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3 Reasons Consumer Advocates Concerned by Self Driving Car Regs.

Consumer Groups support through rule making from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator and not simply guidance
Federal guidance on self driving cars has not been transparent
Federal guidance has not involved public input

The amount of debt service per biennium for transportation bonds: $2.2 Billion

The amount Texas borrowed for transportation fudning since 2005: $31 Billion

The proposed high speed rail between Houston and Dallas will not be under the oversight of the Surface Tranportation Board because:

The project is completely within Texas precluding oversight by the federal Surface Transportation Board
Connectivity to Amtrack, the argument for federal oversight, was not persuasive

Is this decision permanement? No, if Texas Central “develop[s] concrete plans that would make the Line part of the interstate rail network…”

The states either using, testing, or moving toward transportation funding via miles driven pilot programs:

What do Republicans in Connecticut say? Charging by miles driven is the new tollroad.

The questions will be first answered by Attorney General Opinion request, RQ-0113-KP, and in all likelihood later answered by the courts.

Is Texas Central Rail a railroad under Texas law, if it hasn’t built a railroad?
Does Texas law grant Texas Central Rail eminent domain authority, if it isn’t a railroad? or, if it is a railroad?

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?