A significant part of our policy change strategy involves educating the public and leaders through engagement with public dialogue in the media. We change stories and framing to yield a paradigm that allows for rapid improvements in the quality of life of all Texans.
We track when a Farm&City staff member or volunteer speak with a reporter, are quoted, and also when a news story tells about progress on a policy issue that we have been working on. Sometimes we spend time talking to reporters, pointing them to community leaders and elected officials to talk to, and helping frame the story, but don’t end up being actually mentioned in the story. Those stories are included here as well. Here are all the stories we found of Farm&City media hits in 2022.
Commissioners discuss CAMPO’s forecasts for the future
Austin Monitor, Willow Higgins, 1/7/2022
Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority board of directors accepts new member
Community Impact, Zacharia Washington, 2/23/2022
El Paso City Council OKs police body cameras, resolution on Reimagine I-10 Project changes
El Paso Times, Anthony Jackson, 3/15/2022
Local group opposes I10 expansion in Downtown El Paso
KTSM, Tawny Davis, 3/17/2022
Opinion: El Paso deserves a better long-range transportation plan
El Paso Matters, Robert Storch, 3/24/2022
Opponents deluge TxDOT officials with calls to rethink highway projects across state, including I-45
Houston Chronicle, Dug Begley, 4/20/2022
Advocacy Orgs Target Compatibility, Parking Requirements in VMU2
Austin Monitor, Jonathan Lee, 4/25/2022
Austin surpasses traffic death number from this time last year
FOX 7, Bridget Spencer, 4/26/2022
The cost of crashes is higher than congestion
CNU, Robert Steuteville, 4/29/2022
‘It’s just more and more lanes’: the Texan revolt against giant new highways
The Guardian, Oliver Milman, 4/29/2022
Desperate for Housing, Austin Seeks Relief in Rezoning
Bloomberg, Megan Kimble, 4/29/2022
When Cars Kill
New Yorker, Danyoung Kim, 6/2/2022
As Austin cyclists navigate traffic dangers, how’s the city making lanes, intersections safer?
Austin American Statesman, Heather Osbourne, 6/6/2022
TxDOT holds public hearing to discuss proposed Borderland Expressway
KVIA, Sarah Coria, 6/9/2022
Traffic Fatalities Rise While Serious Injuries Fall in Austin
Austin Chronicle, Benton Graham, 6/17/2022
No bus cuts: Texas union members unite to fight transit privatization
People’s World, Robert Brownlee, 6/17/2022
Texas poised for record $85 billion-plus in road construction
Houston Chronicle, Dug Begley, 7/11/2022
TxDOT reveals $85 billion state highway expansion and transportation plan
Texas Standard, David Brown, 7/13/2022
Texas road building plan tops $85 billion
San Antonio Express-News, Bruce Selcraig, 7/13/2022
Pedestrian, motorcycle cases dominate traffic deaths in first half of 2022 in Austin
Austin American Statesman, Heather Osbourne, 7/14/2022
Texas is skirting federal environmental law to push for highway expansion
Grist, Megan Kimble, 7/27/2022
Rail advocates call on state to invest in freight and rail projects
KXAN, Candy Rodriguez, 8/30/2022
TxDOT approves $85 billion, 10-year plan to widen and maintain highways despite widespread opposition
Houston Chronicle, Dug Begley, 8/31/2022
Race and Class Inform Disparities in Road Deaths
Austin Chronicle, Benton Graham, 9/2/2022
El Paso City Council moves ahead with Vision Zero resolution to eliminate traffic deaths
El Paso Times, Martha Pskowski, 9/13/2022
$27B backlog in rural road projects could pose risk to drivers, Texas economy, report finds
Houston Chronicle, Dug Begley, 9/15/2022
8-year-old boy was hit and killed by a car while riding his bike in Kingwood
Houston Chronicle, Dug Begley, 9/27/2022
El Paso ranked among the most dangerous cities for pedestrians
Spectrum News, Luis Garcia, 9/29/2022
Environmentalists assail plan for lakeside high rises
Austin Bulldog, Daniel Van Oudenaren, 10/4/2022
Hays, Travis counties spar over potential SH 45 road project
Community Impact, Zara Flores, 11/9/2022
Texas Is Trying To Fight Pedestrian And Cyclist Deaths With Words. Is It Enough?
Next City, Benton Graham, 12/2/2022