• East Dallas’ ‘3G’ Intersection is a Mess, and the Fight Over its Future Doesn’t Need More Twists and Turns (Morning News)
• Cedar Park High School Student Died Yesterday in a Single Vehicle Crash (Spectrum)
• City of Austin Plans to Convert Dedicated Bike Lane on 5th into Dedicated Bus and Bike Lane
• Congregation Mourns Beloved Couple Killed in Crash in Front of Fort Worth Church (CBSDFW)
• Texas Transportation Commissioner Laura Ryan Meets with Houston Business Leaders on Traffic Deaths
• TXDOT Claims Widening I-20 in Abilene Will Make it Safer By Reducing Congestion (Big Country)
• Understanding the psychological barriers to using public and active transportation (Mobility Lab)

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• DART Successfully Built For Sprawl. So When Will It Design For People? (D Magazine)
• Missing Dallas Man Killed in Crash When Vehicle Fell from I-35E Exit Ramp (Morning News)
• Fort Worth Couple Driving to Church Killed in T-bone Crash (Morning News)
• Capital Metro Board Special Meeting Wednesday to Make Transit Free for K-12 Students Permanently
• Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council to Consider Draft Recommendation on ASMP Tonight
• Three Urbanists Considered Front Runners in Dallas Mayor’s Race (Dallas Observer)
• City of S.A. Willing to Pay $86K or More to Hire Pedestrian Mobility Officer (mySA)
• Houston Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities Finds Developers Not Doing Sidewalks Right
• METRO Moves To The Next Phase In Developing A Regional Transit Plan (HPM)

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• Mayor Adler and Mayor Pro Tem Tovo Hosting Community Discussion on Project Connect, 12/4
• Cities Can Save $17 Trillion by Preventing Urban Sprawl (World Resources Institute)
• The Texas Bullet Train Now Looks Likely. Here’s What to Expect (WFAA)
• Neighborhoods Want Highway 380 in Denton and Collin Counties to Be Safer, Slower, and to Add Crossings (KRLD)
• …Highway 380 Petition Calls for More Patrols, Lighting, and Fewer Tragedies (WFAA)
• …Over 6,000 Have Signed The Petition
• State Lawmaker Pushes Traffic Fixes Without Using Tolls (Spectrum News)
• CNU CTX Lunch with Doug Farr, Wed, Dec 5: Putting the Neighbor Back in the Neighborhood
• At Least One Candidate for Dallas Mayor Says Walkability is a Priority (Morning News)
• Why Is San Antonio Still Building a 20th-Century City? (Rivard)

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• All Signs Point to Even More Road Congestion, and That’s an Opportunity for Rail (Morning News)
• Brownsville, Texas is the Safest Driving City of the 200 Largest US Cities (Morning News)
• New Study Says Not All Houstonians Have Equal Access To Transit (HPM)
• Captain Kirk Encourages Seniors to Start Riding a Bike (LA Times)
• Weeks Before Project Connect Vote, City Talks Community Engagement (Austin Monitor)
• A U.S. Transit Atlas That Ranks the Best (and Worst) Cities for Bus and Rail (CityLab)
• Early Voting Starts Today in Runoff Elections in Austin (KUT)
• Early Voting in Texas Senate Seat Special Election in Houston Happening Now (Houston Chron)

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• RIP Patrick Walsh, Father, Husband, Dancer, Musician, Friend, and Passionate Director of the Houston Planning & Development Department (Houston Chron) Thank you so much, Pat, for all that you gave to the people of Houston.
• Post Oak rebuild nears completion, but buses won’t roll til 2020 (Houston Chron)
• San Antonio’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Set for Council Consideration in April (Express News)
• …Project Website Includes Highlight of a “Sustainable New Carwash” That Reclaims Water (Rivard)
• A New Climate Assessment Says Texas Will Be Hotter, Drier And More Flood-Prone (KUT)
• Transportation, Air Quality, and Health Symposium, February 18-20, 2019, Austin
• Houston Planning Dept Hosting Patterson Street Bikeway Stakeholder Meeting, Nov 29
• …Community Leaders Prepared an Extensive, Thoughtful Proposal for This Back in 2015

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• Rick Perry’s TXDOT Negotiated $100 Million Bonus from Private Entity to Allow 85MPH on SH130 Failed Toll Road. Senator Kohlkorst Claims This Impacted the Texas Legislature’s 2011 Decision to Let It Go Forward. TXDOT Performed 85th Percentile Speed Study After Setting 85 MPH Speed. Texas Transportation Commissioner Jeff Austin is “Deeply Offended”. At Least 37 People Have Died on the 80 and 85 MPH Sections. (KXAN)
• City of Mexia Joins Other Texas Cities in Establishing Hands Free Law to Fill Gaps Left By Legislature (KWTX)
• Out of Control: Distracted Drivers Struggle to Keep Eyes on the Road in Houston Region (Houston Chron)
• Texting, Eating and Grooming: Here’s What Houston’s Distracted Driving Problem Looks Like (Houston Chron)
• ‘Do Not Disturb’ Option, Safe-Driving Contests, Tough Houston laws Could Lessen Driving Distractions (Houston Chron)
• Texas Texting Law Has a Few Loopholes (Houston Chron)
• Pedestrian Dead in Channelview Wreck (Houston Chron)
• Austin Explores Options For New Pedestrian Bridge Over Lady Bird Lake (KUT)

