ICYMI: "The highway lobby employs hundreds of lobbyists, pends over $100 million every year, uses a full suite of advocacy tactics, and brings along public officials to keep us all in a car-dependent transportation system." blog.ucs.org/kshen/the-hi...

The Highway Lobby Spends Millions to Make Sure We Pay Billions

Our car-dependent transportation system is no accident.

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⚠️ACTION ALERT: Fill out TxDOT's Statewide I-35 survey today! ⚠️ Tell TxDOT to prioritize safety over speed, oppose highway expansions, and support better infrastructure for pedestrians, cyclists and transit! engagetxdot.mysocialpinpoint.com/i-35-texas-c...

I-35 Texas Corridor Study

I-35 Texas Corridor Study Private Sector/Public Input Survey

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Speak up over the MoPac South expansion project before the deadline THIS Sunday a midnight! You don't need to be an expert. Just share your thoughts on expanding the highway and your visions for the future. Take two minutes now! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6666...

MoPac South Public Hearing

Thank you for your interest and participation in the MoPac South Environmental Study Public Hearing.The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (Mobility Authority) and the Texas Department of Trans...

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Big things are happening next week around the Mopac South project! (1) Wednesday 6pm: Town Hall docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... (2) Thursday 10am: City Council Resolution asking CTRMA to change the project to align with City of Austin goals! www.austintexas.gov/council/2026...

There are TWO comment periods open for plans at CAMPO: One says we must reduce vehicle miles traveled to reduce emissions! 👍 The other proposes dedicating the bulk of CAMPO funding to highway expansions.👎 Submit comments by 4/20! www.campotexas.org/get-involved/

This is a really important survey asking about your vision for transportation in Austin's central corridors. It's quick and easy - fill it out by April 5!

There is an open house TODAY from 4pm-7pm for the Parmer Lane project between Mopac South and Whitestone Blvd. www.txdot.gov/projects/hea... Let TxDOT know that you want Parmer Lane to include shared use paths along the length of the project and that you oppose the addition of car lanes!

Election Day is Tuesday 3/3! 🗳️ Find out what Travis County and TX state house candidates think about transportation: Travis County candidates: rethink35.org/2026-travis-... State house candidates: rethink35.org/2026-state-h...

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also noise pollution in the U.S. is almost entirely from cars and it’s literally giving people heart attacks I wrote an article about it because it’s so absurd

We Need To Do Something About Noise Pollution

Excessive noise isn't just annoying... it's dangerous

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onion person@junlper.beer · 5mo ago

noise pollution causing actual real physical health problems in humans is one of those things that sounds fake but isn’t

Early voting in the primary starts today! Want to know what the candidates think about transportation? We've got you covered! Travis County candidates: rethink35.org/2026-travis-... TX state representatives for HD-49 and HD-50: rethink35.org/2026-state-h...

Last topic for our Travis County candidate questionnaire series: how should Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority spend toll revenues? CTRMA has a lot of flexibility for what projects to build but the money is used almost exclusively to build more toll lanes. Full responses at rethink35.org

Today's topic from the Travis County candidate questionnaire is regional rail! 🛤️ Check out some highlights from Precinct 2 and Precinct 4 candidates below. For full responses see rethink35.org/2026-travis-... 🧵

Precinct 4 candidates share their views about how CAMPO - the regional body that decides how federal transportation dollars are spent - can do better. Travis County has 4 appointees on the CAMPO board. 🧵 Check out their full responses here: rethink35.org/2026-travis-...

Today's topic for our Precinct 2 Travis County candidate questionnaire highlights is CAMPO! 4 Travis County representatives serve on our regional transportation policy board, which decides how federal transportation dollars get spent locally. See full responses at rethink35.org/2026-travis-...

Travis County Candidates for Precinct 4 share their views about how the county should prioritize transportation projects including roadway expansions, trails and transit in future bonds. See full responses here! rethink35.org/2026-travis-...

Primary elections are right around the corner! 🗳️ Wondering what the candidates are thinking about transportation? Here are some highlights from our Travis County Commissioner Candidate questionnaire for Precinct 2. Full responses are available at: rethink35.org/2026-travis-...

Take a moment to support the Festival Beach Food Forest in their fight to protect city-supported plans for the Food Forest from impacts of the I-35 expansion. festivalbeach.org/pipeline

Pipeline - Festival Beach Food Forest

Festival Beach Food Forest is facing imminent disruption from an unexpected and insufficiently communicated wastewater pipeline relocation associated with

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"If lane expansion were going to solve congestion anywhere, it would have solved it here. Instead, Texas ranks near the bottom of U.S. states in measures of urban congestion." Great article by Ryan Puzycki on why TX needs a new approach to transportation! www.ryanpuzycki.com/p/when-just-...

When “Just One More Lane” Runs Out of Road

Geometry, Politics, and the Limits of the Highway State

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Congratulations NJ! 🎉 “Between concerns about induced demand, climate impact, and traffic impacts on the Jersey City and Hoboken communities, I have long opposed the Turnpike expansion as previously proposed,” said State Sen. Raj Mukherji, D-Hudson" www.nj.com/news/2025/12...

Murphy scraps controversial Turnpike widening through Hudson County

The most opposed part of the controversial $10.6 billion NJ Turnpike extension widening project will be dropped, Gov. Murphy announced.

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Check out this cool new graphic about the billions lost to the Austin economy due to its urban highways! www.thehumanecosystem.city/portfolio-1/... Great work from @thehumaneconomist.bsky.social!

Yet another damning analysis of the CAMPO and TxDOT modeling used to justify the I-35 expansion... "Transport Truths" by @greggriffin.bsky.social published by Bristol University Press, devotes a whole chapter to the I-35 project. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/transport-tr...

You could win free transit for A YEAR and other prizes by playing @capmetroatx.bsky.social bingo this month! Learn more about how to participate here: waypointblog.com/capmetros-sp...

"Approximately 18 % of urban and suburban US residents express a strong interest in living car-free." Note that this is unmet demand, meaning not including people who are already living car free. Let's give people choices! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Who is interested in car-free living in the US? Findings from a nationwide survey

The United States (US) is infamously car dependent, causing environmental, safety, and social problems. Car-free living is one way to combat the downs…

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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)" news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...

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Last week was special. So many folks to thank for Life After Cars in Austin — starting with everyone in these photos — but also our partners: @aura-atx.org @rethink35.org @bookpeople.com A place is special because people work hard to make it that way, and these folks keep Austin a cut above.

Full house for the @thewaroncars.bsky.social book talk. @safestreetsaustin.bsky.social @aura-atx.org @urbanatxreads.bsky.social @rethink35.org #atx #urbanism #atxurbanists

New report shows that Texas could save BILLIONS annually by investing in multimodal transportation - let's do it! rmi.org/building-sma...

This Thursday at 8! Join Talib Abduhalli (Black History Bike Rides) Mayor Pro Tem @vanessafuentes.bsky.social, and @kutnathan.bsky.social to discuss the @waroncars.bsky.social hosts' new book, "Life After Cars". Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-war-on...

We're excited to join our community partners to welcome @waroncars.bsky.social hosts Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon who will be talking about their new book "Life After Cars"! 🤩 Join the fun on Thursday December 4, 8pm, 501 Brushy.