A September routine interim charge hearing of the Texas Senate Committee on Local Government turned out to be a packed room, with an overflow room almost full as well. People came out to talk about the affordability problems across our state, including those representing Big A Affordable Housing providers, those representing developers and home builders, and environmental, justice, and affordability …
Author: Jay Blazek Crossley
How much could the Texas Transportation Commission allocate to transit, safety, active transportation, and ADA in the 2023 UTP?
The public comment phase is open for the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) 2023 Unified Transportation Program (UTP), and the Texas Transportation Commission (TPC) needs to hear from you about what you hope they can achieve with $117 billion in public spending over the next ten years ($85 billion in proposed projects and $32 billion in project development costs). Find …
It’s too freaking hot and we need to do something about
The heat wave across Texas is but a taste of the disastrous future that Texas climate denial policies are pushing us deeper into. Texas land use and transportation systems are broken, outdated, costly, and only making these problems worse. We can address this now – here in Texas. Farm&City works with communities and nonprofits across the state to change our …