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Texas High Speed Rail won the Urban Land Institute’s Next Big Idea Award.
How did High Speed Rail win the award?
Dallas Business Journal | How High Speed Rail Won UILs Next Big Idea Award
Texas High Speed Rail is 1 of 3 nominees for the Next Big Idea Award awarded by the Urban Land Institute of North…
Which texas companies were certified under the new drone certification system in Texas? HUVRdata (Austin) & Aviation Unmanned (Addison)
What entity does the drone certification? Texas A&M University System via its Corpus Christi campus and its engineering extension service
How is industry using drones? wind-power, oil and gas and transportation industries to provide aerial inspections and mapping, and for port and border security and coastline monitoring
Data security and drone…
Which state has legislators pushing for CNG fleets? Louisiana
What did the head of Lousiana’s Environmental Quality agency say about this? “”We are going to be groundbreaking in mainstreaming compressed natural gas”
How will the fleet sustain itself? The bill calls for loosening a transportation trust fund to allow for the creation of refueling stations.
Manship School News Service | Legislators want to make Louisiana’s transportation greener
Will accidents involving self driving cars make the car company liable for the accident? 2 Liability Paths:
National Law Review | Foley & Lardner LLP | Liability & Autonomous Vehicles
Senator Chuy Hinojosa highlights these economic benefits of ports:
Why adjust the gas tax?
Time Warner Cable News | State Leaders May Increase Fuel Tax to Improve Roads
What local governments created a new special district for transportation funding? Weatherford & South Padre Island with Cameron Cunty
What is the goal of the new special district? spur development along the Interstate 20 corridor in Weatherford & improve Padre Boulevard
How will the new special districts funding work?
What group studied ride share, car share, bike share impact to transportation? The American Public Transportation Association
Does sharing transportation impact public transit? No, public transit and other shared transportation modes usually did not compete for riders. Sharing Economy is utilized for late nights or weekends when public transit has limited service.
Does the sharing economy put fewer vehicles on the roadways? Yes.
Which state legislature couldn’t reach an agreement on ride share regulations? Florida
What was the point of contention? How much, if any, regualtory authority local governments should have over ride share
What does this mean for ride share in Florida? Local governments are working out issues related to ordinances/agreements that cover:
Where…
What state is legilatively speeding up transportation projects? Georgia
What type of road projects qualify for the quicker time line? Road & airport projects that are fully state funded and cost less than $100 million
What makes the projects move faster? Fully state funded projects can waive environmental reporting requirements when determining the potential impact of a proposed road project.
Are there exceptions to the environmental speed up? Yes, projecs that could impact…