The Texas Department of Transportation is two years away from a severe drop in funding unless lawmakers find more cash, agency officials said at a budget hearing Monday.
Texas Department Of Transportation
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TxDOT Considers Outsourcing IT
The Texas Department of Transportation is taking proposals for privatizing its information technology system, part of a larger movement by the agency toward outsourcing many of its functions.
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Energy
Lawmakers Seek Cash to Fix Roads Hit by Drilling
As lawmakers look for a way to fix infrastructure crumbling under the weight of a drilling boom, talk of reducing the tax money that feeds the state’s Rainy Day Fund is drawing attention.
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Transportation
Panama Canal Expansion Will Be Boon for Texas Exports, Report Says
An upcoming expansion of the Panama Canal will boost Texas exports but not do as much for imports, according to a report commissioned by the Texas Department of Transportation.
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Transportation
Feds May Offer New Credit Line for Texas Toll Projects
TIFIA, a popular transportation-focused federal loan program, has $17 billion ready to dole out and Texas is jumping at the chance to tap billions of dollars in credit.
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Transportation
Tolling Texans: Impact of Trans-Texas Corridor Seen in Road Projects
Though the controversial proposal to build a 4,000-mile network of highways and rail lines across Texas never came to fruition, the Trans-Texas Corridor proposal helped usher a change in how the state builds roads.
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Transportation
Tolling Texans: Toll Projects Proliferate as State Coffers Fall Short
Amid a lack of public financing to meet the state’s transportation needs, Texas officials are increasingly looking to toll projects, some boosted by investments by private firms.
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Defining the Transportation Debate
Before anything can be done on transportation funding, What constitutes a budget diversion? Is a fee increase the same thing as a tax hike? The debate over transportation funding next session could hinge on how
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Transportation
A Trip Down the Fastest Highway in America
The newly opened stretch of State Highway 130 from Austin to Seguin has an 85 mph speed limit, the fastest in the country. Beyond the debate over whether it’s safe, what’s it like to drive?
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Texas Highways, Heavy Trucks, and the Panama Canal
A possible boost in imports to Texas has prompted state officials to consider allowing heavier trucks on some of the state’s interstate highways.
