Every kid in Texas deserves the freedom to walk, bike, skateboard, or use a wheelchair in their neighborhood with a reasonable expectation that they’re not in danger of dying in a car crash. But we’re not there. If you look at the Texas data on kids who have died or suffered horrible injuries while walking …
Across Texas, people are talking about the rapid growth of our cities, suburbs, and metro regions – in neighborhood meetings, council debates, TXDOT presentations, and at chamber events. In Austin, where I live, there is a general perception that we’re adding more Californians than any human civilization has ever added people, while Houston region actually …
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TXDOT completely rebuilt a major transportation corridor, US290 in Houston, with zero improvements for transit, because of the intense flaws and inequities in the Texas transportation funding and decision making system, even though TXDOT staff publicly spoke about the need to add HOV capacity and Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Transportation Transition Team specifically called for TXDOT, …
Read more “Comments Due Today, October 26 in Support of HOV Lanes for Transit on US290 in Houston”