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Coming Sunday, Carona on transportation and on Carona
comments () Our Sunday Points section’s new Point Person feature will be a Q&A with Sen. John Carona of Dallas, chairman of the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee. We covered a...
View ArticleRTC to meet Thursday, assess damage from Legislature
comments ()The Regional Transportation Council will gather this week to lick its wounds over a bruising end to the 2009 Legislature. The RTC, comprised mostly of local elected officials throughout...
View ArticleYour congressperson’s transportation priorities (if any)
comments ()Not every member of Congress is out looking for transportation money to benefit their districts. I don’t get it. The background: Lawmakers are now doing a big-rethink of the way the...
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Congressman Burgess’s transportation priorities
comments ()I got a followup email from the office of Rep. Mike Burgess in response to my blog post of a few days ago on special transportation funding sought by the local congressional delegation. The...
View ArticleMy blogging, my focus, my boss
comments ()We’ve been putting out this Transportation Blog for a couple of months now, owing primarily to the subject’s basic impact on people’s lives. Readers care. As such, colleague Michael...
View ArticleAll ready for the special session? Lawmakers introduce bills responsive to...
comments ()The Legislature meets tomorrow (Wednesday) to kick off the special session called last week by Gov. Rick Perry, and transportation will dominate the agenda. It could be a quick ride, or a...
View Article‘Traffic down in Dallas’? — What’s your view?
comments ()The gentleman from Kentucky, my esteemed colleague Michael Lindenberger, eased into the TTI urban traffic congestion report with a somewhat upbeat rendering. It was the right headline based...
View ArticleHow fast is Texas spending transportation stimulus dollars?
comments ()Well, Texas isn’t in the top three or bottom three, according to a preliminary look at rankings that House transportation chairman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota is putting together. While...
View ArticleStill awaiting Hutchison response to questions about transportation commission
comments ()I’m now in my fifth day waiting for answers from the Hutchison campaign to questions I asked Friday about her position about the Texas Transportation Commission. Saying transportation is one...
View ArticleGot response, but no details, from KBH on transportation commission
comments ()After five days, I got a call from the Hutchison campaign in response to my request for details on her call for an expanded Texas Transportation Commission. Press secretary Jeff Sadosky said...
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Ending traffic congestion would boost DFW economy by $17 billion, report says
comments () North Texas would benefit from a huge economic boost by alleviating traffic congestion, the free-market Reason Foundation says in a visit site to read more]
View ArticleSH 114 to be closed Sunday at Loop 12 in Irving
comments ()Get ready for a traffic headache in Irving Sunday, when the state department of transportation closes Hwy. 114 in Irving. Lanes will be closed in both directions at Loop 12. Drivers won’t...
View ArticleHouston tops D-FW on state list of traffic miseries
comments ()The Texas Department of Transportation has 36 items of bad news for North Texans and one sad little fact masquerading as good news. The bad: TxDOT has released its first-ever list of...
View ArticleAbout half of Texas teens use cell behind wheel
comments ()A survey of Texas teens shows that about half of them still talk on their cell phone while driving, and nearly as many send or read text messages behind the wheel, too — but the numbers are...
View ArticlePaydirt! Booker T. in line for school zone
comments ()After making an on-site assessment of traffic outside Dallas’ arts magnet high school this morning, city officials decided to recommend City Council approval of a school zone. The decision...
View ArticleTxDOT to kill Trans-Texas Corridor — again
comments ()TxDOT has scheduled a press conference tomorrow on the fate of the Trans-Texas Corridor study on I-35. Advance word from the department: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials...
View ArticleTxDOT’s announcement on Trans-Texas Corridor study
comments ()Here is the top of the announcement by TxDOT today on the fate of its TTC study: AUSTIN – Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials announced Wednesday that, in response to...
View ArticleDo ‘smart’ transport policies just cater to white people?
comments ()The question doesn’t originate with me, but it goes to the heart of what I think about and write about, so I pass it along. Urban affairs writer Aaron M. Renn has a piece on newgeography.com...
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Asking Tom Schieffer’s transportation positions …
comments () … in light of a statement from his campaign for governor today. It quotes the Democrat this way: There is no part of state government that has suffered more under … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleSchieffer silent on transportation plan (now with update)
comments ()Four days ago I posted an item inquiring into Democrat Tom Schieffer’s transportation position. I followed up with a call to spokesman Clay Robison, and he told me he would check with the...
View ArticleTransportation does well at polls — again
comments ()So how would transportation issues fare in Texas or Dallas if placed on the ballot? Transportation typically does well with voters, and this week’s elections kept that trend alive. Quoting...
View ArticleI-35E lanes to close Sunday and Monday; Woodall Rogers lanes closed Saturday
comments ()The closures, from Loop 12 to Regal Row, are related to construction of DART’s Orange Line. Click here for the … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleEarly look at new Texas transportation plan
comments ()Here are the outlines of a new state/local transportation funding proposal being shaped in talks among major metro transportation leaders for Texas’ 2011 legislative session. It’s “bold” by...
View ArticleNew report: Firms give big in Texas to influence transportation policy
comments ()An ambitious new report out today from the TexPIRG — the Texas affiliate of the national ring of Public Interest Research Groups — shows that $13 million in contributions flowed from...
