Felicity M. Maxwell
@cityjane.bsky.social
>>Working to Expand Housing Access for All Texans
Executive Director, Texans For Housing ~ https://https://www.texansforhousing.org/
AURA Board member ~ https://aura-atx.org
Co-Chair, YIMBYtown 2024
Executive Director, Texans For Housing ~ https://https://www.texansforhousing.org/
AURA Board member ~ https://aura-atx.org
Co-Chair, YIMBYtown 2024
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Tomorrow is #BlackFridayParking!
Join us in highlighting why costly mandatory parking requirements are unnecessary by showcasing all the excess parking on the busiest shopping day of the year.
Take some pics and post them with the #BlackFridayParking tag!
parkingreform.org/2025/11/19/b...
Join us in highlighting why costly mandatory parking requirements are unnecessary by showcasing all the excess parking on the busiest shopping day of the year.
Take some pics and post them with the #BlackFridayParking tag!
parkingreform.org/2025/11/19/b...
Black Friday Parking - Parking Reform Network
The idea is simple: showcase that even on the busiest shopping day of the year, plenty of parking spaces remain unused, supposedly when demand is at its peak.
parkingreform.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Tomorrow is #BlackFridayParking!
Join us in highlighting why costly mandatory parking requirements are unnecessary by showcasing all the excess parking on the busiest shopping day of the year.
Take some pics and post them with the #BlackFridayParking tag!
parkingreform.org/2025/11/19/b...
Join us in highlighting why costly mandatory parking requirements are unnecessary by showcasing all the excess parking on the busiest shopping day of the year.
Take some pics and post them with the #BlackFridayParking tag!
parkingreform.org/2025/11/19/b...
Related: www.kut.org/austin/2025-...
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Related: www.kut.org/austin/2025-...
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San Antonio potentially joining Dallas in the move to (odd-year) November elections 👀
The Texas leg has created a window of opportunity for cities to make the switch from May to November before December 31, but they have to act fast
sanantonioreport.org/mayor-jones-...
The Texas leg has created a window of opportunity for cities to make the switch from May to November before December 31, but they have to act fast
sanantonioreport.org/mayor-jones-...
Mayor Jones asks council to move city elections to November
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones sent a letter to City Council on Tuesday asking to move the city's elections from May to November.
sanantonioreport.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
San Antonio potentially joining Dallas in the move to (odd-year) November elections 👀
The Texas leg has created a window of opportunity for cities to make the switch from May to November before December 31, but they have to act fast
sanantonioreport.org/mayor-jones-...
The Texas leg has created a window of opportunity for cities to make the switch from May to November before December 31, but they have to act fast
sanantonioreport.org/mayor-jones-...
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We found that if every car had these driver assist features, the U.S. could prevent 1.6 million total car crashes (including about 7,200 fatal crashes), and save more than $260 billion annually in costs to society www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We found that if every car had these driver assist features, the U.S. could prevent 1.6 million total car crashes (including about 7,200 fatal crashes), and save more than $260 billion annually in costs to society www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Join us 12/4 8pm for a special Austin live panel with War on Cars podcast hosts Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon!
Panelists also include Austin Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes and Black History Bike Ride's Talib Abdullahi. KUT's Nathan Bernier will moderate.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-war-on...
Panelists also include Austin Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes and Black History Bike Ride's Talib Abdullahi. KUT's Nathan Bernier will moderate.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-war-on...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Join us 12/4 8pm for a special Austin live panel with War on Cars podcast hosts Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon!
Panelists also include Austin Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes and Black History Bike Ride's Talib Abdullahi. KUT's Nathan Bernier will moderate.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-war-on...
Panelists also include Austin Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes and Black History Bike Ride's Talib Abdullahi. KUT's Nathan Bernier will moderate.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-war-on...
Another new member of the Parking + Single Stair Reform club just dropped. Congrats to Denver! Who's next?
It's official, last night Denver City Council adopted a local single-stair ordinance!
Beginning December 31, 2025, 5-story single-stair housing will be permitted in Denver!
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/24/d...
Beginning December 31, 2025, 5-story single-stair housing will be permitted in Denver!
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/24/d...
Denver City Council approves single-stair building ordinance
Denver City Council approves ordinance for 5-story single-stair buildings, promoting affordable housing and flexible building options.
www.coloradopolitics.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another new member of the Parking + Single Stair Reform club just dropped. Congrats to Denver! Who's next?
So not just building codes where US regulations are out wildly out of step with the rest of the world and the EU in particular?
the problem isn't LED lights, though, it's DOT having far less strict standards for beam pattern & glare than Europe (whose regulations are followed by much of the rest of the world). The allowed height of the lamps and the allowed height of the beam is much lower in the ECE standard.
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
So not just building codes where US regulations are out wildly out of step with the rest of the world and the EU in particular?
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Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
According ESPN, Briles received a $15m settlement when he left Baylor, not to mention the $3m he was making annually. Why is anyone paying him to coach anywhere?
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
According ESPN, Briles received a $15m settlement when he left Baylor, not to mention the $3m he was making annually. Why is anyone paying him to coach anywhere?
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores."
Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores."
