At our 12/3 Hot Seat conversation at Texas State University, state Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, and state Rep. Jason Isaac, R-Dripping Springs, talked about water, transportation, public education and other issues in play in the 83rd session.
Transportation
Reporting on roads, transit, infrastructure, and policy shaping travel and mobility across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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In Austin, Toll Lanes May Give Bus Service a Boost
In Austin, transportation planners are hopeful that a toll project will help increase ridership on city buses, which will be able to use new tolled lanes for free and cut time on some routes.
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Transportation
South Texas County Gets Off TxDOT’s Gravel List
La Salle County officials have agreed to pay a portion of the repair costs and all the maintenance costs for 20 miles of roads that the Texas Department of Transportation had intended to convert to gravel.
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Transportation
Gravel Plan on Pause, but Political Fallout Continues
Debate over the Texas Department of Transportation’s controversial plan to convert some damaged asphalt roads to gravel has come up in a fight between the House and Senate to boost the agency’s funding.
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Economy
Perry Supporter’s Firm in Talks Over State Grant
The Automobile Club of Southern California is negotiating with the governor’s office over a Texas Enterprise Fund grant. The company’s CEO is a longtime contributor to Gov. Rick Perry.
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Transportation
Pricey State Problems and Penny-Pinching Voters
Texas voters said yes to a big-ticket proposition for water projects and no to some other spending items, leaving a question for policymakers with a to-do list full of expensive problems: Is the public willing to go along?
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Transportation
Worsening Austin Traffic Prompts Talk of Toll Swap
As state and local leaders consider what to do about the most congested segment of road in Texas, Interstate 35 through central Austin, the possibility of swapping the interstate with a nearby toll road remains a possibility.
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Transportation
As Uber Looks to Expand, Debate Flares in Dallas
Dallas officials continue to debate whether city code should change to accommodate Uber, a company that allows customers to order rides with a cellphone app, as existing transportation companies fight against it.
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Transportation
TribuneFest: All Transportation is Local
At the Trib’s Oct. 17 symposium on transportation at Southern Methodist University, Aman Batheja sat down with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins; Tarrant County Commissioner Gary Fickes; John Langmore, vice chairman of Austin’s Capitol Metropolitan Transportation Authority board; and former U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, chief of public engagement for VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio.
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Public Education
Hot Seat: A Conversation With Duncan, Frullo and Springer
At our 10/23 Hot Seat conversation at the Texas Tech University, state Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, and state Reps. John Frullo, R-Lubbock, and Drew Springer, R-Muenster, talked about water, transportation, public education and other issues in play in the 83rd session.