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The State With the Deadliest Traffic in America Admits Its High-Speed Streets Have to Change

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 8, 2017 | No Comments

Florida is the most dangerous state in the nation for walking and biking. To save lives, the state DOT is planning to lower speed limits and redesign streets to encourage safer driving.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 4, 2017 | No Comments

Dallas Now Has Two Competing Bike-Share Companies, With a Third on the Way (D Magazine)
Cap Metro Public Information Request Reveals TXDOT Memo on I-35 BRT Ridership Estimates
CM Kitchen Wants to Repair, Not Expand, Barton Springs Bridge to Zilker Park (Community Impact)
Olivia Rehonic, 21, Drove Drunk and Killed Donald Norman Clifford II, 32 (Morning News)
San Antonio Providing Incentives to 525 Parking Spaces With 305 Apartments on Top (Express News)
UT-Austin Researchers Working on “Guadaloop” Connecting Texas Triangle & T-Bone (Austin Chron)
APD Fatal Crash Report Notes “There Was Not an Intersection or Crosswalk for Them to Be In”
News Story Misses Nuance, Implies Blame, Say Michael James Trujillo Was “Struck by Car” (KXAN)
Wrong-Way Driver Kills Three People on I-45 in Navarro County (WFAA)
Why Urban Freeway Expansion is Futile (CNU)

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Talking Headways Podcast: Self Driving Cars Getting Drunk on Motor Oil

By Jeff Wood | Aug 4, 2017 | No Comments

For the 150th episode of the podcast, this week we welcome back Talking Headways co-founder Tanya Snyder, now a reporter at Politico Magazine. We get into the developing topic of regulating self-driving vehicles, including issues of children’s safety and state versus federal rules. We also discuss aviation legislation in the House of Representatives, what it means for drones, and whether private jets should pay more for air traffic control.

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Trump Administration Trying to Snuff Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 3, 2017 | No Comments

The White House is trying to squash assessments of how transportation projects affect carbon pollution. NRDC, Clean Air Carolina, and U.S. PIRG are suing the administration to ensure these climate impacts are publicly disclosed.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 3, 2017 | No Comments

Ding Dong, the Trinity Toll Road Is (Almost) Dead (KERA)
…Texas Transportation Commission May Overrule People of Dallas, Add Lanes Nearby (NBCDFW)
Reductions In Street Lighting Since 2008 Have Increased Harassment for Women (The Establishment)
Driver Kills Elsa Vorwek, 72, on Williams Road, Which Has No Pedestrian Crossing for 3 Miles, No Sidewalks (KXAN)
Largest Walkable Urban Transit-Oriented Student Housing Complex in Nation Is in College Station (The Eagle)
San Antonio Officials Give Okay for Permanent Rainbow Crosswalk on Main Avenue (Express News)
Take the MetroNext Survey to Help Develop the Houston Region’s New Transit Plan

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Congress and Auto Industry Move to Ban Cities From Regulating Self-Driving Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 2, 2017 | No Comments

Autonomous vehicles should benefit cities, not the other way around, but legislation advancing through Congress would tie urban officials' hands when it comes to shaping AV policy.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 2, 2017 | No Comments

Capital Metro Blames Cheap Parking for Reduction in Community College Transit Riders (Monitor)
CapMetro May Prioritize Rapid, Frequent Bus in Capital Expenditures Next Year (Community Impact)
Houston Transportation Lobby Group Hosting 1st Annual State of TXDOT Luncheon Aug 29, $75
Crosswalk Buttons in Houston Actually Do Something, But Maybe We Don’t Want Them (Houston Chron)
Brandon Formby Live Tweeted the Death of the Trinity Toll Road
Texas Public Radio Talks Transit With VIA CEO

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In Houston, Those Crosswalk Buttons Actually Do Something

By Glissette Santana | Aug 2, 2017 | No Comments

You push the button to cross the street. Then what?

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The Transit Budget in Congress Only Looks Good in Comparison to Trump’s Threats

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 1, 2017 | No Comments

Back in March, the Trump administration released a budget proposal that included draconian cuts to transit. Now budget bills are moving through the GOP-controlled House and Senate, and while the threat to transit isn't as severe as what the administration was calling for, it's still alarming.

Today’s Headlines

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Aug 1, 2017 | No Comments

Capital Metro CEO Linda Watson to Retire at End of Year (Statesman)
Houston Metro Installing Nice Permanent Bus Stop Signs With Posted Frequency
Cost of Westpark Tollway Expansion Nearly Doubles (Houston Chron)
Dallas Council Urged to Kill Trinity Toll Road, But Not Vote on Park Yet (Observer)
Woman Drives Car Through Red Light in Bryan, Hits Woman Riding Bike (KXXV)
An Insider’s Perspective on a Screaming Match Over Handicapped Parking (Morning News)
To Reduce Inequality (and Encourage Urbanism) Introduce a Land Value Tax (Brookings)

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In Houston, Walking For Health and Change

By Leah Binkovitz | Aug 1, 2017 | No Comments

The local branch of GirlTrek brings together black women to do a deceptively simple thing: walk.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jul 31, 2017 | No Comments

Reporter Accepts Challenge, Finds Only Scary Part of Bus Is Lack of Shade at Stop (Houston Chron)
Austin Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Released for Public Comment (Monitor)
Austin Police Still Struggling to Make Drunk Driving Data More Accurate (Statesman)
Bryan Seeking to Make It Easier to Segregate College Students Out of Entire Neighborhoods (Eagle)
TransCore to Add Surface Street Intersections to Freeway-Focused Houston Transtar System (NASDAQ)
Crash Survivors Get Less Attention But Still Have Life-Changing Injuries (CBS Austin)
NTSB Urges States to Reduce Speeding, Use Automated Enforcement, Safe Systems Approach, Better Data
Metro Considering Dedicating Light Rail Lanes Completely to Rail in Downtown (Houston Chron)

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