Which special district holds the overhelming majority of local transportation debt?
The North Texas Tollway Authority
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The Compromise Idea. A TX House Chairman is Open to Statewide Ride Share Rules
Chairman Pickett suggests this compromise to address finger print requirements for ride share companies:
“riders could specifically request drivers who had undergone fingerprint-based FBI background checks”
It’s extreme local control. Let the rider control.
El Paso Times | Pickett open to compromise on ridesharing rules
A.G. Opinion. The Key Intel Wanted on Texas Central Rail.
The Requestor: Chairman Byron Cook initiated RQ- 0113-KP about Texas Central Rail
The Questions asked of the Attorney General:Do the parties have eminent domain authority to condemn property for Texas High Speed Rail?
The Facts and Statutes key to whether Texas Central Rail has eminent domain power:
- surveyors have been requesting pre-condemnation access to land to survey for the purpose ofplanning, building, maintaining and operating an electric rail road.
- pre-condemnation access can…
INTERIM. TREND. Ride Share Leaves a City. What happens?
Small Ride Share companies step in to fill the void. Here’s what happened in Austin:
- 6 small ride share companies started operating
- 1 nonprofit ride share is emerging
- Business trends emerge to distinguish small ride share from large ride share by:
- allowing preferred drivers to be selected
- allowing for pre scheduled rides
- company pledges to not surge price rides
3 Key Reasons a Texas City Is Rejecting TEX Rail
Colleyville officials have asked the Regional Transportation Council to “delay, destroy or disrupt” the TEX Rail project connecting Ft. Worth, Grapevine and DFW.
The reasons for saying NO to Tex Rail:
- will reduce property values
- will create a nuisance with its noise
- creates traffic and safety dangers
Ft. Worth Star Telegram | Colleyville aims to disrupt, destroy TEX Rail
Local Governments to Be 1st with Full Use of Self Driving Cars
Which cities wants to get into self driving cars and ride share? San Francisco, Portland, Kansas City, Columbus, Denver, Austin and Pittsburgh
What sparked local government use of slef driving cars? U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge
What is the Smart City Challenge? eliminating or greatly reducing congestion, traffic fatalities and carbon emissions
What grants are available? $40 million in funding
to connect transportation assets into an interactive…
Traffic Cameras. For the good of safety? For the good of revenue? 3 Pieces of Intel.
The Wall Street Journal analyzed traffic camera data from Maryland, where speed cameras are used in addition to other traffic camera enforcement:
- Slower Traffic Speeds. A reduction in speed in work zones occurred
- No Deterrence. No reduction in the number of speeders or repeat speeders
- Safety Improved. Work-zone deaths fell by 38%
Wall Street Journal | Traffic Cameras: Safety Tools or Cash Grabs?
High Speed Rail to the new Rangers Ball Park?
The Rangers are moving forward toward a new stadium.
But, how do you connect people to the stadium? Overwhelming majority of stadiums are linked to rail.
An additional spur for high speed rail to Arlington would be just the ticket.
INTERIM. Data Reveals who Uses Ride Share.
- More likely Democrats
- 15% of Americans
- young
- well-educated
- well-off
- urban
- 56% use ride share less than once a month
- 26% use ride share monthly
- 14% use ride share weekly
Washington Post | Wonkblog | So, we’re learning a lot of interesting things about who uses Uber
7 Points. Mayor Turner Mobility Plan
- Land Use decisions will be front and center. Limited Land. Lots of Transportation projects.
- Wider streets can be less appealing
- Not every street needs a bike lane
- Light rail should be where people want it, not in neighborhoods that don’t want light rail
- Buses will be the backbone of mass transit
- 2 Way HOV lanes on ALL freeways
- Culture Change– remove the stigma that buses are for the poor & hipsters
Mass Transit | TX: Seven Points of Conversation From Mayor Turner’s Houston…