More talk (still no action) on spending big on transportation
You are going to hear more about this soon, but today Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., held a press conference in San Francisco to press for a so-called second bailout, one that would pump billions of...
View ArticleJohn Wiley Price named a TxDOT ‘Road Hand’
With his dapper frock coat and carefully braided hair, Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price looked nothing like a member of a highway construction crew Thursday when he was honored by the Texas...
View ArticleHoughton lends support to Carona’s plan to raise gas-tax rate
When lawmakers return to Austin in January, one key player will be pushing an old idea that has never gotten very far before. But Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, may have some momentum by the time he...
View ArticleTrinity Railway Express provides 20 millionth ride
Twelve years and 20 million rides. That’s the tally for Trinity Railway Express, which welcomed Tim Clark of Bedford this morning as he took what is the 20,000,000th trip on the commuter line. Here’s...
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Real estate slump hammers NYC transit funding; DART sales tax receipts remain...
Most days, transit enthusiasts look toward New York City with some kind of mix of admiration and ambition. Not so much today. The Metropolitan Transit Authority announced Monday that it is facing a...
View ArticleDewhurst hasn’t made up his mind about 2010 senate bid
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst kept his cards close to his chest once again Wednesday, declining to take a reporter’s bait about the U.S. Senate race in 2010. The seat would only be vacant in that year if...
View ArticleWhat kind of transportation system do we need?
Every five years, Congress gets another whack at shaping the broad outlines of federal transportation policy. This is when the egg-heads, the lawmakers, the bill-drafters, lobbyists, the DOT staff...
View ArticleDeparting Jorge Figueredo to NTTA: ‘I am very thankful’
The North Texas Tollway Authority has released a statement by Jorge Figueredo, who abruptly resigned as the authority’s executive director Friday afternoon. The letter, attached letter from...
View ArticleAttorney General says no to forwarding 121 money to RTC
Who needs the Grinch, when the Texas Attorney General can ruin Christmas all by himself? Late Wednesday, Greg Abbott’s office issued a ruling that the state cannot send money paid by NTTA for State...
View ArticleTxDOT fleshes out tentative rules for distributing stimulus money
So now that the U.S. House has passed the federal stimulus bill, you might be wondering what’s in it for Texas? The real answer is this: Wait a week or two, and once the Senate passes its version and...
View ArticleQuestions about private toll roads: You ask, we answer
With 122 comments from readers, and counting, this morning’s story about the North Tarrant Express toll project has obviously touched a nerve. With a few minutes to kill before an interview with NTTA...
View ArticleTransportation: Carona lays out his priorities in Senate
The oracle has spoken. Dallas’ Sen. John Carona, transportation chairman, has set out his priorities in a highly anticipated letter to his colleagues. The Quorum Report is calling it a Caronafesto,...
View ArticleTxDOT issues list of possible projects it will fund with stimulus
TxDOT leadership plans to decide Thursday how it will spend federal stimulus money sent to Texas for highways and bridges. Lawmakers have demanded to know why the agency has decided to move so...
View ArticleA faster, (much) costlier commute along LBJ: What do you think?
As you may have read, private toll roads are soon to be a reality for Dallas drivers, just as they are quickly becoming so in Tarrant County and other places like Indiana and Chicago. But the LBJ...
View ArticleNichols files bill to restrict, but not eliminate, use of private toll roads
A bill filed Monday in the Texas Senate would significantly change the rules for private toll road contracts. Authored by Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, the bill would do a number of things: *...
View ArticleDewhurst, Straus urged to reject North Texas local option tax plan
When North Texas leaders mulled how best to convince the Legislature to authorize local officials to call sales tax elections to pay for rail expansion, they finally decided to give up their long (and...
View ArticleTxDOT delays temporary closure of I-35E; had been scheduled for Sunday and...
Plans to shut down all lanes of I-35E, scheduled for Sunday and Monday nights, have been postponed. Details over at the Dallas Transportation … [visit site to read more]
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Carona would consider run for mayor if Leppert doesn’t seek re-election
Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, said today that he would consider a run for Dallas Mayor if his friend Tom Leppert decides not to seek re-election. “Tom is a … [visit site to read more]
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John Wiley Price: City must speed up its response to water main breaks
Update: City responds below. Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price said today that the city of Dallas needs to respond more quickly when water mains bust, something he and other commissioners...
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At city’s urging, Congress may prevent Army Corps from declaring levees...
City officials are banking on help from Congress to keep the Army Corps of Engineers from designating the … [visit site to read more]
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