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Attorney General Opinion, KP-004, tells us without a constitutional amendment, a county probably cannot:
The AG rational is that:
An earnest supporter of property rights, Representative Will Metcalf filed HB 1889 that requires municipal or county approval before construction of the railway. Representative Metcalf is strongly opposed to taking private lands for private enterprise.
Metcalf’s opposition to high speed rail is noted at …
The growing list of supporters for Senator Nichols SB 5 & SJR 5:
The results of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Transportation Policy Research Center transportation poll:
California taxi drivers filed suit claiming unequal protection under the laws, because of the unequal regulation on taxi drivers versus Uber/Lyft drivers.
The goal: Treat taxi regulation and ride share regulation equally.
North Carolina Department of Transportation has the authority to determine what land is in a transportation corridor. Sounds innocuous. But, by classifying land as in a transportation corridor, it can also trigger land use restrictions. The land use restrictions tend to make the land cheaper for the state to buy later. Good for the state to keep transportation project costs down, not good for landowners who think their land is more valuable.
As we’ve seen in Texas, restricting how…
Empower Texas has a litany of transportation reform ideas:
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Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is examining transportation reinvestment zones. TTI Senior Research Scientist Rafael Aldrete is leading the project & is asking for information from counties and cities. The goals of the study:
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New information emerges about the path of Texas first high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. The route will: The goals: Administrative Process and Timeline: …TX Central High Speed Rail Path Coalesces. Japan Financing the $10 Billion.