50 Million Texans – Page 6

Support HB 4515 so local communities can propose alternatives for TXDOT projects

by Scott White50 Million Texans April 17, 2021May 28, 2021No Comments

ACTION ALERTTell your state Representative to support and co-author HB 4515 Most major Texas cities have now taken positions in support of meaningful alternatives for major freeway projects proposed by TxDOT, but TxDOT has not fully incorporated any of these meaningful alternative proposals to be considered in an Environmental Assessment process. The City of Houston …

Policy Hacking with Farm&City, and Todd & Tony

by Scott White50 Million Texans March 18, 2021May 28, 2021No Comments

No fooling, you won’t want to miss this one! For our special April 1st Policy Hacking we’ll be talking about transportation funding, and how we can hack the system for better, more equitable, sustainable transportation systems. Our experts this month are two rock stars of the transportation policy hacking world: Tony Dutzik and Todd Litman. …

The inequity of Austin’s CAMPO – and the current proposal to make it worse

by Jay Blazek Crossley50 Million Texans, DecideTexas January 22, 2021November 30, 2021No Comments

The Austin region is home to about two million people, expected to grow to at least four million people before the global human population stabilizes some time in the middle of the 21st Century. The major decisions on how to plan for that growth and provide safe, multimodal access to the people of the region …