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Senator Nichols has requested an Attorney General opinion as to METRO’s role in a rapid transit bus project down Post Oak in the Uptown Management District.
The background:
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The statement below, which may be attributed to Bill Hammond, CEO, Texas Association of Business (TAB), is as follows:
“According to some news reports, questions have been raised with regard to the CTRMA procurement of the 183 Be…
An editorial at the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel recommends 3 ways to increase trasnportation funding:
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“Officials at the Texas port are rethinking how they use their land amid a flurry of construction by energy companies and soaring volumes of oil and petroleum products moving through the port, Executive Director John LaRue said in an interview with WSJ Logistics Report. A 40% plunge in the price of crude in the last year hasn’t dented traffic, he said.” The details: Vic Suhm, the executive director of the Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition, believes in his heart of hearts that Texas “still needs to figure out a long term funding mechanism that is less dependent on gas tax.” “That’s clearly something that I think will not go away,” he says. “That’ll be here next session, too.” IH-635 East Legislative Caucus formed to continue development of the highway, running from U.S. 75 to I-30. The caucus members:
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Alexandria Virginia’s long time mayor was unseated by the only city official, Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg (D), to respond to an outdry after a Halloween hit and run left a 7 year old hospitalized. The city official worked to get speed bumps installed on the busy street, and checked in with the family of the vicitim. Speed bumps and the personal touch won her the election to defeat a long standing incumbent, a former mayor, and a third candidate.
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““Not only are we dedicating more money to building roads, we’re also ending diversions and as a result, providing greater transparency,” said Governor Abbott. “This legislation will have a tremendous and positive impact on the lives of people across the State of Texas.” Overall pretty good not shabby by the agency that once misplaced $1billion. The State Auditor Office raised these issues with TXDOT construction contracts: Most of this will be handled by SB 20, which has provisions for docuemnt retention and audits. Republicans and Democrats joining forces raising questions over whether in the sharing economy that ride share calls home, are drivers indpendent contracts or are they employees who aren’t receiving the benefit of employment? Liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to a Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board are leaning toward the latter- that the drivers are employees and that companies are avoiding paying benefits. Rest assured, Liberals and Republicans…Corpus Port Grows and Grows. Garners National Attention.
Talking Future Transportation Funding. 84R not enough.
IH-635 East Legislative Caucus
Speed Bumps Win Mayoral Election
Gov. Abbott Statement on Signing Transportation Funding
SAO: TXDOT Construction Contracts.
Sharing Economy, Ride Share Meet Transportation Policy