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Campaign Trend. TX Mayors Race. At Issue. High Speed Rail.

The Mayoral Race: San Antonio mayoral race between Mayor Ivy Taylor, Manuel Medina & Ron Nirenberg

The rail stances:

Manuel Medina supports Austin to San Antonio rail and high speed rail to Monterrey Mexico
Mayor Ivy Taylor supports Austin to San Antonio rail suggesting it be led by the provate sector
Ron Nirenberg supports pushing the Governor’s office to make Austin- San Antonio transportation a priority & supports connecting the Texas triangle, including the Houston to Dallas high speed…

5 Ways Self Driving Cars Help Local Governments.

Self driving cars estimated to help local governments by:

Adding an “excess of half a trillion dollars” via Morgan Stanley’s Autonomous Vehicles & Municipal Bonds
Creating more efficient roadway use
Dramatically reducing parking garages and parking spaces
Parking structures can be redeveloped to higher value developments, increasing property tax revenue
Increased safety will reduce emergency room visits with the reduction in traffic accidents

There will be some revneue offsets for local…

Attorney General opinion. Motor Vehicle Registration. All about procurement.

The BIG issue: Does the DMV need county sign off to use a 3rd party vendor?

The answer: No.

The jockeying among levels of government behind the issue: The Transportation Code gives both the state DMV and county tax assessors authority over aspects of vehicle registration.

2017 clarification forthwith…

Texas Attorney General Opinion KP-129

BUSINESS TREND. Ride Share Data = Boon for City Planners & Traffic Experts

The data trove: Movement, “a website that uses Uber’s data to help urban planners make informed decisions about our cities.”

3 Ways D.C. is using the data:

mitigate traffic congestion
improve infrastructure
street safety

Governing | Uber Starts Sharing Its Traffic Data With Cities

WIRED | Uber’s Mildly Helpful Data Tool Could Help Cities Fix Streets

New Austin to San Antonio Rail Project is Existing Rail? 3 Key Pieces of Intel.

The proposed solution for the 1-35 rail issue? Commuter Amtrack.

What do I need to know about the Amtrack and Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization dialog? The Alamo City asked if Amtrack wanted to be its partner and Amtrack said sure.

What has to happen to make commuter rail a reality?

Amtrack is conducting a Ridership and Revenue Study to look at:
- cost to improve Union Pacific track
- to allow for 90mph trains
Cost to San Antonio for the study? 100,000
Part of a larger…

TREND & Procurement Opportunity: Smart Roads.

What is a smart road? A road rired with fiber optic cable, cameras and conencted devices

What are the goals of smart roads?

Alert drivers to accidents, weather, and adjust speed limits
Communicate with self driving cars
Help all cars move as quickly as possible & as safely as possible

Where are we seeing smart roads?

Virginia I-66 smart road is up and running
In 2016 Ohio pledged to spend $15 million for 35 miles of smart road on Rt. 33
Utah is testing it on Salt Lake…

4 Reasons Parking Revenue Increases in 2017. Local Governments Win.

2017 is set to increase parking revenues by $4 billion nationally.

National Parking Association says the reason parking revenues will increasein 2017 are:

population growth
higher employment
more commuters
more people driving for vacations
increased parking development

The Hill | Parking revenue set to grow $4B by 2018

1 Way Self Driving Cars Lower Local Government Revenue

Parking revenue is estimated to decline with a rise of autonomous vehicles according to some experts.

The Hill | Parking revenue set to grow $4B by 2018

New Interim Director. Port of Galveston. 3 Keys Pieces Intel.

Effective 1/1/17 Deputy Port Director Peter Simons will be the interim port director
Simons will:
- Re-organize port staff to effectively execute Board goals
- Broaden Galveston’s cruise business
- Broaden Galveston’s vehcile distribution center
The Port’s Board goals are to:
- Grow & diversify the cargo base
- Use soil to fill in an unused ship slip to store cargo
- Planning at strategic and tactical level

Houston Chronicle | Port of Galveston appoints interim director