• Happy Juneteenth! Austin Celebrates in the Street. Houston Renames a Confederate Street to Emancipation Avenue.
• Today in Rampaging “Autonomous” Vehicles (USNews/AP, Statesman)
• Houston’s Montrose Finally Has #PrideWalks at Westheimer & Taft to Honor Alex Hill (KHOU)
• Austin Council Passes Resolution for Capital Metro & ATD to Integrate Transit Into Zoning (CM Delia Garza)
• Segregationists Not Willing to Name Originator of Anti-Urbanist/Pro-Climate Change Petition (Monitor)
• Katie Bykowski Was Driving Drunk at 60 MPH on 6th and Critically Injured Someone Riding a Bike on the Sidewalk (Statesman)
• When He’s in Montreal, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Almost Sounds Like Patrick Kennedy (Morning News)
• Austin Mayor Pro Tem Kathy Tovo Seeks Two-Mile Ciclovia on Congress Avenue (Monitor)
• Speaker Proposals Due August 31 for Lifesavers – a National Transportation Safety Conference in San Antonio, Spring 2018

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• Sen. Zaffarini Will File a Statewide Hands-Free Cell Phone Law in Special Session (Tribune)
• …Using NSC National Rate, an Estimated 792 Texans Killed By Drivers on the Phone in 2016
• Vision Zero Intersection Fixes to Be First Austin Bond Projects on the Ground (Statesman)
• Station-less Bike Share Company Deploying in Dallas With Wink, But No Permission (D Magazine)
• You Can Volunteer to Teach Vision Zero Tool to Better Understand Intersection Danger (Mobility Lab)
• Lonny Stern of Capital Metro: Providing Employees Free Parking Is a Hidden Cost (BizJournals)
• DART Board Members Who Lost Mandate Might Try to Force Sprawl Rail on Way Out (D Magazine)
• Austin Will Publish New Pilot Street Design Guide Next Tuesday (Monitor)
• City of Round Rock Pouring Concrete for Its First 75 Bus Stops (KXAN)

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• Free Tickets Available for TransitCenter Panel Tonight With Mayor Adler, CM Garza, and Linda Watson
• Austin’s Nonprofit Ride-Hailing Org Slashes Prices to Compete With Uber/Lyft (RideAustin)
• Does the Governor Really Want Special Session to Force Cities to Allow Distracted Driving? (Statesman)
• … TXDOT Messaging Campaign Emphasizes Dangers of Driving While Talking on Phone
• 150 Acre Site 3,000 Feet From Downtown Houston to Become Mixed-Use Neighborhood (ABC13)
• Ron Niremberg, SA’s New Mayor, Will Focus on Public Transit, Affordability, [and MOAR ROADS] (KUT)
• Wick Allison on the Agenda for a New Dallas (D Magazine)

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• TXDOT Will Use Robots to Evaluate Road Conditions (The Eagle)
• Free Tickets Still Available for TransitCenter Breakfast in Austin Wednesday
• NCTCOG Transportation Public Meeting Tonight, 6 P.M. at Meadows Conference Center
• City of Dallas to Send New DART Board Members With Patrick Kennedy Staying (D Magazine)
• Montgomery County Officials Changing Deck Chairs on Toll Road Boondoggles (The Courier)
• Joe Clifton Dickerson Killed Two People in an Auto Shop With His Car (Beaumont Enterprise)
• Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 64-Year-Old Mario Alberto Moreno on Laredo Sidewalk (KGNS)

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• Suspected Drunk Driver Cesar Corona-Quiterio Kills Husband and Wife’s Unborn Child (KHOU)
• Alcohol Likely a Factor in Death of Houston High School Coach and Father of Two (ABC13)
• What Is the Next Phase for Houston’s Sunday Streets? (Houston Chron)
• There Is Apparently at Least One Intersection Repair Street Mural in Dallas (Patrick Blaydes)
• City of Austin Believes Someone Intentionally Dismantled New Traffic Calming Devices
• Ron Niremberg Defeats Incumbent Mayor Ivy Taylor to Take Helm in San Antonio (MySA)
• Dallas City Council Will Have Four New Members in Shake-Up at City Hall (WBAP)
• Take the Survey on Redoing the Bush-Wellborn Intersection in College Station

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• State Rep Victoria Neave Arrested for DWI (WFAA)
• Mayor Sylvester Turner Calls for Investing in Urban Core Transportation to Combat Sprawl (Mayor Turner/YouTube)
• Check Status of Your Street’s Traffic Calming Measures in Austin (Impact)
• Here’s the City of Austin Vision Zero Report Card and Annual Report
• RideAustin Explains Its Drop in Ridership Upon the Return of Uber/Lyft
• NCTCOG: None of #TXLege Actions Will Stall High-Speed Rail (DRC Public Policy)
• Texas Strategic Highway Safety Plan Likely to Include Call for Safe Design Speed Policy (Vision Zero Texas)

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• “Austin Neighbors” Start Petition to Maintain Segregation
• Austin Council Establishing Land Trusts to Ensure East Side Affordable Housing (KUT)
• AMTRAK Could Extend Heartland Flyer to Connect Fort Worth to Kansas City (Passenger Rail OK)
• Where Things Could Go Next With a Texting While Driving Ban (HPM)
• Dallas Considering Over $400 Million in Streets Bond. Will It Fund Complete Streets? (Morning News)
• Austin Man Commutes to Downtown Every Morning By Kayak (KUT)

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