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The Nation’s Biggest Anti-Highway Rally In History Is Happening in Texas This...
In August 2022, I met freeway fighters from all across Texas at the State Highway Building in downtown Austin. It was the day the Texas Transportation Commission would vote on their budget for 10...
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Austin Becomes The Largest U.S. City to Eliminate Parking Minimums
Parking — you’re banished from the Austin city limits. Thanks to an 8-2 Council vote on Thursday, the mandatory installation of parking will become a thing of the past at virtually all new...
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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...
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States, 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...
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‘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...
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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...
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How 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?
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