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Transportation agencies throughout the US have tapped creative earning strategies to enable their assets to generate more transportation funding:
House Bill 3825 by Rep. Landgraf would transfer $50 million per year from the Rainy Day Fund to Texas counties to help offset the impact of oil and gas drilling operations.
Chairman Darby has issued a statement in support.
This week, TPPF released, the Road Forward, a transportation reform proposal.
The Dallas-Houston private high speed rail proposal presented to Cy Fair Chamber of Commerce this week. Former Harris County Judge Eckles, who leads the Texas Central High-Speed Railway (TCHSR), presented these facts about high speed rail:
Senator Uresti’s SB 1788 would allow counties, producing oil and gas revenue, would be allowed to keep the royalty payments generated from the minerals under county property and dedicate that money to road funding.
This bill would override a 1960 Attorney General Opinion, WW-870, by Attorney General Will Wilson.
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California was one fo the first states to create a regulatory framework for testing self driving cars. Way back in yesteryear, 2012, California created its landscape for regulating selfd-riving car testing. A regulatory hiccup, in the form of no rulemaking to verify safety, has caused California’s innovativeness to stall. It seems no one can agree on the standards that should be imposed upon automotive makers that determine whether self driving cars are safe for the road. The compe… Harvard Kennedy School Professor Stephen Goldsmith holds out the LBJ Freeway as an example of how P3s (public-private partnerships) are delivering value. Relying on Fitch Ratings issued in February, Goldsmith describes the LBJ Freeway as construction “has proceeded on schedule and on budget, and operations are on target to begin during 2015.” Move Texas Forward mentions the following transportation funding proposals but takes no position: In an effort to speed up the construction of high speed rail between the Twin Cities and Rochester, MN is considering private funding for high speed rail. MPR News The Trinity Toll road in Dallas is financially drowning. What entity has oversight and control? How much a financial problem is there? The Solution:Regulatory Road Block for Self Driving Cars
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Move Texas Forward Transportation Funding Goal
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