New from Mezabahnur Masum: "Orange barrels. Lane closures. Freshly churned earth where sidewalks used to be. We are committing more than $1B to projects that will worsen our air quality, and we are doing it while congratulating ourselves for having a climate plan."
Last night was incredible, and we aren't done yet!
Join us tonight at the Future Front House (1900 E. 12th Street) at 7 PM to discuss Life After Cars with the authors. No tickets required, just show up!
Compact urban design is key to securing water and sanitation, a new study by CSH and the World Bank in #NatureCities shows. With horizontal city growth, 220M fewer people could have access to piped water and 190M to sewage by 2050, says lead author @rafaelprietocuriel.bsky.social
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Thanks! With the e-bike, I can go greater distances than on my regular bike, especially in the summer! And if I'm feeling too lazy to ride my regular bike (e.g. a hilly ride), then I can just hop on the e-bike instead.
An ebike next to a busy road at night.
#WeekWithoutDriving day 4! Ebiked to Bouldin Acres on S Lamar.
Riding back, encountered an impatient driver on S 5th who gave my buddy & I plenty of room but did a risky move to pass us instead of waiting 10 secs for the road to open up. Would love to get out of the road if there were bike lanes!
The inside of a bus.
#WeekWithoutDriving day 3! Took the bus to the UT area which is dense enough for me to get a flu shot, buy kitchen supplies, & get lunch all on the same block! And several buses run thru here so it's great for connections.
Looking forward to what the next phase of UNO brings to this part of town 👀
Four-way intersection with bicycle handle bars visible at the bottom of the photo.
#weekwithoutdriving day 2! Biked up Rio Grande and overall pleasant ride ☀️
Good: roundabouts between 6th & 12th slow cars; protected bike lanes N of MLK ❤️
Bad: sharrows S of MLK; light at 15th doesn't turn green unless there's a car (or beg button is hit); southbound light at MLK is too short 😮💨
Survey for Austin pet owners! We want to know about your experience renting with pets in Austin. CM Laine is pictured kneeling down with her arm around a white dog. She is smiling. Her logo is in the bottom right corner.
The D6 office is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of our Austin residents around pet ownership. If you have ever owned a pet in Austin, please let us know your experience.
Visit the link in bio or bit.ly/4nKGoOI to answer the survey.
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“In Texas, whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over.”
Inside the ongoing battle for the state’s most precious resource: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/east-texas...
🚄 High-speed rail can make people happier
Data from China show that new high-speed rail lines boost residents’ wellbeing, especially in central cities and eastern regions, by improving local services.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm 🧪 #UrbanStudies #HS2 #China
The Legislature passed a measure to help save the iconic watering hole and Hays County’s dwindling aquifer.
Then Greg Abbott vetoed it.
Recently renewed the lease at my apartment. My base rent went down $35 per month and I didn't even have to negotiate to get that.
white front loading e-cargo bike
Local plumbing company using an e-cargo bike in Austin. Love to see it!
My great-great-aunt (great grand-aunt?) was married to Cortéz in 1904.
a great pyrenees opens his mouth to accept a breakfast burrito from his person.
a screenshot of Max’s journey from his GPS collar app. it shows he went 5 miles across 2 hours and took 17,000 steps.
an iphone screenshot with all the notifications from his GPS collars tracking his adventure. he left home at 11:39pm and arrived at the store a little after 2, but waited there until 7:30.
max lays on the floor at his house and looks up at the camera with some side eye. he does not look remotely contrite. maybe just a little sleepy.
This is Max. He snuck out in the middle of the night and walked 5 miles to get a breakfast burrito from a store that gave him one once. They hadn't opened yet when he got there, but Max was found the next morning thanks to his GPS collar patiently waiting outside for his well-earned snack. 14/10
Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want without facing liability to surrounding landowners whose wells might be depleted as a result.
That’s unlikely to change even as the state's water supply approaches a crisis.
group of activists in mostly blue shirts on the front steps of the Texas Capitol
Sticker featuring a logo with line art of a Capitol building under a pitched roof with “Housing Day at the Dome” beneath
Group of activists in mostly blue shirts under the Texas Capitol rotunda
Group of activists at the Texas Capitol
Happy Housing Day from the #txlege! We met with legislators and advocates from all over the state, doing our part to unlock a future where every Texan has a safe, affordable home.
And we got to watch as HB 24, which eliminates the “tyrant’s veto,” passed the Texas House! 🥳 #HousingDayAtTheDome
A brown pit bull type dog with a white stripe down its face and chest sits behind the text Beer, Bingo and Bullies for Love-a-bull. Saturday, 4/26 from 2-5pm at Lefty's. 8 rounds of bingo, prizes for each game, and 1 beer included in the ticket price (advance tickets $25, day-of tickets $35).
A fun event happening this weekend: Beer, Bingo, and Bullies. Enjoy cold drinks, win some prizes, meet cute dogs, and support a great local dog rescue, Love-a-Bull ❤️
Come support children's health and mobility rights! You don't need to be a kid (or have a kid) to join Kidical Mass.
A 5-story single-stair apartment building tucked nicely into a residential neighborhood with greenery, trees, and sidewalks
Austin City Council votes 10-1 to legalize 5-story single-stair apartments, making Austin the largest US city outside of NYC to legalize single-stair! 🎉🎉🎉
Many thanks to all the supporters and to CM Chito Vela for leading this exciting reform! We did it y'all! 🙌
If you have any money left on your AMP card, you can get the balance transferred to the new fare card at the transit store.
My dream home 😍
Look up how much NIH helps research in your state. Then call your reps and ask them how your state will function without the [$X billion] your state is about to lose.
☎️ and scripts 👉
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A man who was arrested with over 100 dogs and equipment at his Georgia home got the maximum sentence last week. Prosecutors hope it sheds light on the prevalence of dogfighting, a felony in the U.S.
Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot.
But Texas environmental regulators are proposing that only four of them be required to take action to improve their air quality. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/15/t...
My parents bought a big SUV for this reason. They feel safer in a larger car with other large cars on the road.
It's Election Day with only 4 hours left to vote for Mike Siegel! Get to the polls before 7 PM! Find your polling location here: votetravis.gov/current-elec...
Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade for the first time since I was a kid. There was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles float with the band War on it, performing "Why Can't We Be Friends?" Wild.
Beautiful needlework!
