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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jun 23, 2017 | No Comments

Austin Funds Bike Lane Nighttime Lighting Concept Proposed by City Employee Robin Camp (KXAN)
Travis County Commissioner Daugherty Calls on Senator Watson to Reform Capital Metro Structure (Monitor)
Free Event: Houston Metro’s Priya Zachariah to Present on Regional Transit Plan, Wed., June 28, Noon
Houston Metro to Connect to Island Transit. Raj Wins a Seamless Bus Trip to the Beach. (Houston Chron)
Captured on Video: Lack of Distracted Driving Ban or Red Light Cameras, Deadly High-Speed Design, Etc. (KXAN)
Harris Co. Commissioner Steve Radack Threatens to Ban Bicycling in Park, Instead of Fixing Design (KHOU)
You Can Read and Edit a Draft Austin Smart Cities Strategic Roadmap (Austin Tech Alliance)
Austin City Council Approves Pursuit of a Big Ciclovia on Congress Avenue (CicloviATX) Let’s Do It Every Sunday!
Somebody Has Created a Dallas Department of Transformation and Deployed a Guerrilla Bike Lane

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Glissette Rides Public Transit: Part 5 – Family Matters

By Glissette Santana | Jun 23, 2017 | No Comments

When I came up with the idea for this series, I knew I needed a real challenge. Thousands of people ride public transit every day in Houston; average weekday ridership in May 2017, according to Metro data, was 278,428. Some folks are on transit for just a couple of minutes, some for a few hours. If I was really going to experience public transit, I needed to experience how people who don’t live inside the 610 loop feel about the system that often works against them.

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Dallas Confronts the Dilemma: Build Transit for the Burbs, or Build Transit People Will Use

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 22, 2017 | No Comments

In America, decisions about how to expand transit are often plagued by the same tension: The highest ridership potential is in walkable neighborhoods in the city, where more people and jobs are clustered closer together. But regional politics often lead agencies to build transit in suburban areas where ridership will be more sparse. Right now a classic confrontation of this type is playing out in Dallas.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jun 22, 2017 | No Comments

DART Looks Like One of the Worst Transit Agencies in the Nation By Various Metrics (Observer)
Hispanics Made Up Half of Texas Population Growth Since 2010 (KUT)
New Downtown Austin Alliance Study: There’s Plenty of Parking Downtown (KUT)
San Antonio Area Folks: Alamo Area MPO Available to Do Walk Audits for Schools and Parks
Dallas City Council Wants the Next Bond to Be Over a Billion Dollars (Morning News)
Dallas Morning News: The Cotton Belt Fight Has Gone Off the Rails
El Paso to Las Cruces Commuter Rail Study to Be Released (Las Cruces Sun-News, Executive Summary)
Deadly Williamson County Intersection to Get Safety Upgrades (KXAN)

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Glissette Rides Public Transit: Part 4 – Caffeine Fix

By Glissette Santana | Jun 22, 2017 | No Comments

I need caffeine to survive most days. I’m Puerto Rican and was taught from a very early age that it’s the life blood of my people. Whenever I need to relax and take some time for myself, I head out and grab a cup of coffee. A lot of Houston’s coffee shops are on some of the bus routes I had already used and I wanted to change it up.

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The Science Is Clear: More Highways Equals More Traffic. Why Are DOTs Still Ignoring It?

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 21, 2017 | No Comments

Numerous studies have documented the phenomenon known as induced demand in transportation: Basically, if you build highway lanes, more drivers will come. And yet, transportation agencies rarely account for this effect when planning road projects.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jun 21, 2017 | No Comments

Houston Spending $36 Million on Smart Streets Tech Stuff (Houston Chron)
Hallelujah! Work Has Begun to Smooth Guadalupe, Austin’s Most-Traveled, Bumpy Street to Ride a Bike or Bus On (KXAN)
Austin Is Saying All the Right Things About Its New Street Design Guide (KUT)
Speeding Driver Knocks Other Car Off Road, Killing All Four Passengers (Click2Houston)
Metro Bus Driver Trainer and Trainee Injured When Trainee Crashes Into a Pole (ABC13)
Urban Developer Set to Redevelop 23-Acre Site Next to Pearl in San Antonio (Express News)
Dallas City Council Kicks the DART Board Member Vote Down the Road to June 28 (Tribune)
Time for Input: Houston Metro Launching MetroNext, a Regional Transit Plan, Next Tuesday (Kinder)
Uber Experimenting With Allowing Tipping in Houston (Houston Chron)

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Glissette Rides Public Transit: Part 3 – Let’s Talk About Levy Park

By Glissette Santana | Jun 21, 2017 | No Comments

Riding a bus with an injury isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially when you have to walk to get to your destination.

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Metro Invites Public On ‘Listening Tour’ to Pitch Next Big Projects

By Glissette Santana | Jun 20, 2017 | No Comments

If you’ve ever wanted the chance to influence Metro’s next projects, now is your chance.

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By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jun 20, 2017 | No Comments

Parents of Teen Killed in Austin Crosswalk Sue City of Austin and the Driver (KXAN)
Suburban DFW Leaders Demand City Taxpayers Fix Horrible Mess Suburban Form Leaves Them In (Morning News)
Pro-Sprawl Rail Advocates Charter Bus Instead of Taking DART Bus to DART Meeting (Addison News)
State Rep Victoria Neave Was at Twice the Legal Blood Alcohol Limit When She Crashed (Dallas Observer)
Turns Out Chemical Plant Freight Trucks Aren’t Using Unnecessary Grand Porkway (Houston Public Media)
Evolve Austin Wants to Make the Case for Density (Monitor)
Check Out the Draft Austin Street Design Guide

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Glissette Rides Public Transit: Part 2 – Working Girl

By Glissette Santana | Jun 20, 2017 | No Comments

There’s never a day where I wake up dreading having to go to work. I only wake up dreading the traffic I’ll have to deal with on the way there.

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Complete Streets Policies Were Concentrated in Whiter, Wealthier Areas in 2016, According to New Report

By Leah Binkovitz | Jun 19, 2017 | No Comments

With a new national Complete Streets report out, how has Houston done? Continue Reading →

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