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Texas Congestion Hasn’t Gotten Better or Worse Over 32 Years of Data

by Jay Blazek CrossleyTexurban, VisionZeroTexas July 21, 2018Comments are Disabled

In a long-running practice of tilting at windmills, the State of Texas pours billions of dollars and concrete every year to continue growing the massive webs of impervious surface (roads) attempting to address the perceived problem of congestion. Traffic crashes are a much bigger problem than congestion, costing the people of Texas at least twice …

1,000 Miles for Transit & Vision Zero

by Ashkan JahangiriOne Thousand Texans for Transit, Texurban, VisionZeroTexas July 21, 2018November 8, 2018Comments are Disabled

In June, Farm&City took a five day field trip throughout South Texas to spread the good words of two of our major initiatives: Vision Zero Texas and One Thousand Texans for Transit. We were forced to rent a car for this trip as driving was the only mode of transportation that made it possible for …

The Case for Austin’s Transit-Oriented Development Fund

by Laura ThomasGrowing Weirder, Texurban July 16, 2018August 1, 2018Comments are Disabled

Austin’s need for equitable transit-oriented development is apparent. TOD allows meaningful access to affordable, healthy lifestyles, yet our development regulations have created a perverted marketplace that does not provide these options for most people. We can give more people affordable, multi-modal access to all the necessities and amenities of metropolitan life, along with all the …