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Entries tagged with 'toll roads'Early look at new Texas transportation planHere 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 design and "large enough to make a difference," says Vic Suhm, executive... Kinky: 'I don't want any toll roads in Texas'Kinky Friedman has a way of saying what's on his mind, and you usually come away without any confusion, at least not about what he believes. That is evident again this morning in a podcast just posted over at Politico,... NTTA projects big revenue increase, thanks mostly to higher ratesNTTA's revenue is expected to surge next year, despite a big hit anticipated from the lingering recession and some $13 million in tolls it expects to lose thanks to drivers angry about higher rates approved earlier this year. The recession... Get ready to speed up: 70 mph limits officially take effect Tuesday on toll roadsUpdate 2 p.m.: NTTA responds to questions below regarding citations. I've included its response on the jump. Attention toll road drivers: You can step on it. The new speed limits -- already in place for most of the area toll... New toll road speed limits – if the sign says it's OK, go for itUPDATE 8:39 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25: Sherita Coffelt, spokesperson for the North Texas Tollway Authority, read the item below and noted that the agency always planned to phase in the new speed limits. She writes: I read your blog this... Toll road speed limits almost surely going upAs Michael Lindenberger noted last week, a committee of the North Texas Tollway Authority is expected to recommend this morning that the speed limit be raised to 70 mph on NTTA toll roads. The new limit -- which more or... Anyone joining the toll-road boycott?Our blog readers were breathing fire after NTTA's decision last week to raise tolls by 32 percent. Many vowed to toss their TollTags, boycott the tollways and commute on free surface streets. Will you be one of them? Tollway... Road rage in CapitolDisappointment of the week: Members of the Senate Finance Committee going ape as they struggled to figure out complex toll projects that have been under way in North Texas for months. They are essentially late to a public process that... How to fix transportation? More taxes, more tolls and more flexibility, says TxDOT's HolmesIn Washington today, the man Gov. Rick Perry picked to lead a national advocacy group designed in part to pump up pressure on Congress for private toll roads made a concession that was once was as rare as summer snow... NTTA to discuss switch to all-electronic tolls at public meetingsNTTA is converting to an all-electronic tolling system, as we've reported before of course. That means there won't be any more toll booths, eventually. (Other impacts involve job changes for hundreds of employees and eight-digit costs, which you can read... Mayor Leppert: Now is no time for a time out on the Trinity ParkwayIn our Sunday piece about the Trinity River levees and the toll road, I was only able to use a small portion of what Mayor Tom Leppert said in response to my questions. I asked about whether the levees' problems... Your thoughts, please: What should City Hall's next steps be?Good morning. I writing to ask you for some input. I am working on a piece for the weekend about the Trinity levees, and the project as a whole, and would like your input. To begin with, I hope you... Holcomb says Trinity Parkway 'still viable' between the leveesCraig Holcomb, one of the big proponents of the Trinity Parkway during the 2007 referendum, has a piece on our Op-ed pages about the parkway. Plan A, he says, is still the way to go. He makes specific arguments --... Could the Trinity River park be built without the Trinity Parkway?In the wake of Sunday's story about the Trinity Parkway, there's been a lively debate across local blogs regarding what's ahead for the project. Is it doomed, as Angela Hunt predicts? Or merely suffering some regulatory slings and arrows as... Pew Center on the States finds flaws in turnpike privatization effortsTexas has long been in the lead in pursuing privately financed toll roads, and billions of dollars are being spent for just those kinds of projects in Dallas-area alone. (See example, here.) But last year, it was Pennsylvania that drew... Speaking of good transpo links......Here's another good site. This one, called Toll Roads News and based in Maryland, is devoted specifically to news on -- you guessed it -- the toll road front. Given the constant toll road activity in this state, Texas is... |