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How the Fees are moving through Special Commission to Legislature:
The road usage fee proposal:
Freight movement is entering a new, driverless world. Both 18 wheelers and train cargo are entering a new automated world. The future is now.
5 Ways driverless freight will impact Texas:
The big truck companies testing driverless big rigs:
Ride Share Contracts are a modern contract lawyer’s dream. Evolving, intrictate, and constantly litigated.
One ride share company is altering its contract with drivers to include fixes illuminated by a trial court judge concerning arbitration provisions. New provisions, familiar to those who read the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code for bed time reading are:
…Paul Allen.
Who teamed up with Paul Allen? Department of Transportation
What’s the project?Smart City Challenge
What’s the goal of the Smart City Challenge for traffic solutions?
incentivize forward-thinking, high-tech solutions to the gridlock and inefficiencies that come part and parcel with urban living. T
What kind of traffic solutions are being grant funded?
Japan seeks to invest in 2 U.S. Projects:
Details about the Texas investment:
Nikkei Asian Review | Japan’s high-speed trains gaining interest in US
Texans Aginst High Speed Rail are advising land owners to:
Navasota & Grimes County Examiner | An open letter from TAHSR to Texans
3 New Kids Joined Texas Central Rail this week:
Who? Vidor Mayor Robert Viator Jr. has “trust issues” with the Texas Turnpike Authority proposed 10 mile toll road from Vidor to Beaumont
Why does the mayor have trust issues? The company altered its projections to add 25 years to reach $9 billion in profits. The company projects that it will take a total of 75 years for the private toll company to reach $9 billion in profits.
What opposition groups and issues are emerging?
Those challenging the project include:
Weren’t private toll roads stripped of their eminent domain power by the 2015 Texas Legislature? Yes.
So, how is a private toll road near Beaumont building a new toll road? The private toll comapny asked local governments to enter into an intrerlocular agreement. If, eminent domain needs to be exercised, it will be through the local governmental entities.
What’s the reception to the private tollroad in SE Texas? SE Texas appears to have learned from 2014 Dallas area defeat of the Texas…
Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transportation & Urban Development (JOIN) has agreed to contribute $40 million in funding for Texas Central Partner’s high speed rail.
Texas Central funding to date? $75 million from Texas based investors
Total Estimated cost for the Dallas to Houston segment? $10 to $12 billion for the 240 miles
Texans Against High-Speed Rail, an opposition group, wants: An assurance that no taxpayer funding will go to the project.