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.
Transportation
Reporting on roads, transit, infrastructure, and policy shaping travel and mobility across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Transportation
Border Toll Roads Face Enforcement Issues
As El Paso prepares to open new toll roads, officials’ inability to mail bills to Mexican drivers means only U.S. drivers will be required to pay.
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Transportation
Video: Taylor on Ride Share
At our 9/4 conversation, San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor talked the status of the city’s ongoing negotiations with Lyft and Uber.
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State Government
Video: A Conversation with Steve Adler and Ivy Taylor
Full video of my 9/4 conversation with Austin Mayor Steve Adler and San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor.
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Transportation
Uber Expanding Options for Disabled in Austin
Uber is adding Austin to a small list of cities in which it will offer more wheelchair-accessible vehicles among its transportation options, the company confirmed Tuesday.
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Transportation
Federal Highway Funding Showdown is Latest TxDOT Budget Scramble
As Congress barrels toward a Friday deadline to fund the nation’s highway system, transportation experts across the country are responding to ever-tighter budgets with simple but significant cost-saving changes.
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Criminal Justice
Here’s a Look at What Happened With Straus’ and Patrick’s Priority Bills
Over the course of this year’s legislative session, House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made their priorities known by what bills got the lowest bill numbers. Take a look at how those proposals fared.
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Transportation
Google Puts Self-Driving Vehicle to the Test on Austin Streets
Over the past week, Google began testing one of its self-driving vehicles in Austin. The test drives come after years of experimenting with its groundbreaking autonomous vehicle technology almost exclusively in California.
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Transportation
Toll Road Projects in Limbo Following Session
Texas’ network of tolled highways stretches for more than 500 miles, but its growth was curtailed this session as lawmakers passed several measures that make it tougher for toll projects to move forward.
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Transportation
Supreme Court: Texas Can Ban Confederate License Plates
In a 5-4 ruling released Thursday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court backed Texas’ decision to forbid specialty license plates sporting an image of the Confederate flag.