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Transportation
Reporting on roads, transit, infrastructure, and policy shaping travel and mobility across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Video: Dan Patrick at The Texas Tribune Festival
Here’s full video of my conversation Friday with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at The Texas Tribune Festival.
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Economy
Firm Claims Train Will Have $36 Billion Impact
The private firm trying to build a bullet train between Dallas and Houston has released a study claiming it would pump more than $30 billion into the state economy over the next 25 years.
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Report: Traffic Crashes Related to Energy Boom Cost Billions
A Texas A&M University study reveals just how closely petroleum activity appears to be linked to collisions on crowded, crumbling roads in rural South and West Texas.
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Uber, Lyft Shun Driver Fingerprint Requirements
As cities worldwide struggle to balance the fast growth of vehicle-for-hire apps with traditional taxi services, three Texas markets are providing a test of the regulatory breaking points for Uber and Lyft. Fingerprinting drivers can be a deal-breaker.
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Weber Stepping Down as Head of Transportation Department
Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Joe Weber announced Tuesday that he will step down from the position after 18 months at the job.
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Economy
CEO: Drawing Toyota to Texas Worth $40 Million Subsidy
A $40 million state incentive package was one of many reasons Toyota agreed to move its headquarters to Plano, company CEO Jim Lentz said Thursday. Yet absent the subsidy, picking Texas would have been a “real tough sell.”
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Here’s What it’s Like to Ride in a Google Self-driving Car in Austin
A reporter’s brief trip in the backseat of a Google self-driving car shows how developers are taking advantage of Austin’s traffic patterns to teach its software how to handle the mundane and the unpredictable.
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State Government
Rangers Find Stickland’s Staff Registered Supporters
A Texas Rangers investigation released Tuesday found that the staff of state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, filled out witness registration forms for people who were not in the Capitol but that no one committed any prosecutable offenses.
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Texas Bullet Train Still Moving Forward But Big Obstacles Linger
The private firm hoping to build a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston has been celebrating a summer of successes. But three years after Texas Central Partners first revealed its ambitious venture, challenges remain.