A volunteer air force of more than 1,000 amateur aviators has come together to transport essential medical supplies in a part of the state where the cities are far-flung and the roads are notoriously dangerous from oil-related traffic.
Transportation
Reporting on roads, transit, infrastructure, and policy shaping travel and mobility across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Coronavirus in Texas
To slow COVID-19, Trump administration closes southern border to nonessential travel
The border will be closed for all crossings other than commercial trade and specified reasons such as medical care and education.
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Transportation
Texas transit agencies are still getting front-line responders and low-income Texans to work. But service may change as the crisis continues.
Leaders in the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio areas are already analyzing how fewer fares and drops in sales tax will affect them.
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Health care
Travelers stuck in long lines at DFW due to CDC questionnaire and enhanced screening, airport says
Many are returning following the travel ban announced by President Donald Trump, in which there’s a 30-day suspension of travel between Europe and the United State in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Homeless in Texas
Abbott’s state-run camp for the homeless in Austin to be taken over by nonprofit with new shelter plans
The Texas Department of Transportation will begin lease negotiations with ATX Helps, which plans to construct a large shelter on the southeast Austin property where more than 100 people reside. Some camp residents say they’re concerned about the proposed changes.
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Criminal Justice
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Transportation
To fight huge drop in bus riders, North Texas transit agency faces hard choices about who gets service
The new bus layout coming in 2022 might bring more service to high-demand areas, but it could also modify routes that serve people at their doorsteps.
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Politics
Texas revoked a Fort Worth man’s anti-Trump license plate. See what other vanity plates were rejected.
The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the “JAIL 45” plate after someone complained it was offensive.
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State Government
Someone has died on Texas roads every day for 19 years. Here’s a look at some reasons why — and ideas for turning the tide.
Ever since Nov. 8, 2000, someone has been killed in a Texas wreck each day. The state’s transportation department is spending an additional $600 million on safety — and trying to end all roadway deaths by 2050.