Photo circa 1920s from the San Diego, CA vicinity.  Love the simplicity of this “two-phase” operation.  Any volunteers out there to test this type of signalized operation somewhere along Westheimer?

I attended a reading by Tom Vanderbilt, the author of Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do at Brazos Bookstore on Tuesday.  All of 7 people in attendance.  Not sure if it was just poorly publicized or the locals just don’t care as much about these topics but in talking to him it seemed other cites he has visited recently have had much larger crowds (he’s touring for paperback version of...

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010494.html   I usually feel safer in a bike lane than riding in a travel lane for cars, particularly at intersections, but this research says this may not be the case.

The Intermodality blog posted an interesting piece on what they thought the transportation priorities should be for Houston’s next Mayor.  Many good ideas that will require Mayoral leadership but also input from TxDOT, the County and the community to make happen.  For example, I think improving our bayous usefulness as a parks and trails systems is one of the great underleveraged opportunities...

The following new driving laws are in effect as of today in the State of Texas: (paraphrased from http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6594030.html)   • HB 55: Prohibits the use of a cell phone in a school zone unless the vehicle is stopped or a hands-free device is used. • HB 339: Prohibits teens under 18 from texting or talking on a cell phone while driving. • HB 537: Requires...