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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 12, 2017 | No Comments

Austin Group Wants Electeds to Tour Suburban Gondola in Mexico City – Which Has Great Real Transit (Monitor)
Capital Metro Brochure Shows Proposed June 2018 Service Changes, 14 High Frequency Routes
Rumble Strips on Texas A&M Campus ‘Play’ Aggie Fight Song at Safe Driving Speeds (Guide Live)
How Young’s Too Young to Ride Transit? (NextCity)
Maintaining Segregation Very Difficult When Trying to Install Form-Based Code (Community Impact)
Fight Over Red Light Cameras in 2019 Legislative Session May Already Have Begun (Houston Chron)
Harris County Sheriff Supports Safe Walk Home Program for Middle Schools
Toll Road Authority Explains That Unnecessary Toll Road Induces Need for More Road Spending

via $Austin On Your Feet$

Welcome to Bizarro Austin

By Dan Keshet | Sep 12, 2017 | No Comments

There’s a neighborhood in central Austin that everybody knows but only its true students really understand. This magical place is Austin’s secret midrise neighborhood: West Campus, where development never stops.

via $THE URBAN EDGE$

Report: Understanding The Unzoned City

By Kinder Institute | Sep 11, 2017 | No Comments

On the whole, the tools that Houston has at its disposal are similar to those in traditionally-zoned peer cities Los Angeles and Dallas.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 11, 2017 | No Comments

San Antonio’s Draft Corridors Strategic Framework Plan Has Transit, TOD, Maps — Comments Due 9/30
Nice: Dallas to Make Several Pedestrian-Friendly Street Changes to Keep AT&T Downtown (Morning News)
What Can We Learn From How Houston’s Car Congestion Was Rebooted After Harvey? (Houston Chron)
Fatal Crash Stops Yet Another Attempt to Take Down Robert E. Lee Statue (Dallas Observer)
Houston Metro Will Be Filing Claim With FEMA for Harvey Costs (HPM)
All New Texas School Buses Must Have Three-Point Seat Belts as New Law Goes Into Affect (Tribune)

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Now’s the Time to Save Federal Transit Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 8, 2017 | No Comments

Amendments to a House spending bill could prevent cuts that would scale back transit projects in several cities.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Land Value Capture and Transit

By Jeff Wood | Sep 8, 2017 | No Comments

For this week's podcast we return to the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Montreal. This session on land value capture features Julian Ware of Transport for London, Sharon Liu of Hong Kong’s MTR, and Iain Dobson of Strategic Regional Research Associates in Toronto. Each gives their perspective on how land value capture relates to transport development.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 8, 2017 | 2 Comments

Friends of Austin Neighborhoods Publishes 9 Recommendations to Improve CodeNEXT
VIA Offers Free Park and Ride Service to Guns N’ Roses Concert (NewsSA)
Shape the Future of Downtown Austin by Taking the Community Survey
Micro-Housing Coming to Downtown Austin in New Mixed-Use Building (Towers)
Map Shows Which Streets and Houses Will Remain Flooded Nine Days From Now (Swamplot)
San Antonio’s Earn-A-Bike Coop Hosting a Pedal Party to Fund Bikes for Kids (Rivard)
Houston Bcycle Seeking Bicycle and Monetary Donations to Give Evacuees Bikes

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Canadian Officials Crack Down on Single Father for Letting His Kids Ride the Bus

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 7, 2017 | No Comments

A single father in Vancouver could lose custody of his kids for letting them ride the bus to school.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 7, 2017 | No Comments

3 Ways DART Can Confront Its Midlife Crisis and Win Over Doubters (Morning News)
Gov. Abbott Appoints Former Dem Lawmaker John Sharp to Head Governor’s Commission to Rebuild Texas (Tribune)
How You Can Help Texas Transit Operators and Workers Affected by Harvey (TransitWire)
Austin Council Gets Two Presentations on CodeNEXT Second Draft
Free Morning Talk With San Antonio’s New Mayor Ron Nirenberg in Austin, Friday (Tribune)
TXDOT Crews Using Temporary Pumps to Drain Beltway 8 Toll Road of Flood Waters (Houston Chron)

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 6, 2017 | No Comments

Houston Region Emerges From Flood Waters and Floods Roads with Traffic (Houston Chron)
Texas Officials See Long Recovery From Harvey for State Transportation Network (Tribune)
Why Do Drivers Lose Their Cool Behind The Wheel? (Texas Public Radio)
Hurricane Harvey Destroyed Half a Million Cars (Detroit News)
…City of Houston Lost 355 Vehicles to that Jerk (Mayor Turner)

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Honolulu’s Pedestrian-Blaming Law Sets Off a Round of Copycats

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 5, 2017 | No Comments

Instead of reforming our transportation and land use policies to make walking safer, American cities are doubling down on a dysfunctional system by blaming pedestrians for their own deaths.

via $Farm&City$

Traffic Crashes Cost the People of Texas $162 Billion a Year

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 5, 2017 | No Comments

Traffic congestion costs the people of Texas over $14 billion a year in terms of lost time on the freeways, according to our tabulation of the Texas Transportation Institute’s 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard. Most Texas elected officials have supported dramatic moves to fund road projects attempting to address this issue. The people of Texas voted … Continue reading "How much do traffic crashes cost the people of Texas? (A: $162 Billion)"

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