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High-speed rail efforts in Texas have gained some momentum. The Texas Legislature and Donald Trump may change that.

A yearslong effort to bring high-speed rail to Texas has recently shown signs of life, but state lawmakers have consistently put up roadblocks to keep it from happening.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Is Taking Back the State Highway 288 Tollway—at a Steep Price

The private firms who have operated the tollway will be paid $1.7 billion by TxDOT, adding to the profit they’ve already made in toll revenues, construction contracts, and sales of shares.

Texas Observer

Texas is once more flirting with expanding passenger rail

The state’s booming population, congestion problems and billions of federal dollars on the table have officials eyeing ways to boost passenger rail.

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Plans to spend billions on a flood-prone East Texas highway may not solve the problem

TxDOT says it can’t guarantee that upgrades to one of Houston’s main hurricane evacuation routes will prevent future flooding of U.S. 59.

The Texas Tribune

El Paso residents rally to protect a Rio Grande wetland from possible highway project

Potential routes for a highway in El Paso’s Mission Valley run alongside a restored wetland called Rio Bosque. Environmental advocates are urging TxDOT to scrap the idea.

The Texas Tribune

‘TxDOT’s Still Bulldozing Over Our Communities’

Community members say the state transportation agency is violating its agreement with the feds to reduce the discriminatory impact of its plans to expand I-45.

Texas Observer

A Roadmap to Rebuilding Communities

Megan Kimble's book "City Limits" offers a different vision.

Texas Observer

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Texas lawmakers and agency leaders experiment, ponder policies for an AI future

Agencies like the Texas Department of Transportation are using the technology to react to crashes and prepare invoices. More uses and regulations are coming.

The Texas Tribune

The Death Toll: An Expensive Tollway’s High Cost in Human Lives

State Highway 288 was built by a private equity firm, letting TxDOT abdicate its responsibility to both drivers and construction workers.

Texas Observer

Texas could spend federal funds meant to cut carbon emissions on highway projects

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act required Texas’ transportation agency to create a carbon reduction strategy to get $641 million federal dollars. Critics say the plan is unlikely to meaningfully cut greenhouse gasses from the state’s massive transportation sector.

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One of Texas’ oldest towns needs $200 million for upgrades. It’s asking voters to approve $44 million this fall.

The East Texas town is one of 218 local governments asking voters to approve new debt for repairs and upgrades to city infrastructure. Local leaders say inflation isn’t helping them keep up with capital needs.

The Texas Tribune

Starting Sept. 1 in Texas, your speed limit may vary based on local highway conditions

Lawmakers who ushered through the change say the new law will make roads safer during storms or construction.

The Texas Tribune

Texas drivers vexed by toll road payment problems got little relief from state lawmakers

Double billing, rejected automatic payments and expensive late fees are the most frequent complaints about a toll system with different operators and rules across the state.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Transportation Advocacy Revs Up at the Lege

After the passage of a road safety bill in 2021, proponents see another opportunity.

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Taking Back Texas’ Streets

TxDOT has blocked a plan in San Antonio to turn two lanes of a major thoroughfare into bike paths. What does it mean for other cities?

The Texas Tribune

After a two-year pause, feds give Texas the go-ahead to resume a major Houston highway expansion

Across the state, major projects have drawn fierce opposition in recent years amid a reckoning over how freeway construction in the mid-20th century created and exacerbated racial and economic segregation.

The Independent UK

Texas, feds settle probe over $9B Houston highway project

Federal authorities have announced they are lifting their hold of a more than $9 billion Houston area highway-widening project that has come under intense criticism from residents and activists who have argued the proposal would cause lasting economic and environmental damage to their communities

The Texas Tribune

Texas Supreme Court will decide whether ERCOT should be immune from lawsuits sparked by deadly winter storm

Many people and insurers sued the Electric Reliability Council of Texas after the 2021 freeze. The nonprofit says it shouldn’t be liable. The state Supreme Court has a chance to weigh in.

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Abbott accused of "patronage system"

Abbott donors enjoy access, appointments to boards and commissions and a chance to bend his ear

The Texas Tribune

In Texas, where money has long dominated politics, Greg Abbott is in a league of his own

The two-term governor’s donors enjoy access, appointments to boards and commissions, and a chance to bend the ear of a politician who may harbor bigger ambitions.

The Texas Tribune

Texas will build more than 50 new electric car charging locations along major highways

The $408 million approved Tuesday by the Federal Highway Administration will help build a network of charging facilities every 50-70 miles along certain major Texas highways.

Tribune News Service

Pregnant HOV lane mom gets first ticket dismissed, then gets another

DALLAS — Brandy Bottone, the pregnant Plano mom who attracted international attention when she received a traffic ticket for riding solo in a high-occupancy lane, wanted to prove a point.

Tribune News Service

A Texas auto dealer's charging hub plugs into federally backed EV push

DALLAS — At Friendly Chevrolet, a dealership off I-35E by Dallas Love Field, yellow tape and orange cones block off a section of the parking lot.

The Texas Tribune

Texas plans to place charging stations for electric cars every 50 miles on most interstates

With $408 million in federal funds, the state wants to build enough charging stations to support 1 million electric vehicles.

Reason

Do Electronic Signs Displaying Number of Traffic Fatalities Actually Cause More Crashes?

"The effect of displaying fatality messages is comparable to raising the speed limit by 3 to 5 miles per hour or reducing the number of highway troopers by 6 to 14%."

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