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North Texas Regional Transportation Council cancels its plans to move forward with a rural tollroad and The Trinity Parkway tollroad proposal.
A couple months ago the Trinity project drew very vocal opposition because a private entity had authority to exercise the power eminent domain. [Dallas Morning News]
“American Road & Transportation Builders Association, a trade group, voters approved two-thirds of the transportation-related initiatives on the ballot Tuesday.” Pundits say that as federal funding stalls, there is more of an impetus for state and local transportation funding measures. [Ft. Worth Star Telegram]
Add Empower Texas to the lsit of entities opposed to Houston’s foray into regulation of ridesharing. Empower Texas points to these problems with the regulations:
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TPPF doesn’t like Houston’s new regulations on ride sharing. Why? Here’s the list of reasons why: [
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San Francisco’s Prop A on November’s ballot has the primary goal to reduce the number of cars and car lanes. San Francisco is willing to spend $500 million, in its tiny 9 mile by 9 mile area, to add bike lanes, improve CalTrain down the peninsula, update traffic signals to move buses more expeditiously, and improve pedistrian paths. [SFGate and SF Chronicle] A proposed new toll road in North Texas by the Texas Turnpike Corporation has garnered the attention of activists. Lots of activists. A public forum was shut down by the Fire Marshall. The next public forum included heated and vocal opposition. Last week there was an organized protest by Texas TURF. And now Breitbart, the same organization for which Michael Quinn Sullivan writes, posted in opposition to the toll road. Besides the disdain for toll roads, the proposed North … Ride sharing is now regulated by Austin City Council. Taxi companies are not pleased. Refreshing our recollection, the District Attorneys in Los Angeles and San Francisco recently sent ride share companies a list of concerns about the legality of ride sharing. The legislative and regulatory issues are plenty- properly licensing drivers, background checks for drivers, tort liability issues for injured riders, and the kicker- how to tax ride sharing.
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The statewide Prop. 1 for $1 billion in additional funding for state transportation projects will be joined on the November ballot by local transportation funding propositions. Austin has a $1 billion funding package of its own to expand roads and additional rail. [KUT]TPPF: Houston Ride Share Regulations Move the City in the Wrong Direction
A Proposition to Remove Cars from the Road?
Breitbart: No Toll Road
Austin City Council OKs Ride Sharing
Prop1 Joined by Local Transportation Propositions on November Ballot