TxDOT’s refusal to use an equitable scenario planning process with alternative reasonable future growth forecasts renders their “No Build” analysis meaningless in the climate emissions, air quality, and traffic modeling analysis.

Farm&City comments on item 45 – Calling for meaningful climate and air quality analysis of the proposal to fix I-35

by Jay Blazek Crossley50 Million Texans, Get Involved, Growing Weirder, MiniReports, SliderPosted on No Comments

Hello Mayor Watson and Council Members, Thanks so much for your consideration of Item 45, seeking to improve the climate emissions reduction and air quality improvement strategies of the plan to fix I-35 and rebuild the historic urban street grid. Farm&City is a tiny nonprofit and we don’t have funding to do this particular work, …

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Texans deserve safe streets, affordable housing options, transit, and meaningful environmental action

by Scott WhiteSliderPosted on No Comments

Donating to Farm&City on #GivingTuesday gets results Help us work with you at the intersection of transportation, urban planning, sustainability, and equity to improve Texas public policy The Farm&City model of fixing Texas public policy works well. Our work has shifted over a billion dollars of public funds to safe, multimodal transportation and ending traffic …

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El Paso City, County and MPO commit to Vision Zero

by Scott WhiteSlider, VisionZeroTexasPosted on No Comments

Every year dozens of people are injured or killed on El Paso area roadways, with around 40% of them being pedestrians – such as Rodolfo Hernandez (pictured below, photo by Omar Ornelas of the El Paso Times) who was struck by a motorist in downtown El Paso, and left with lasting physical and emotional scars. …

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