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Comptroller Hegar highlights the $600 Billion annual trade viaTexas Ports.
The numbers from Texas Ports:
Comptroller Hegar | Port Data and Port Tour for November & December 2016
Where is this happening? Atlanta metro area has adopted Seniors Go, a ride share program for persons over 55
How does the ride share program for seniors work?
Atlanta Journal Constitution | Uber, Lyft fill needs gap in senior transportation
Which county filed suit? Waller County Sub-Regional Planning Commission
The suit is against: Texas Department of Transportation
Where did it file suit? Travis District Court
What claims are made? The County opposes a state law that requires it to coordinate planning on the high-speed rail, but TXDOT refused to work with the County claiming that it was ordered not to by the Federal Rail Authority
What does the county want? Proper participation/coordination under the law
Click2 Houston | High-speed rail lawsuit filed
Where did the issue of transportation needs at Texas ports arise? The Harris County International Trade and Transportation Conference
Why is more transportation infrastucture needed? nflux of petrochemical-related cargo
What are trains saying?
What does a petrochemical logistics manager say about the need for roads? A dedicated corridor for trucks carrying heavier loads would be an advantage
Houston Chronicle | Petrochemical growth needs more from trucks, trains
The car maker: toyota
The owenr based ride share program: Hourly or daily rental by allowing users to unlock the cars with their smartphones via Bluetooth
How does it work: Via App
Where is it piloting? San Francisco based Get Around will pilot the App and vehicle sharing. Get Around operates also in Austin, TX.
The legislative issue: Insuring & liability issues related to personal “rental car sharing.” What happens when a car is “rented” out and the car runs a red light camera or gets a parking ticket?
Austin Business Journal | Toyota’s road to true car sharing may run through Austin
Palm Springs will be voting to allow ride share at its airport, if and only if, the drivers submit to random drug and alcohol testing.
What does the mayor think? It is “utterly ridiculous”
San Francisco Chronicle | Palm Springs weighs Uber, Lyft pickups, but with drug tests
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
1. Texas Central Rail high speed rail will be the 1st of its kind in the US.
2. Texas Central Rail is a for-profit entity that will pay taxes. Including taxes in the communities the train travels.
3. Texas Central Rail plans on equipping rural communities with emergency services.
4. There will be public input after the environmental study is complete.
5. Construction is to begin in 2018 & service is to being in 2023.
Community Impact News | 5 things you may not know about Texas Central’s bullet train
Before voting for President, voters in Illinois will vote on a constitutional amendment to dedicate transportation funding.
Let’s look at who has lined up where on the issue:
Daily Herald | Opponents emerge against Illinois road fund ballot question
Uber has made its first candidate endorsement.
The endorsee: Assemblyman Derek Armstrong (R)
Why endorse? Democrats ran 3 anti ride share ads against Armstrong claiming that he opposed criinal background checks for drivers putting women and children in danger
Were the ads that sparked the Uber endorsement accurate? No. The legislation required criminal background checks but did not require FBI background checks, which taxi cab companies in NV support.
las Vegas Sun | Uber makes first political endorsement, backs a Nevada assemblyman