Over one hundred community members gathered at the Home Depot in Monrovia Saturday to pressure the company to stop the immigration raids taking place at its locations.
www.latimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Day laborer organizers protest Home Depot, pressuring it to "scrape ICE out of their stores."
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“The contrasting responses serve as a reminder of car culture’s dominance in the Garden State. An estimated 92,000 drivers entered the congestion zone from New Jersey every day,... That’s less than half the daily ridership on the PATH train.” gothamist.com/news/nj-lead...
NJ leaders who hated on congestion pricing notably silent on PATH fare hikes
The PATH fare is set to rise from $3 to $4 over the next four years.
gothamist.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“The contrasting responses serve as a reminder of car culture’s dominance in the Garden State. An estimated 92,000 drivers entered the congestion zone from New Jersey every day,... That’s less than half the daily ridership on the PATH train.” gothamist.com/news/nj-lead...
Great start to the Dallas Housing Summit- and glad to see much interest in @texansforhousing.bsky.social & our North Texas regional organizing!
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Great start to the Dallas Housing Summit- and glad to see much interest in @texansforhousing.bsky.social & our North Texas regional organizing!
Well crafted housing policy for the WIN! This is the distribution of new HOME projects in Austin, and look what happens when permit more infill housing everywhere by right?!?
Congrats to #atxcouncil & @aura-atx.org + many others for nailing it.
Congrats to #atxcouncil & @aura-atx.org + many others for nailing it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Well crafted housing policy for the WIN! This is the distribution of new HOME projects in Austin, and look what happens when permit more infill housing everywhere by right?!?
Congrats to #atxcouncil & @aura-atx.org + many others for nailing it.
Congrats to #atxcouncil & @aura-atx.org + many others for nailing it.
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In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
On a housing design firm call and they just showed a slide called the "Texas Infill Catalog" and boy howdy do I feel super happy about the work of @texansforhousing.bsky.social at the #txlege!
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
On a housing design firm call and they just showed a slide called the "Texas Infill Catalog" and boy howdy do I feel super happy about the work of @texansforhousing.bsky.social at the #txlege!
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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Culver City's single stair ordinance has been approved by the state, so you can now build single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Culver City's single stair ordinance has been approved by the state, so you can now build single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories
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Again, it is unbelievable that this man is permitted to walk free after causing the deaths of potentially millions of people. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Again, it is unbelievable that this man is permitted to walk free after causing the deaths of potentially millions of people. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Congrats to this amazing group of kids from Lively MS who just won 1st place at district for their UIL one act play!
@austinisd.bsky.social has phenomenal teachers & great programs & so glad to see that in action today 🙌
@austinisd.bsky.social has phenomenal teachers & great programs & so glad to see that in action today 🙌
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Congrats to this amazing group of kids from Lively MS who just won 1st place at district for their UIL one act play!
@austinisd.bsky.social has phenomenal teachers & great programs & so glad to see that in action today 🙌
@austinisd.bsky.social has phenomenal teachers & great programs & so glad to see that in action today 🙌
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Trump Administration is to propose a massive cut in federal transit funding as part of 2026 transport legislation.
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Fix Budget Shortfalls. But It Would Make Transportation Less Affordable for Americans.
A proposal to eliminate federal public transit funding would not only fail to address the existing funding gap but would also leave millions of Americans, pa…
www.urban.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump Administration is to propose a massive cut in federal transit funding as part of 2026 transport legislation.
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
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We're endorsing Aftyn Behn for Congress for a December 2nd special election in Tennessee.
This is an opportunity to flip a congressional seat and make Republicans’ already razor-thin margin in the House of Representatives even smaller.
Let's discuss what's at stake.
This is an opportunity to flip a congressional seat and make Republicans’ already razor-thin margin in the House of Representatives even smaller.
Let's discuss what's at stake.
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We're endorsing Aftyn Behn for Congress for a December 2nd special election in Tennessee.
This is an opportunity to flip a congressional seat and make Republicans’ already razor-thin margin in the House of Representatives even smaller.
Let's discuss what's at stake.
This is an opportunity to flip a congressional seat and make Republicans’ already razor-thin margin in the House of Representatives even smaller.
Let's discuss what's at stake.
Pleased to say @aura-atx.org has a plan for this, so stay tuned!
And for any Central TX #txlege candidates - we're looking for #pro-housing, #pro-transit candidates who are committed to the best housing + mobility solutions for our region.
And for any Central TX #txlege candidates - we're looking for #pro-housing, #pro-transit candidates who are committed to the best housing + mobility solutions for our region.
Hey Austin Urbanists, we’ll have a state rep and two judicial candidates, at least, on the March ballot with histories of hostility to housing.
We need to be sure to nominate candidates that are committed to affordability and inclusion.
We need to be sure to nominate candidates that are committed to affordability and inclusion.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Pleased to say @aura-atx.org has a plan for this, so stay tuned!
And for any Central TX #txlege candidates - we're looking for #pro-housing, #pro-transit candidates who are committed to the best housing + mobility solutions for our region.
And for any Central TX #txlege candidates - we're looking for #pro-housing, #pro-transit candidates who are committed to the best housing + mobility solutions for our region.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.