Profile avatar
farmandcity.bsky.social
Farm&City is a 501c3 nonprofit think & do tank dedicated to high quality urban & rural human habitat in Texas in perpetuity. FarmAndCity.org VisionZeroTexas.org
22 posts 95 followers 55 following
Regular Contributor
Posts 24 Comments 9

The Texas House will vote on SB 1013, the Safe Driveways bill, on Tuesday or Wednesday! Please write your rep right now! secure.everyaction.com/oIQrPSOS1UuY... #txlege

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Cities like Fort Worth need help making streets safe. The Texas House Committee on Transportation is considering HB 5253, the Safe Neighborhood Streets today at #txlege. www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Every kid in Texas deserves the right to live on a Safe Neighborhood Streets with 20 mph speed limit and design speed. Tell #txlege you want to end the ban on Safe Neighborhood Streets!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 Big moment: HB 5253 (Safe Neighborhood Streets) and HB 535 (Safe Passing) will be heard Thursday in the House Transportation Committee! Help us push these life-saving safety bills forward — take 2 minutes to write your rep: mailchi.mp/8252603928ec...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Texans! Take the survey: How is public input in transportation planning, policy, and funding working out in your neck of the woods? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment

Check out the Farm&City email newsletter for a survey on public input in transportation, our top ten 2025 goals, media hits on housing abundance at #txlege, TxLege Forum on Ending Traffic Deaths tickets & why you should consider donating to help us pass Vision Zero bills! mailchi.mp/31dbb7a8d70a...

submitted 142 days ago • 1 comment

Texas spends a lot on building highways, but not on other transportation options. Research has shown that adding lanes does not cut commute times. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

submitted 150 days ago • 3 comments

Last minute gift idea! Donate today to give your loved ones meaningful hope for change in Texas public policies to give people the freedoms of walking, biking, cars & transit without the daily risk of death & affordable options to live healthy, low-carbon lifestyles. Donate.FarmAndCity.org

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

We need your help to raise $12,000 more to ensure Farm&City enters the 2025 legislative session with the strength to drive change. Your donation fuels professional nonprofit Texas advocacy and lobbying efforts for crucial safe streets and housing abundance bills. mailchi.mp/ce979cd2aaa2...

submitted 164 days ago • 1 comment

#Editorial : After a 2-year old was killed crossing the street, Mayor John Whitmire, HPD and DA-elect Sean Teare must signal zero tolerance for reckless driving. trib.al/ffrtm1Y

submitted 167 days ago • 1 comment

It was an exciting day in Dallas w/ the Planning Commission hearing what seems overwhelming support for eliminating minimum parking mandates to allow people to afford a variety of housing & lifestyle options. Here’s some background from @txnewsprincess.bsky.social www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

I’m so proud of Dallas tonight. Folks in line at 8:23 pm at night to speak in support of parking reform.

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

This #GivingTuesday, support safe streets, walkable urbanism & abundant housing by donating to Farm&City. Today, help us reach our $30,000 goal to advocate for the Safe Neighborhood Streets bill to give every kid in Texas the freedom of safe residential streets. mailchi.mp/490cd0c7204d...

submitted 180 days ago • 1 comment

Stand with Farm&City for Safe Streets and Abundant Housing. With your support, we can stand up at the legislature for Safe Neighborhood Streets, so every kid in Texas can enjoy the freedom of 20mph safe residential neighborhoods. mailchi.mp/e86d7ab118a3...

submitted 184 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to be here at the inaugural Dallas Housing Summit in a big room filled with an amazing mix of people interested in finding solutions and working together to make solutions work so more Texans can find affordable options to live how & where they want.

submitted 192 days ago • 1 comment

Send your letter today to ask your representatives in the Texas House and Senate #txlege and Governor Greg Abbott to pass meaningful legislation this Spring that will reduce the number of people killed in crashes on Texas streets and roads. sendyourletter.visionzerotexas.org

submitted 196 days ago • 0 comments

Today, Texans remember loved ones killed in traffic crashes. Some gather on the South Steps of the Capitol at 5pm. Others will 4,167 steps to remember those killed in the last year. Some post in honor of those hurt in crashes. Some change policies to end the traffic deaths. #WDoR2024

submitted 196 days ago • 0 comments

Traffic crashes killed 11 people since Nov. 2023 in the City of Denton and 4,167 people in Texas. On this World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, remember the lives lost, plug into orgs like @farmandcity.bsky.social, and demand more from leaders at all levels of government. #WDoR2024

submitted 196 days ago • 0 comments

Tomorrow (11/17) I will walk 4,167 steps in Denton to remember the 4,167 lives lost in traffic crashes in Texas over the past 12 months. No one should feel the pain of losing a loved one in a sudden violent event. I hope you'll join me in demanding change. #WDoR2024 #VisionZero #EndTheStreakTX

submitted 197 days ago • 0 comments

Texans: please join us this Sunday at the South Steps of the State Capitol in Austin for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Together we can end traffic deaths in Texas. We must. mailchi.mp/10cd94034d65...

submitted 198 days ago • 0 comments

Next Sunday, 11/17, is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. @farmandcity.bsky.social will host the Texas vigil on the South Steps of the Texas Capitol. After the vigil we will take 4,167 steps around the Capitol honoring each person killed in 12 months of Texas car crashes.

submitted 204 days ago • 1 comment

@farmandcity.bsky.social is hiring in Amarillo! farmandcity.org/2024/10/08/w...

submitted 236 days ago • 0 comments

A growing Texas needs modal freedom - Farm&City Newsletter Sep 21, 2024 mailchi.mp/e537ee9ae3d1...

submitted 253 days ago • 0 comments

Today, we asked the Texas Senate Committee on Transportation to “create a transportation system that is more safe, efficient, and responsive to the needs of all Texans” suggesting they try to address three key issues and giving them seven policy proposals we think will help. #txlege A thread 1/

submitted 256 days ago • 3 comments