Texas
Both Apple and Google have announced expansions in recent days that required a ten-figure total to describe.
The Washington Post
The METRONext Moving Forward Plan was revealed at the annual meeting of the Greater Houston Partnership.
Progressive Railroading
The Houston Chronicle shares the views in the most walkable sections of the city of Houston.
Houston Chronicle
Dreams look a lot more like reality this week in Dallas.
The Dallas Morning News
Capital Metro is growing a new generation of public transit riders.
Austin Monitor
November's bombshell news about the partnership between Virgin and Brightline has now yielded ambitious plans for private investment in intercity rail service.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
It was a big week for long-awaited transit funding from the Federal Transit Administration.
Smart Cities Dive
Sad news for the planning community. Houston Planning Director Patrick Walsh, who took leave from his position earlier this year after a cancer diagnosis, has passed away.
Houston Chronicle
The e-commerce behemoth has its hand in everything from warehouse development to renewable energy.
Curbed
A frank assessment of past policy wrongdoings is necessary to overcome inequality in the city.
The Dallas Morning News
Texas doesn't do small, so a new wind power regeneration record must be big.
Houston Chronicle
The Houston region continues to grow, and local regional governance is struggling to meet residents’ needs.
Houston Public Media
The city of San Antonio has a lot of money to spend on trees but not a lot of places to plant them.
San Antonio Express-News
According to leaked information, Northern Virginia, Dallas, and New York City were in the lead in the competition to land the location of the second Amazon headquarters. Now sources report the company will split the HQ2 footprint between two cities.
New York Times
Faced growing housing costs and limited funding and resources for struggling homeowners and renters, the city of Austin has ramped up efforts to identify and lobby for housing policy changes.
Next City
A proposal for high-speed rail from Houston to Dallas is highlighting the state’s social and political divisions.
Curbed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a suite of coastal infrastructure projects—i.e., floodgates and seawalls—to shore up the coast of Texas against Hurricane- and sea level rise-aided water.
The Texas Tribune
The oil and gas industries want to see wastewater regulations loosened as they consider pumping the water into streams and rivers.
Houston Chronicle
The San Antonio City Council culminated years of planning and design this week by approving a plan to overhaul the Alamo Plaza.
My San Antonio
With a Dallas-Houston bullet train proposal proceeding apace, a complementary idea is now on the table: a multimodal transit hub linking Amtrak, transit, and even Hyperloop.
D Magazine
