The continued relevance of Growing Cooler a decade later

In 2007, the Urban Land Institute released Growing Cooler (pdf) a landmark, now highly-cited, publication on the link between climate change and transportation. It is also a basis for our work to empower communities and elected officials with better information and analysis to help build a sustainable, equitable Austin region. Carbon emissions from transportation are over a third of national emissions. …

Ask CAMPO for a regional Vision Zero Action Plan

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) is the transportation decision making body for Central Texas. Metropolitan planning organizations such as CAMPO are federally mandated to adopt periodic safety performance targets. Every day four people die or suffer incapacitating injuries across our region, a much higher rate than many American metropolitan areas. This is something that we could actually fix. …

There are 7 votes ready for CodeNEXT V.3

Two separate groups of city council members have released statements in the lead up to the release of CodeNEXT V.3. Together, these six council members and Mayor Adler unequivocally call for a new land use code. Although they certainly may each disagree on various details in that code, should they continue to feel that the existing land development code must …