft Are Cannibalizing Transit in Major American Cities
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New research from UC Davis shows that cities must strengthen transit in response to the growth of ride-hailing services.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Cruz, Cornyn Fail to Mention Transit, Quality of Life Amazon Is Looking For (Morning News)
- TXDOT Wants the Grand Parkway to Eat Up More of the Katy Prairie (Houston Chron)
- Little Devoted to Bike Plan in Houston Bond Proposal (Houston Press)
- Houston Metro CEO Tom Lambert Rides the 161 Wilcrest Express, Talks to People
- Those Texas Women Event This Saturday on “Land Use, Transportation, and a Just City”
- 21-Year-Old Fatally Struck by Two Drivers After Walking on Highway Ramp (Morning News)
- TXDOT & CAMPO Seek 3,000 Participants to Survey Travel Behavior (Patch)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Turns Out Trying to Do a Huge Reform of Your City’s Building Code Is Complicated (Chron, Monitor)
- KUT Collected Various CodeNEXT Fear Mongering for a Fact Check
- Mayor Adler’s Deputy, John-Michael Vincent Cortez, Says CodeNEXT Panic Is Being Intentionally Fomented
- Woman Killed Walking Next to Frontage Road That TXDOT Won’t Redesign for Safer Speeds (KXAN)
- Police Seek Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Woman Standing in North Austin Neighborhood Street (Statesman)
- Sherman Trying to Spend TXDOT Money on 10-Foot Sidewalks, Finding Contractors Difficult (Herald Democrat)
- Shared Office Spaces Are Growing Rapidly in DFW (Morning News)
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Talking Headways Podcast: Catching Up With Congressmember Earl Blumenauer
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Blumenauer discusses how Rail~Volution got its start, how we can use congestion pricing and road user charges to pay for transportation, Vision Zero, and why urbanists should be thinking about the Farm Bill.
Meet the Lawyer Taking on the Highway Lobby — And Winning
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To combat racial segregation and disparities in public health, attorney Dennis Grzezinski is confronting the state's penchant for road expansion.
Transportation Engineers Are Ethically Bound to Protect Public Safety. Too Many Do Not.
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Bill Schultheiss, a transportation engineer with Toole Design Group, is challenging his profession to uphold its ethical standards.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Dallas Morning News Recommends Yes Vote on Prop A for All-of-the-Above Streets Spending
- Capital Metro Won’t Be Able to Increase Rail Frequency Until January 2019 (Fox7)
- CEO of Alamo Area Council of Governments Supports Consolidating Austin and San Antonio
- Bexar County Commissioner Wolff Claims Austin-San Antonio-DFW Rail Plans Are Real (Rivard)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Raymone Calhoun at This High Speed Intersection (KVIA)
- Pflugerville Ironman Triathlete May Never Walk Again After a Distracted Driver Struck Him (KXAN)
- Austin’s I-35 Problem Has a Solution. But Can We Get It Right? (Towers)
- All Texans Are Invited to Walk for Ten Minutes at Ten AM on October 20 (It’s Time Texas)
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America Hasn’t Seen a Spike in Traffic Deaths This Bad in 50 Years
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America's traffic safety record is going from bad to worse -- and federal transportation officials aren't speaking up about it.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Laredo Adding Bike Lanes and Becoming More Bike-Friendly (KGNS)
- Austin’s Attempt at Form-Based Code Maintains Legacy Zoning as a Type (Monitor)
- …Analyzing Draft CodeNEXT Maps Confirms Segregation Maintained on West Side (Monitor)
- Drunk Driver Zachary Davis Hit Cyclist Edward Hudek on a Dangerous Street, Blames World (KXAN)
- DFW’s Next Big i]Idea? Bringing Walkable Connections to Downtown Dallas (BizJournals)
- Will the I-30 Bridges Be the Most Expensive Pedestrian/Bike Bridges in the World? (Dallas May)
- Austin Planning Team Out Today on Guadalupe Corridor (Central Austin CDC)
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Utah Police Shooting Underscores the Added Threat Facing Black People on Bikes
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Police stopped Patrick Harmon for riding his bike without a rear light. When he attempted to flee, officer Clinton Fox shot him three times in the back.