Frequent flyer John G. Dungan made this comment on the post Your Representatives in Austin: Frankly, at this juncture, it
Category: Urban Planning
Lost Highway
Here’s a highway article from the Texas Observer: In late 2020, TxDOT released renderings for I-35 that showed a 20-lane
Let Them Drive Cake
From the El Paso Inc.: A lot of El Paso buses are going from stop to stop empty these days.
There’s Hope
Here’s a Tweet from Lina Hidalgo, the County Judge for Harris County, Texas: NEW: The feds have told TXDOT to
TxDOT Isn’t Building Us a Deck
The cap isn’t TxDOT’s purview. TxDOT does transportation. The deck park is a public amenity. TxDOT is, however, expanding I-10
The Problem With El Paso
The problem is El Paso’s not growing. All the costs of those Quality of Life projects would be easier to
A Streetcar Named Conspire
An alert reader tipped me to this item on June 19 Metropolitan Planning Organization agenda. How about a little operating
The City Wants to Give MountainStar a Soccer Stadium
At yesterday’s City Council meeting, your Representatives voted 5-2 to support TxDOT’s plan to widen the freeway downtown. You won’t
Watching Our Wasteline
The trolley’s not coming back. Right? The City will break it out for special events, like Chalk the Block. Maybe
How America Killed Mass Transit
From CityLab.com: One hundred years ago, the United States had a public transportation system that was the envy of the