Livability News - Megaregion
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Texas Senate wary of drought
May limit electricity, growth
State senators voiced concerns that a lack of adequate water could harm Texas' long-term growth.
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Austin planning 208 acre mixed-use / income development
Far east Austin like Mueller
The City of Austin plans to transform a 208 acre property in far east Austin into a mixed-use, mixed-income urban village, similar to Mueller.
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El Paso leading the way with water reclamation
treated for non-potable use
Cities across the world are looking at El Paso that established water reclamation plants to reuse effluent for non-potable use, like watering parks.
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Texas drought forecast to extend into 2012
Following worst year ever
Various entities are forecasting that the 2011 worst drought on record across Texas is going to continue at least into the late spring of 2012.
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Texas drought killed up to half a billion trees in 2011
10% of the state's trees
The record drought in Texas during 2011 killed between 100 & 500 million trees - up to 10% of the state's 4.9 billion trees - according to Texas Forest Service.
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HUD sends $3.7 million for planning in 5 Central Texas cities
Urban rail and TOD in Austin
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development gave $3.7 million to CAPCOG to work on planning for 5 cities in central Texas, including on rail in Austin.
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San Antonio growing fastest of major Texas cities
Better for jobs, too
San Antonio has become an economic center rivaling Houston and Dallas, and outgrown both of them.
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Texas Water Board recommends spending $52 billion to supply next half century of water
26 new reservoirs
To supply water for the expected 82 percent growth in population by 2060, Texas may have to spend $53bn on water infrastructure projects.
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Fort Worth continues bike infrastructure upgrades
Downtown bus / bike lanes
The City of Fort Worth has reconfigured bus lanes in downtown as bicycle-bus lanes and improved signage and markings.
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TXDOT presents Houston to Austin intercity rail study to H-GAC TPC
~$1bn project for 110mph rail
TXDOT presented results from a study of passenger rail between Houston and Austin to the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council with a minimal trip time of 2:45.
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