December 9, 2011

Perry Survived Even as His Big Plan for Texas Failed

Unveiled by Mr. Perry in early 2002, the public-private transit project was intended as a centerpiece of his governorship, “a plan as big as Texas and as ambitious as our people,” he said, to create 4,000 miles of road, rail and utility corridors each as wide as four football fields. Read more from NY Times.

December 5, 2011

Regional Rail from San Antonio to Georgetown

Project Connect is a collaboration of transportation agencies exploring “high-capacity transit” for our region. Check out this news segment from KUT and KXAN. Open house public meetings will be held in the Austin area December 6, 8 and 9. Learn More

November 23, 2011

New Braunfels Transportation Planning with a Community Vision

After many years of controversy over a proposed outer loop for New Braunfels, a parkway plan will be considered this evening by city council. This new plan, supported by the planning commission, is more sensitive to the environmental features, community character and aquifer recharge zone of the region. Public comments are welcome at 6:00pm New Braunfels City Hall. Read More

November 17, 2011

Commission OKs plan without outer loop

NEW BRAUNFELS — The controversial outer loop will not appear in the city’s new transportation plan being developed as part of an effort to create a municipal planning organization in the New Braunfels/Seguin region. After a City Hall public hearing attended by an estimated 75 people, the city’s Planning Commission voted Tuesday evening in favor of a city-staff drawn plan that would replace the outer loop with parkways on the northern, southern and eastern portions of the outer loop’s would-be route. Read full Herald-Zeitung article.

September 8, 2011

CAMPO is encouraging public comments on Transportation projects

Public meetings will be held this month throughout the CAMPO planning area which includes Travis, Hays, Caldwell, Bastrop and Williamson Counties. Cities and Counties have submitted project priorities, CAMPO’s job is to determine how limited funding is spent in this region. Details about the meetings and various project options here. Comments can be submitted online as well as at the public meetings through the month of September.

August 30, 2011

TxDot Public Meeting September 1st in San Antonio

TxDot will hold a public meeting in San Antonio from 5:30 to 6:30 Thursday, September 1st. The State Transportation Agency is seeking input to their comprehensive ten-year plan for all transportation projects including roadways, public transportation and rail. This will be an open-house style public meeting – learn more here.

June 26, 2011

Europe makes driving unpleasant to discourage car use

While U.S. cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly hostile to cars. The methods vary, but the mission is clear to make car use expensive and just plain miserable enough to tilt drivers toward more environmentally friendly modes of transportation. Read full Statesman.com article here.

June 7, 2011

Regional Transportation Plan for Comal and Guadalupe Counties

The City of New Braunfels is pursuing the formation of a regional metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and the creation of a regional transportation plan. Residents and stakeholders are encouraged to get involved in this process that will determine the appropriate types of roads, review the environmental aspects of relocating or expanding roads and proposing new roadway alignments. Open houses to share draft concepts and gather input from the community will be held June 16th and June 20th . Learn more and get involved.

June 6, 2011

More Roads, More Traffic

Building roads in urban areas doesn’t alleviate traffic, a study finds, because every mile built leads to a corresponding increase in vehicle-miles driven. Other studies have come to similar conclusions, but none has been so comprehensive. Read full Wall Street Journal article here.

April 14, 2011

Bandera Road ‘Super Street’

State and city officials are beginning to explore how turning Bandera Road into a “Super Street” would impact Leon Valley and its main thoroughfare, where traffic congestion is a daily headache for drivers. Read full SA Express article here.

February 10, 2011

S.A. still aboard effort to build Austin rail link

San Antonio officials will continue to pursue a passenger rail line that one day could connect the Alamo City to Austin, a transit project that’s already been in the works for more than a decade. Read more from The San Antonio Express-News here.

February 3, 2011

Lawmakers File “Complete Streets” Bill

Lawmakers today filed a bill they hope will help drivers, cyclists and pedestrians safely share the roads. Read more from The Texas Tribune here.

January 23, 2011

Less Fuel Also Means Less Revenue

For environmentalists and others eager to reduce reliance on foreign oil, the advent of electric cars and other fuel-efficient vehicles is cause for celebration. Yet for governments, the trend has a distinct downside: their fuel-tax receipts will dwindle, because drivers will buy less gasoline. Read full New York Times article here.