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Comments Due Today, October 26 in Support of HOV Lanes for Transit on US290 in Houston

by Jay Blazek CrossleyOne Thousand Texans for Transit October 26, 2018No Comments

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, …

TXDOT’s Unified Transportation Program needs your feedback

by Laura ThomasDecideTexas, Get Involved, Texurban, VisionZeroTexas August 5, 2018September 10, 2018Comments are Disabled

The public comment period for Texas Department of Transportation’s Unified Transportation Program (UTP) is now open. The UTP is a ten-year plan that guides transportation strategies and spending within the state. Unfortunately, the plan has historically been hindered by a lack of citizen participation and questionable priorities. Last year’s UTP received only 23 comments for …

What’s wrong with Austin’s Green Line rail transit proposal?

by Jay Blazek CrossleyOne Thousand Texans for Transit, Texurban July 30, 2018August 1, 2018Comments are Disabled

The problems with Austin’s only rail transit line, the Red Line, are well documented and understood, even going so far as being used misleadingly by anti-transit activists to oppose light rail in general – even though the Red Line is not a light rail line, but a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) running on a freight …