• 221 Public Comments on 2019 UTP – Up From 4 – Focus on Safety, Transit, Walk, Bike
• Public Meeting: Southeast Houston Mobility Plan, Sep 8, 8:30am-12:30pm
• Hey, UT freshmen: Here’s how to get around Austin — for free [on the Bus] (Daily Texan)
• Austin Transpo Dept Asks if Spicewood Springs Deserves to be Safe (Community Impact)
• …You Can Fill Out the Survey Here. Alternative A is the Safest One.
• Dallas City Council Can’t See that Minimal Costs of Bike Lanes is Public Safety, Too (Morning News)
• NTX Transit Riders September Meeting to Focus on Fair Fares, Sep 4, 7-9pm
• Today is the Last Day for Austin to Give Opinion on Dockless Vehicles (Statesman)
• Harassment Allegations Increase at TxDOT after KXAN investigation (KXAN)

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• Harris County Judge Ed Emmett Calls for Some Form of Combined City/County Govt (Houston Chron)
• Austin Council Begins Budget Talks. Will They Fill the Sidewalk Funding Gap?
• Capital Metro is Hiring Someone to Manage “Transit Speed and Reliability“
• …And Someone to “Manage and Develop the Bus Stop Improvement and Accessibility Program“
• Public Meetings Held for Reconnect Austin, er Sorry That Looks like Houston
• Houston Taking Big Step Forward to Extending Parking Requirement Free Zone to Midtown and EaDo
• …How the Walkable Places Committee Plans to Make Houston More Pedestrian Friendly (Kinder)

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• Capital Metro Board Extends Student Free Fare Pilot through Fall Semester (Randy Clarke)
• AAA 4D Summit, Sep 18, in Austin: How to Stop Drugged, Distracted, Drunk, Drowsy Driving
• City of Houston Wants Public Input on Crosswalks in Woodland Heights
• Someone Died Trying to Walk Across the I-20 Freeway Last Night (Morning News)
• Sen. Kirk Watson Pushes for Big Austin 2020 Transit Vote, Wants Robots (Austin Metropolitan)
• How Being Poor (And Car Dependent) in Texas Can Land You in Jail (Tribune)
• Public Comment Opportunity: TX Transpo Commission Mtg This Thursday to Approve UTP
• …You Can Join Farm&City In Calling for a Greater Emphasis on Safety (Houston Chronicle)

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• AISD School Citing Policies Produce Horrible Traffic, Health Issues for Students (KXAN)
• “Austin Navigates Scooter Perils”, While Ten People Died by Car Since Scooter’s Allowed (Statesman)
• Our Streets Make Us Unhappy. They Don’t Have To (Washington Post)
• Mayor Turner Calls for Houston Region to Develop 20-Year Flooding Strategy (Houston Chron)
• Another Pedestrian Involved Car Crash on Mesa Drive in El Paso (KFOX14)
• A Five Year Old Kid Died in a Routine Car Crash on Sunday (Morning News)

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• LINK Houston and Kinder to Host Street Safety Summit Focused on Walking, Biking, Sep. 27
• Austin hosts second open house meeting Aug. 29 for Spicewood Springs Road improvements
• Houston’s H-GAC Transportation Policy Council Approves Regional Safety Plan
• …Also, Opens Call for Projects to Allocate $922 Million in Transportation Funds for Houston Region
• San Antonio Residents Can Get Rewards, Like Free Popcorn at the Movies, for Commuting by Bike
• The Not-so-Secret Trick to Cutting Solo Car Commutes: Charge for Parking by the Day  (Seattle Times)
• Outgoing Houston Metro Board Member and All Around Hero, Christof Spieler, Given Lifetime Bus Pass

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• City of Bastrop Stops Issuing Development Permits for 90 Days to Rewrite Code (Austin Monitor)
• People With Disabilities Pushing for More Inclusive Rescue, Recovery In Harvey’s Wake (Kinder)
• University of Houston Bike Share Stations Are Live, Unfortunately UH Charging Students $25
• Austin Housing Density Up For Debate as Council Reviews North Shoal Creek Plan (KXAN)
• Austin Transpo Dept and Capital Metro Collaborating, Using Capital Funds to Make Bus Stops Safer
• Survey: What Would You Like to See on Our DART Daily Blog? (DART Daily)
• Alamo Area MPO Teaching “Street Skills” Class for People New to Bicycling
• Even As Cars Get Safer, Traffic Fatalities Still High (KUT)

