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Dallas Council Member: Texas Poised to “Compound Errors of the Past”
The entire Texas highway machine -- suburban real estate moguls, the construction industry, the governor, and the legislature -- is pushing voters to approve Prop 7, a constitutional amendment that would mandate spending $2.5 billion in state sales tax revenue on un-tolled roads. The highway interests are telling Texas voters in unison that this measure, if approved in November, will fix congestion and not cost them any extra money -- claims that don't stand up to the slightest scrutiny.
October 21, 2015
Will Texas Voters Enshrine Failed Transpo Policy in the State’s Constitution?
When Texas voters go to the polls this November they will decide an issue of enormous consequence to the future of the state.
October 20, 2015
The Movement to Eliminate Traffic Deaths Gains Strength in Texas Cities
Texas cities are some of the most dangerous places in the U.S. to walk or bike -- or drive, for that matter.
September 24, 2015
Is the Lord For or Against a Texas County Road Bond? Opinions Mixed
Things are really getting heated in Montgomery County, Texas, just outside Houston, over a proposal to issue $350 million in bonds to maintain and expand roads. Like fire-and-brimstone heated.
April 9, 2015
Parking Madness Final Four: Camden vs. Fort Worth
We started this Parking Madness tournament with 16 soulless parking craters from California to New Jersey, and you've narrowed it down to the Final Four: Camden, Fort Worth, Syracuse, and the very aptly-named Parkersburg, West Virginia.
March 31, 2015
Parking Madness Elite Eight: Parkersburg vs. Amarillo
There's just one spot left in the Final Four of Parking Madness, and it's going either to Parkersburg, West Virginia, or Amarillo, Texas.
March 30, 2015
Parking Madness 2015 Elite Eight: Tampa vs. Fort Worth
It's almost a shame that these two titans are meeting in the second round of the Parking Madness tournament, because both Tampa and Fort Worth look like they have champion potential.
March 27, 2015
Don’t Drive? It’s Getting Harder to Vote in Texas
Today is the first federal general election since the Supreme Court struck down key portions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Texas and other states have taken full advantage of their new ability to make changes to their voting rights laws without federal approval. And under the new law, people without a driver's license are finding themselves disenfranchised.
November 4, 2014
In Dallas, You Can Get a “Sustainability” Grant to Widen a Road
Some folks on Twitter have been having a laugh about these PowerPoint slides from the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
August 5, 2014
How Brownsville, Texas, Is Using Bikes to Address Social Problems
This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike/Pro-Place conference September 8-11 in Pittsburgh.
August 4, 2014