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Local Government Trend. The Low Down on connected transportation data exchange.

The City: Columbus OH

What’s a connected transportation data exchange? The Smart Columbus Operating System is a system to share near-real-time data on traffic

How does it work? it will collect data from cars that transmit metrics like time, speed and location with road-side units. The data will be overlayed to create a regional transportation outlook

But, how does the city get the car data?

From volunteers who volunteer their vehicles. Columbus is looking for 3000 volunteers
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3 Steps . 2 North Texas Cities Connecting Via High Speed Rail.

Dallas and Ft. Worth are moving forward with a high speed rail line connecting the two cities. This is how they’re doing it:

Creating a local government corporation with Dallas, an entity that would govern inter-city passenger rail service
The local government corporation would own and manage the rail line
The Local government corporation would then control creation, funding and actual construction of the line

The North Central Texas Council of Governments is coordinating the project.

It…

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

80% Surveyed Would Ride High Speed Rail. 90% would save time.

Whose study: Texas Central Rail

80% of respondents said what? 80% said that they ” would consider using the bullet train,”

90% would save time doing what? 90% would save an hour or more getting bwtween Dallas and Houston

Bryan College Station Eagle | Poll suggests Texans want bullet train

Houston Chronicle | Texas high-speed train supporters, opponents continue jockeying

Calling Japan to Stop High Speed Rail. 3 Quick Points to Be Informed.

Texas elected officials are reaching out to Japan? Indeed, 33 East TX Officials, opponents to high speed rail, have contacted the Ambassador to Japan

Who signed the letter? Local Officials, like county judges, county commissioners and members of sub-regional planning commissions, and legislators

11 Republican members of the Legislature: Sens. Brian Birdwell of Granbury, Lois Kolkhorst of Brenham and Charles Schwertner of Georgetown, and Reps. Trent Ashby of Lufkin, Cecil Bell of…

AG OPINION: When voters Approve Trains; Can there be buses?

Which AG Opinion is this? Its the response to Senator Nichol’s question about Houston Metro’s participation in Uptown MMD/TIRZ transportation project

What’s the answer from the AG? We don’t know. it’s a fact question for a court and not a question about the law that the AG can answer.

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