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Austin Mayor Adler has a piece in Trib Talk about ride share entitled, Innovation is the way forward for Austin and Uber/Lyft.
His main points:
After condemning 350 pieces of property to build the first 28 miles of track in Southern California, the first segment of operational track may be moved to San Francisco Bay Area.
Why the switch in starting track? The Los Angeles portion of the high speed rail is expected to be:
East Bay Express | Monday Must Reads: Transportation Funding Hurt by…
California Department of Motor Vehicles has been wokring on rules for self driving cars since 2012. Here’s everything you need to know to be informed:
What group is doing the transportation company analysis? R Street , it has an Austin “office” too
Did they grade by state or city? By City
How did the Texas cities do?
Texas Tribune | Falling Oil Prices Leading to Drop in Texas Road Funding
Who is new to Air Share? Texas Air Shuttle
Ride Share is to Taxis like Air Share is to Air Charter Association of North America. What’s the regulatory and legislative #1 issue? Security. Who is boarding and what they are bringing with them.
Houston Chronicle | Air services say demand there for ride sharers in the sky
What state legislature is active on ride share legislation? California
The bill’s author killed his own bill? Yes, asserting misunderstandings by all stakeholders
What groups supported the bill? Consumer Federation of California
What would the bill have done? “ Require passengers to opt in before ride-hailing apps could share their contact information or any other personally identifying data with third parties.”
Texas elected officials are reaching out to Japan? Indeed, 33 East TX Officials, opponents to high speed rail, have contacted the Ambassador to Japan
Who signed the letter? Local Officials, like county judges, county commissioners and members of sub-regional planning commissions, and legislators
Americans for Prosperity, a group associated with the Koch borthers, is hitting Christie on transportation funding.
What you need to know now to be informed:
NJ voters will vote on dedicating the remained of the gas tax, about $40M, to transportation funding.
NJ.com | Koch Bros. group hits Christie on lack of N.J. transportation fix
Which local governmental entity is pursuing a transportation reinvestment zone? Weatherford
What’s the name of the TRZ? Weatherford Transportation Investment Partnership
What’s Weatherford’s goals with the TRZ?
What’s the revenue breakdown in the TRZ?