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• Traffic Crash Victims’ Survivors Seek Changes (Spectrum News Austin)
• Dozens Gather to Remember Victims of Traffic Incidents (Austin American Statesman)
• Vision Zero San Antonio Honors 122 Lives Lost on Roadways (Spectrum News SA)
• Dockless Scooters Present Pitfalls (And Potholes) For Police, Pedestrians – And Insurers (KUT)
• …While Ten People Keep Dying Every Day in Texas From Dockless Cars and Trucks
• San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board: Vision Zero goal: No traffic fatalities
• Effort to Pass the Texas Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill in 2019 Begins Now (Sign the Petition)

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• Please Join Us At the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims this Sunday in Austin
• New Project Connect Plan has Ambitions for 2020 (Austin Monitor)
• Capital Metro Board in Favor of Free Rides for K-12 (Austin Monitor)
• Tarrant County College Ridership on Trinity Metro is On The Rise (City of Fort Worth)
• Minimum Lot Sizes: A Roadblock for Affordable Housing? (Austin Monitor)
• Republican Lawmakers, Don’t Take Revenge on Texas’ Big Blue Urban Cities (Dallas Morning News)

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• Group calls for end to “epidemic” of traffic deaths and injury in Texas (KXAN)
• …Senator Judith Zaffirini Files Consistent Statewide Hands Free Bill – SB 43 – text (pdf)
• …Vision Zero Texas Releases Legislative Agenda for the 2019 #TXlege Session
• …World Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Traffic Violence is This Sunday
• MoBike ceases operations in The Woodlands (Houston Chron)
• Houston’s Most Dangerous Intersections Putting Pedestrians in Harms Way (ABC13)
• Equity in Transit: Report Release and Panel, November 27, Houston (Tickets)
• People – Especially Young Ones – Don’t Like Driving Cars (Chicago Tribune)
• UT Research Survey: The Role of Transportation Network Companies in Urban Transportation Systems

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Programming note: Sorry for the gap. We’re back.

• Christof Spieler: Election of Representative-Elect Lizzie Fletcher is “very relevant for transit”
• …Reddit is Ready to Build Some High Capacity Transit in Houston
• …METRO Hopes For A Strong Advocate In Congress With Lizzie Fletcher’s Election (Houston Public Media)
• “CapMetro Account is Getting Sassy in Its Advocacy for Dedicated Lanes and I’m Here For It.” (Dan Keshet)
• Will Conley – Citizen Chair of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization – Lost His Race for County Judge (Hays Free Press)
• Ed Emmett – Long Time Leader of the Houston Region Transportation and Urban Planning Policy – Lost His Race for County Judge (KPRC)
• …Meet Lina Hidalgo: Harris County’s Newly Elected Latina Judge (Houston Public Media)
• Urbanists Won Big in Austin. (AustinPolitics.Net, The Austin Met, AustinBizJournal, Curbed)
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: “Lowering the Speed Limit by 5 MPH on City Streets can Improve Safety for Motorists, Pedestrians and Bicyclists”

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Programming Note: Jay is in NYC for the Vision Zero Cities conference and related Families for Safe Streets organizing events. We had planned to keep a normal headlines schedule this week, but haven’t been able to do it. Just FYI – At this point, maintaining and trying to build Streetsblog Texas is an unfunded desire of Farm&City. We’ll be earnestly launching our annual fundraising efforts soon and hope we can count on your support.

• Today is the Last Day of Early Voting. Go Vote.
• Capital Metro Considering New Technology for Easier Ways to Buy, Use Transit Passes (Community Impact)
• Self-Driving Trolley Began Service Yesterday on a Little Loop in Downtown Bryan
• The Atlantic Magazine Hosting Renewal Summit in Houston, November 13
• The City of Fort Worth Complete Streets Plan for Horne Streets Looks Really Great
• The Jerks at the Reason Foundation are Opposed to Vision Zero, Are in Need of Fact Checking
• …Report from the University of Minnesota Which Finds States With Vision Zero Goals are Reducing Deaths Faster
• …The Majority of People Dying in Texas are Dying in Cars and this Remains True for Our Cities

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• Out of Control: Walking, Cycling in Houston Region Can Be Risky (Houston Chron)
• Large Industrial Site at Rail Station May Redevelop as Walkable Mixed Use Center (Austin Bus Journal)
• …But Anti-Environmental Austin Council Member Worried About Requiring Enough Car Parking
• Woman Driving Drunk and Fast Crashes into Fire Engine, Headline Uses “SUV Crashes” Language (Morning News)
• TXDOT Conducting Studies of Effects of Freeway Removal This Weekend (Morning News)
• Pedestrian Killed Trying to Cross East Loop 820 in Fort Worth (Morning News)
• Not Many People Use DART’s D-Link With $11 Per Trip Subsidy (Morning News)
• Dallas To Open Streets For Cyclists Saturday (CBS DFW)

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