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• This “City” for People with Dementia is the Future of Memory Care (Fast Company)
• Motor Vehicle Crashes Linked to Drop in US Life Expectancy (MinnPost)
• An Alternative (Scooters) to Automobiles is Here and Gaining Ground (Houston Chronicle)
• It Seems a Problem that NCTCOG Thinks That This Stroad is Similar to This Street
• Hit-and-run driver injures person in wheelchair in North Dallas (Morning News)
• Austin Woman’s Viral Post Explains Trouble of Electric Scooters Blocking Sidewalk (Statesman)
• Child Injured in Crash Involving Fort Worth School Bus (Morning News)

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• San Antonio Council Committee Briefed on Proposed Shared Scooter Regulations (Express-News)
• Bicycle Advisory Committee to Discuss Dockless Bike and Scooter Share Regulations, Tonight
• 3 pedestrians, including toddler, hurt over weekend, Austin police say (Statesman)
• …1-Year-Old Survives Car Driver Hitting Her on Sidewalk After Crash with Other Driver (KXAN)
• Woman Crossing Street in Wheelchair Killed in Lake Highlands Hit-and-Run (Morning News)
• Applications Open for Austin Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Councils
• Pflugerville may soon see Austin’s Capital Metro on their streets (KVUE)
• Greenfield Development Sucks (San Antonio Express-News)
• Houston Metro Doing a Podcast

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• Trail Foundation Seeks Unscientific Poll Results While Austin Parks Considers Allowing E-Bikes
• Campaign Raises Enough Funds to Send Guatemalan Killed at Austin Bus Stop, Ernesto Garcia, Home
• Rice University Students Staged a Pedestrian Safety Event This Morning at a Dangerous Crossing
• Texas Clear Lanes Funding Will Cause Four Years of Construction Delays, Induced Traffic (CBS DFW)
• More Sprawl Rail Moving Forward, but Dallas’ Downtown Subway Still Years Behind (Morning News)
• You Can Submit a Question on Resiliency for the Irving Infrastructure Summit
• Crumbling Sidewalks Become a Legal Battleground (CityLab)

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• Is This Commuter Rail Service More than a Way for Passengers to Get to DFW Airport (Star-Telegram)
• Public Meetings: Planning for Houston Downtown Freeway Project Includes Reconnecting Neighborhoods
• …Transpo Commission Moves Forward With Bidding to Design Build Massive Freeway Project (Houston Chron)
• Houston: From Freeways to Bayou Greenways (Local Sun)
• More than Half of Drivers Don’t Look for Cyclists and Pedestrians Before Turning Right, Study Finds (Phys.org)

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• Governor Greg Abbott Says Entire $75 Billion UTP is For Expanding Roads, Reducing Congestion
• Crossley: Texas Has a $99 Billion Traffic Problem, But Congestion Isn’t It (Houston Chronicle)
• Governor Abbott Also Said He Thinks It is Time to Do Away With Life-Saving Red Light Cameras
• Trump Administration Withholding Transit Funding From Dallas, El Paso (Streetsblog USA)
• Good Long Read: A Hit-and-Run Killed an Immigrant Father of Five in Austin (Texas Monthly)
• Dispute over two North Dallas stations delays DART vote on Cotton Belt (Morning News)
• Austin Hopes to Solve Traffic Woes With Transit (Construction Equipment Guide)

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• Sen. Huffines Pushing NCTCOG to Build Toll Road Exit Dallas Doesn’t Want (Morning News)
• DART’s New Fare Structure Makes a Single Bus Ride $2.50, but Caps Daily and Monthly Costs
• Hostel “for Millenials” Opening Up in Midtown Houston (Houston Chron)
• Mayor’s San Antonio Housing Report Includes Idea of “Protecting” Neighborhoods (Express-News)
• McDermott Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Lanes Won’t Be Open Soon (Dallas Observer)
• Austin’s Urban Transpo Comm to Consider if Dockless Car Experiment Was a Mistake
• …Just Kidding, They’re Talking About the “Scourge” of Scooters and Bikes (Statesman)
• TXDOT Says 12-County Odessa District Seeing Almost Doubled Traffic Fatalities This Year (OAOnline)

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