Livability News - Megaregion

Grassroots group transforming Corpus Christi waterfront

Destination Bayfront group

Vilas Bhuchar, Dec 13, 10.

A grassroots group of citizens called Destination Bayfront is working with the City and hundreds of citizens to build a world class waterfront in downtown.

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Dallas has longest light rail system in US

Green Line begins service

David Crossley, Dec 06, 10.

The opening of DART's Green Line today makes the light rail system the largest in the US.

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Ft. Worth paper says do the streetcar project

Time to step into 21st century

David Crossley, Dec 06, 10.

With Ft. Worth officials leary of federal streetcar money, the local paper says to go for it.

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Development lags behind Dallas’s new Green Line

Train started this morning

Vilas Bhuchar, Dec 06, 10.

While a number of commuters rode Dallas's new Green light-rail line this morning, real estate developers have been slow to generate projects around the line.

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Audit shows Texas loses track of millions in clean air grants

Projects not actually pursued

Jay Blazek Crossley, Dec 06, 10.

The Texas State Auditor released a report showing that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has lost track of $62 million in clean air grants.

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Las Colinas hopes rail will spur business

Irving, TX community

Vilas Bhuchar, Nov 30, 10.

Las Colinas business leaders believe the expansion of DART's light-rail line and other public projects will help spur business in the years ahead.

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El Paso leaders split over rezoning

900 acres near Franklin Mtns.

Vilas Bhuchar, Nov 30, 10.

The El Paso Water Utility and Mayor are at odds with City Council members who want to rezone 900 acres near the Franklin Mtns so that they cannot be developed.

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TX-OK biodiesel train on best inventions list

The Heartland Flyer

Vilas Bhuchar, Nov 30, 10.

The Heartland Flyer train, which operates daily between OK and TX and is currently testing biodiesel, made TIME Magazine's list of "50 Best Inventions of 2010."

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TXDOT Re-Do Sunset Report Released

Suggests fundamental changes

Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 19, 10.

Texas Sunset Advisory Commission released a new Texas Department of Transportation Sunset Report, calling for changes and noting progress over last two years.

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EPA issues guidance on GHG; Texas fights

Only TX not ready for Jan. 2

Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 15, 10.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued guidance allowing states leeway in how to curb greenhouse gas emissions, but Texas resists

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