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The questions will be first answered by Attorney General Opinion request, RQ-0113-KP, and in all likelihood later answered by the courts.
Slate | Will Texas Law Trip Up a $10 Billion High-Speed Rail Project?
Which state will move legislation to make its pay as you drive pilot permanent? Oregon
Which cars will be hit by the proposed pay as your drive tax structure?
The Oregonian | Oregon lawmakers could look at pay-by-the-mile transportation tax in 2017
The new ride share regulations passed this week in Chicago will:
AP | Chicago Aldermen OK Less Restrictive Ride-Hailing Rules
Chicago Tribune | Aldermen OK weaker Uber rules after Emanuel…
Which special district holds the overhelming majority of local transportation debt?
The North Texas Tollway Authority
What high speed rail data is factored into the calculator?
The purpose of the calculator? If high speed rail finances go south, the State of Texas will foot the bill.
Chairman Pickett suggests this compromise to address finger print requirements for ride share companies:
“riders could specifically request drivers who had undergone fingerprint-based FBI background checks”
It’s extreme local control. Let the rider control.
El Paso Times | Pickett open to compromise on ridesharing rules
The Requestor: Chairman Byron Cook initiated RQ- 0113-KP about Texas Central Rail
The Questions asked of the Attorney General:Do the parties have eminent domain authority to condemn property for Texas High Speed Rail?
The Facts and Statutes key to whether Texas Central Rail has eminent domain power:
Small Ride Share companies step in to fill the void. Here’s what happened in Austin:
Colleyville officials have asked the Regional Transportation Council to “delay, destroy or disrupt” the TEX Rail project connecting Ft. Worth, Grapevine and DFW.
The reasons for saying NO to Tex Rail:
Ft. Worth Star Telegram | Colleyville aims to disrupt, destroy TEX Rail
The lawyer: Blake Beckham
His legal style: Rottweiler-styled lawyer
Coordination with opponents to high speed rail: Yes. He spoke to Ellis County landowners and was described as putting “wind in the sails”
The Way He Sees to Stop Eminent Domain by Texas Central Rail: By declining Congressional approval of the route, without the route approved, there can be no eminent domain