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2023 INRIX Report: Texas cities are some of worst in U.S. for traffic gridlock and safety - we need rail more than ever

July 18th, 2024
July 18, 2024 - TRA Commentary -Sitting in traffic more than usual? You bet you are. And it's only going to get worse.The economic cost of traffic congestion in Texas' major cities continued to climb last year, according to a...

All aboard the high-speed express

October 28th, 2020
October 26, 2020 - BaylorLariat.com - Opinion from DJ Ramirez | Sports Editor - Five hours. It can take up to five hours to get from Houston to Dallas on Interstate 45. Sometimes five and a half or six depending on...

Project Gridlock: How did Austin traffic get so bad?

July 28th, 2019
Melanie Torre - Central Texas is growing at an unprecedented pace. By 2045 the number of people living in the region will double -- pushing five million, according to a regional arterials study by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. According to that same...

Boondoggle: A Texas-Sized mess of a highway plan for Houston

June 24th, 2019
June 17, 2019 - Opinion - Gideon Weissman and Matthew Casale - Houston expands a highway through its center, for a staggering $7 billion In this year’s installment of its annual “Highway Boondoggles” report, Gideon Weissman of Frontier Group and Matthew Casale of U.S....

Houston area leaders: Time to push transportation improvements beyond adding / widening freeways

January 1st, 2017
December 23, 2016 - Houston Chronicle - Dug Begley - Houston-area officials, and especially drivers, have known for years the region's roads are strained and congested, but a panel earlier this month with the county judges of the area's largest suburban...

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