State lawmakers are expected to give the Texas Department of Transportation an extra $250 million for work in counties affected by the drilling boom, but that likely won’t stop some paved roads from being converted to gravel.
Transportation
Reporting on roads, transit, infrastructure, and policy shaping travel and mobility across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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High-Speed Rail Project on Track to Become Part of 2014 Political Debates
Details of an expensive, privately funded high-speed rail project connecting Dallas and Houston will come out next year, just in time for candidates for office to weigh in.
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Transportation
Consolidation of Bus Industry Hits Hardest in Rural Texas Communities
A surprise decision by Megabus earlier this year to cancel its rural routes has left local officials scrambling. The company’s move is the latest consolidation of the state’s makeshift intercity bus system.
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Economy
Liveblog: Transportation at The Tribune Festival
We’re liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival’s Transportation track, which features panel discussions on planning, high-speed rail, road funding and rural transportation.
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Transportation
TxDOT Banking On “Don’t Mess With Texas” to Provide More Cash
The cash-strapped Texas Department of Transportation is hoping to partner with a vendor to launch a new line of merchandise that takes advantage of the company’s intellectual property — most notably, “Don’t Mess With Texas.”
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Politics
Hot Seat: A Conversation With Leach and Paxton
At our 9/11 Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas at Dallas, state Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, and state Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, talked about public education, water, transportation and other issues in play in the 83rd session.
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Transportation
A Boom for Oil, but a Bust for Texas’ Rural Roads
As the Texas Department of Transportation blames a funding shortfall for its plans to convert some rural roads to gravel, South Texans argue they are being unfairly punished for the region’s drilling boom.
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Transportation
Graveling Over Visible Holes in Funding — and Invisible Ones, Too
The state’s proposal to convert some paved roads back to gravel has invisible counterparts in other areas of the state budget. But it’s apparently safer to talk about transportation problems.
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Transportation
Austin-San Antonio Rail Effort Could Get Federal Funds
The mayors of San Antonio and Austin are in talks with federal officials about federal funding to help develop a high-speed rail project between the two cities, local and federal officials have confirmed.
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Transportation
Amid Funding Shortfall, Three Counties Allowed to Raise Vehicle Fees
While Texas lawmakers this year failed to find the billions of dollars needed to address a transportation funding shortfall, Bexar, El Paso and Webb counties managed to win special approval to raise their vehicle registration fees.