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When The Suburbs Want To Opt Out of Funding Regional Transit
A messy transit funding fight in Dallas may have reached a pause — but some advocates fear the détente won't hold.
Amal Ahmed
February 18, 2026
Talking 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.
April 3, 2025
Can 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?
December 10, 2024
How 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.
December 5, 2024
Should 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.
November 25, 2024
How Boomtown Austin is Thinking Beyond Highways
The City of Austin’s booming population presents a unique challenge — how to manage mobility and safety in a rapidly growing region.
October 16, 2024
How to Fight a Texas-Sized Freeway Battle
A new book explores how Texas advocates are fighting back against destructive highway expansions. But what happened to those projects since it was sent to the printer?
May 7, 2024
‘We Don’t Need These Highways’: Author Megan Kimble on Texas’ Ongoing Freeway Fights
...and what they have to teach other communities across America.
April 24, 2024
States, We Need Your Vision to Get to ‘Zero’
State DOTs play a central role in the safety and sustainability of transportation systems because states set policies. Here are two that do it poorly and two that do it well.
December 28, 2023
Austin Becomes the Largest U.S. City to Eliminate Parking Minimums
The Violet Crown City voted to make the change months ago — but now that a revision of the city's byzantine zoning code is finally done, the law will actually go into effect.
November 6, 2023