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Is Dallas ready for the World Cup? Mr. Morris goes to NYC
comments () Photo: A Mexican national team player reacts to a defeat by El Salvador’s team in a qualify match for the 2010 World Cup. Michael Morris, the transportation guru for the … [visit site to...
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In Austin, your on-call car is waiting
comments () Austin is set to win major cool points from urbanites who are trying to make do in the city without owning a car. Starting soon, Daimler will place 200 cars at locations throughout the...
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Would Gov. Perry support a gas tax increase?
comments () Update: I accidentally deleted this post late last night, and have now restored it, with a few tweaks. Sorry for any confusion. What does Gov. Rick Perry mean when he says he hopes leaders...
View ArticlePanther Creek Parkway to be closed Wednesday, 9 a.m. till 4 p.m.
comments ()Panther Creek Parkway will be closed in Collin County Wednesday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. the state department of transportation said in a release this afternoon. The road will be closed at...
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Hutchison to unveil transportation proposals Tuesday
comments () Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will reveal details of how she plans to address Texas transportation needs at a series of campaign stops Tuesday. She speaks at … [visit site to read more]
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Hutchison’s strong support for rail signals clear difference from Perry
comments () photo: Hutchison discussing her long support of Amtrak and other rail initiatives in an Dec. 29 interview. / Michael A. Lindenberger So last week, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison rolled into...
View ArticleMake sure to read fact check on KBH
comments ()I’d like to make sure readers of the Dallas Transportation Blog have caught up with colleague Michael Lindenberger’s fact check on Kay Bailey Hutchison’s statements that Rick Perry is...
View ArticleKBH falls short in her anti-TTC fervor …
comments ()… at least in the minds of more fervent anti-tollers. I imagine the Hutchison campaign gasped for air when they saw these headlines after her announcement of transportation positions last...
View ArticleCan Perry credibly attack KBH on highway funding?
comments ()The governor has been taking whacks at Hutchison since she released her transportation positions last week. His thrust is that she has big plans but is offering no ideas to pay for them. The...
View ArticlePerry’s response to criticism on transportation
comments ()Rick Perry’s campaign responded to my criticism yesterday that he has not adequately fleshed out his transportation platform while, at the same time, he is bashing KBH for what he says are...
View ArticleOf race and transit policy
comments ()UPDATE: See figures, other information supplied by DART in separate post. An item on TransportPolitic picks up on a theme you hear around Dallas and elsewhere — that commuter-friendly trains...
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RTC chairman likes gas-tax focus for local-option plan
comments () Here’s a transcript of a question-and-answer session I did with Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, who is chairman of the Regional Transportation Council for the North Central Texas Council...
View ArticleNTTA board to discuss SH 161 as drop-dead deadline quickly approaches
comments ()If you read this blog regularly, you know darned well that the Texas Department of Transportation has agreed to, in essence, co-sign the loans required by the North Texas Tollway Authority...
View ArticleHighway chiefs poised to give NTTA line of credit to ease financing of SH...
comments ()It looks likely that the North Texas Tollway Authority will get the credit help it has asked for. The Texas Transportation Commission will decide this morning whether to give NTTA a line of...
View ArticleGovernor candidates answer transportation questions
comments ()The DMN’s voters guide is now on the dallasnews.com website. Four questions had to do with transportation. Here are the Qs and As with candidates for governor Kay Bailey Hutchison, Debra...
View ArticleShould more money go to highways, streetcars or bikepaths?
comments ()Or how about commuter rail, HOV lanes or sidewalks? Maybe you think less money should be spent across all categories of transportation. The North Central Texas Council of Governments wants...
View ArticleKBH: LBJ toll project ‘meets the test’
comments ()Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison spent 40 minutes with our editorial board this afternoon for a candidate interview (something Rick Perry chose not to do, and Debra Medina will do later). On...
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Why didn’t local-option bill didn’t sink Vicki Truitt?
comments () Her three opponents tried mightily to use her transportation proposal against her, but Keller Republican Vicki Truitt still kept her vote totals above the 50 percent mark and avoided a...
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‘Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It’
comments () You won’t read details here, but they’re featured in a new book by that very name, written by Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole. He will be the featured speaker at a luncheon event April 27 …...
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Do Austin, Houston transit messes affect North Texas?
comments () Of course. The PR nightmare out of the urban transit agencies will give state lawmakers an extra reason to reject new proposals for developing rail. Austin’s Capital Metro started...
View ArticleNorth Texas: purgatory or promised land?
comments ()Offer your answer to that question next week in blog discussions and a special DMN event at the Dallas Museum of Art. It features author Joel Kotkin and centers on his book “The Next Hundred...
View ArticleHouse transportation committee expected to take up TxDOT sunset bill today
comments ()Rep. Linda Harper-Brown, R-Irving, should get her chance this morning to present the 2011 sunset bill for the department of transportation. A member of the transportation committee and...
View ArticleTexas report card: ‘F’ for transportation
comments ()The state’s 2030 Committee, which evaluates and makes recommendations on transportation needs, made a presentation to the Texas Transportation Commission today. Bottom line: Texas gets an...
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