Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Dec 10, 2022 | Community, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Transportation Planning
After not seeing an update for 12 years, the Wimberley City Council unanimously approved some components of the proposed Transportation Master Plan last week. Earlier this year, the city of Wimberley engaged transportation consultants to study roadway safety, traffic...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Sep 27, 2022 | Community, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Transportation Planning
To Texas transportation officials, expanding U.S. 183 is a chance to alleviate congestion south of Austin. But to the Alexander family, it’s a threat to the land they’ve vowed for generations to protect. Daniel Alexander was enslaved when he secured a promise in 1847...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Apr 4, 2022 | County Authority, Economics of Sound Planning, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Transportation Planning
The standard approach for engineering projects is well-established. A team of technical experts determines that a project needs to happen. They get whatever authorization they need to move forward in evaluating options. They put together options, most frequently three...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Apr 4, 2022 | Community, Economics of Sound Planning, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Transportation Planning, Uncategorized, Water Planning
Editorial by Francine Romero, University of Texas at San Antonio After visiting Gruene recently and encountering the explosion of new housing developments along the old rural roads leading to downtown, I was further disheartened to read that 252 duplex units on 22...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 3, 2022 | Community, Planning and Development, Transportation Planning
“Almost all of our transportation investments go to support commuters and, by extension, the proliferation of the development pattern that accompanies the commuting lifestyle.” I wrote these words last week for an article on a light rail project here in Minnesota...
Posted by Ryan Ament | Nov 18, 2021 | News, Planning and Development, Transportation Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Forty years ago, there was no clear blueprint for environmental justice. While digging into the injustices that wreaked havoc on Houston’s communities of color, Texas Southern University scholar Robert Bullard became the pioneer. Now, widely regarded as “the father of...
