Highway Boondoggles 2023: Pandering in the Panhandle
This article is a part of our annual Highway Boondoggles series in partnership with U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Click here to read the other articles in the series as they are published. I-10...
View ArticleStates, We Need Your Vision to Get to ‘Zero’
A version of this article originally appeared on Vision Zero Network. Read the original here. As local, regional and tribal communities in the U.S. commit to Vision Zero in record numbers, the...
View Article‘We Don’t Need These Highways’: Author Megan Kimble on Texas’ Ongoing Freeway...
In cities across America, U.S. advocates are fighting to stop their DOTs from expanding downtown highways and amplifying the mistakes of the past. As the saying goes, though, those battles are always...
View ArticleHow to Fight a Texas-Sized Freeway Battle
Across the country, grassroots advocates are fighting a David-and-Goliath-style battle against massive, powerful departments of transportation who are attempting to widen highways in their...
View ArticleHow Boomtown Austin is Thinking Beyond Highways
Editor’s note: this article is an excerpt from the Vision Zero Cities Journal and is republished with permission. For more information on the Vision Zero Cities 2024 conference, click here. The City...
View ArticleShould States Like Texas Be Allowed to Grade Their Own Highway Homework?
A carveout in federal law grants seven states authority to conduct their own environmental assessments on transportation projects. Texas abuses that power, advocates say.
View ArticleHow the 17th-Century ‘Mews’ Could Make 21st-Century Suburbs More Walkable
A new development in Texas is repurposing an old idea to make constant driving optional.
View ArticleCan We Build Car-Light Neighborhoods From Scratch — Even in Texas?
Can you really build a car-light neighborhood in suburban Houston — and could it inspire car-dependent places to explore new ideas about development?
View ArticleTalking Headways Podcast: Planning Connections in Panther City
Fort Worth's Kelly Porter on the city's city’s history, incredible growth and Texas high-speed rail.
View ArticleIs Private Capital Up to a Texas-Sized High Speed Rail Challenge Now That the...
"We hope that Duffy’s announcement isn’t an ideologically driven decision to turn [Texas' critical high-speed rail project] over to the 'free market' and a prayer."
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