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The Dallas Morning News editorial isn’t a fan of the Brazos Valley Council opposition to Texas High Speed Rail from Dallas to Houston. Let’s look at what the DMN says the BVC gets wrong:
In preparing for the machines to rule the earth, or for the lass dramatic self-driving cars, states and cities are upgrading roads.
Here’s the list of improvements made for driverless cars:
Have a legislative committee chaired by a person whose family business is taxi service.
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High speed rail enjoyed a legal victory in California when a judge threw out a case against it.
What tactic did the high speed rail opponent employ in California Courts? Opponents said that the high speed rail project did not comply with restrictions on rail by voters.
What did the court say? We don’t know if high speed rail hasn’t complied because high speed rail isn’t up and running in California. It could still comply.
What are opponents saying now? High Speed Rail will still have…
What governmental bodies are moving this type of sharing economy legislation, that targets ride share drivers?
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Which airport board is being reconfigured? Jackson, Mississippi’s Airport Board
What’s the current board like? The airport is on city owned land and the baord reflects the city control of the airport.
What’s the hubub? Surrounding counties want a say. As a result, the following seats were added to the airport board:
How does the…
What state is considering allowing local entities to rise taxes for transportation? Massachusettes
What states do they point to that are already allowing local entities to raise sales taxes for transportation projects? California, Colorado, Ohio
What would the MA bill do? Require a local ballot before raising sales taxes that would be solely dedicated to local transportation projects
What are example local transportation projects? fix local roads, expand rail service and create more…
Who filed a lawsuit? Texans Against High-Speed Rail
Who is the lawsuit against? TXDOT & Attorney General Paxton
What’s causing the foray into the courts? A public information request from Texans for High Speed Rail that sought any documents at TXDOT related to Texas Central Parnters.
What was the response to the public information request? Texans Against High-Speed Rail believes that documents were withheld, and the documents provided were heavily redacted without…
Who is issuing the warning? The Obama Adminsitration
What entities are being warned about data security threats?
What’s sparked the warning? The attack n the Ukraine’s power grid 2 months ago. It was the first cyberattack that produced a wide spread blackout
What was the target of the cyber attack? industrial control systems that act as the intermediary between computers and the switches
What could hackers do with control…