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How did addressing a business interest help bridge traffic flow problems? Senate Bill 797/House Bill 979 from 2015 created a grant program to fund pay for more agricultural inspectors at Texas’ border bridges.
The grant fund program helps the agriculture business and the traffic flow on the bridges? Yes, by not slowing bridge traffic with understaffed agriculture inspectors, the congestion at international trade bridges is alleviated.
How does the money flow? The Texas Department of…
What special session? the 29th Special Session of the Nevada State Legislature
What’s the issue before the Legislature? Faraday Future wants to builda $1 Billion manufacturing facility for electric cars north of Las Vegas.
The benefits of self driving cars:
Legislative Proposals:
What’s the pitch? Colorado Business leaders are calling for a $3.5 billion bond measure.
What’s the organization backing the bond? Fix Colorado Roads
What happened to Colorado’s legislative proposal on transportation bonds in 2015? The bonds hit road blocks when Colorado Department of Transportation raised issues.
How did the agency kill bonds? CO DoT raised concerns that bond maintenance would take money away from road maintenance.
How the Fees are moving through Special Commission to Legislature:
The road usage fee proposal:
…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
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.
In 2012, Attorney General Abbott was asked by Chairman Pickett to answer questions about:
The Attorney General Opinion GA-0981:
Which County is proposing a Transportation Reinvestment Zone? Cameron County
How is Cameron County moving forward with the Transportation Reinvestment Zone? The County Commissioners are voting to approve a merger of 5 TIRZ districts
What 3 benefits do they see in the Transportation Reinvestment Zone?