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1 Commissioner
- Commissioner Sammy Catalena
Dissent based on:
- Brazos County has no “dog in the fight” as the rail will not traverse Brazos County
- Concerns of rural landowners

Statements of Brazos County Commissioners in favor of Supporting Texas Central Rail:

“Southwest Airlines on the ground,” will be good for all texans
“economic boon”
it will “allow more students to commute to the Texas A&M University System’s…

1st Operational Privately Owned High Speed Rail in the US. The benefits:

Helps Small Businesses. By bringing new customers & improve quality of life
Capitalized its own infrastructure. Unlike CA and TX, the FL project already owned its rail lines
Ease Traffic Congestion & Environmental Impacts. Sustainable alternative to motor vehicles

The 1st privately owned High Speed Rail details:

began service January 13, 2018
service runs from West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale
beginning May 19 service expands to Miami
the entity behind high speed rail: All Aboard…

Anatomy of a Transportation Tax Increase Coalition in a Flyover State

Colorado has a new statewide coalition supporting more transportation funding.

Coalition members:

Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Denver South Economic Development Partnership
Club 20, an association of counties in Western Colorado

The tax increase supprted by the coalition: 0.62 increase in sales tax dedicated for transportation, raising the statewide sales tax to 3.52 percent starting Jan. 1, 2019 for 20 years.

Why are contractors supporting the coalition? maintenance and construction…

+1 State Studying Pay as You Drive in Lieu of Gas Tax. the State. The Study. 6 Questions from Elected officials.

The State: Virginia

Which Virginia Governmental Agencies want to study a pay as your drive funding mechanism for transportation? state association of metropolitan planners and supported by the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization,

Which entity is being asked to study pay as you drive? The State Secretary of Transportation

A state senator raised the following questions about pay as you drive:

How much revenue would it bring in compared to the gas tax?
How would you measure a…

Anatomy of a Smart City Road System. Funding. Procurement. 6 Goals. 1 Governor Order.

Funding: $40 million federal grant and $10 million from Paul G. Allen Philanthropies

Goals of Smart Cities:

reduce collisions
speed first responder response times
curb freeway delays
get products to consumers faster
how to use data to improve city services and quality of life for residents
easier access to healthcare services

Procurement Oppostunities:

transportation technologies:
- integrate self-driving cars
- connected vehicles
- smart sensors
- developing transportation technologies

BUSINESS TREND. REGULATORY TREND. 3 Reasons Automakers Want to Work With California Emission Standards.

Why did Automakers adapt their strategy?

Concern over Trump Administration. The concern being that the Administration will pick a fight with the 12 states that follow California emission standards & automakers will be left fixing the problems
Uniformity & Certainty. factions of varying regulations isn’t conducive to business
Sales. 50 different EV car sales account for fewer sales than F150 Ford truck sales

Governing | Long Adversaries, Automakers Now Want to Work With California on…

Lege Trend. Autonomous Vehicles. Cyber Security Researchers + Distributed Ledger Tech (Blockchain)

Texas University with new cybersecurity and autonomous vehicles research: University of Texas at San Antonio, Institute for Cyber Security

What code words do I need to watch for in regulations or legislation? fog cloud computing

What’s fog cloud computing? A distributed ledger system of cloud computing being utilized to improve security of autonmous vehicles

How does it make it harder to hack an autonmous vehicle? more barriers, if the information is in packets and spread across various…