During 2012 alone, 22 pedestrians were killed in Austin. As a means of transportation, or commuting to and from work, walking is tough. The city is too spread out, and outside the urban core, the transportation system doesn’t encourage walking. But some Austin officials want to change that. That’s why they invited a “walkability” expert to learn how some streets can be transformed into walkable spaces. Dan Burden leads the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, a non-profit in Washington State. He is also a walkability expert scheduled to meet with Austin officials.  As he stands at the corner of Burnet and Koenig streets in North-Central Austin, he measures everything around him....
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Preliminary budgets in the Texas Legislature show cuts to higher education funding. Today and Monday, state lawmakers will hear from individual state universities and university systems about what funding they need. The state’s higher education institutions will present their funding requests to the Texas Senate Finance Committee. The Texas State University System, the Texas Tech University System, the University of Houston System and the University of North Texas System will present today. The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems will speak to the committee on Monday. UT Austin President William Powers, Jr. is expected to ask for $95 million in tuition revenue bond money to build a...
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