This June, new TxDOT rules will go into effect allowing Changeable Electronic Variable Message Billboards in cities and their ETJs throughout Texas. Visit our Stop Digital Billboards page to learn more about the TxDOT rules, what digital billboards look like, and the steps that people are taking around the country to help curtail the proliferation of these new billboards.

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Houston Deal Results in Removal of 831 Clear Channel Billboards

April 16, 2008
Houston Chronicle

The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a settlement agreement with one of Houston's largest billboard companies that is expected to lead to the removal of 831 signs.

The agreement with Clear Channel Outdoor would remove 831 small and medium-sized billboards — a two-thirds reduction of all the company's billboards smaller than 288 square feet.

Some billboards had been slated to come down by 2013, but others could have remained up permanently because the city cannot regulate signs along federal roadways.

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Austin: Council Member drops proposal for billboards to be erected on scenic roads

Austin American-Statesman

Austin City Council Member Mike Martinez has decided to scrap the most controversial parts of a billboards ordinance he proposed.

The proposal would have allowed billboard owners to relocate billboards to some "scenic roadways," an idea that upset the beautification group Scenic Austin and residents along roads such as RM 2222 and Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway).

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