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03/05/2010

Transportation blog: NTTA could shake up its roster of contracted consultants
This year, all five major contracts – including for outside general counsel, general engineering consultant, traffic and revenue engineers, bond counsel and financial advisor – are up for rebidding.

Slideshow: The last days of Texas Stadium
It may have been more than a year since the Dallas Cowboys last played in Texas Stadium, but the famous structure has been seeing a lot of activity in recent months as crews prepare it for demolition.

03/02/2010

Dallas County may create toll agency
Dallas County commissioners are considering eying a plan that would give them the same legal powers as the North Texas Tollway Authority, including the right to issue bonds guaranteed by future toll traffic and to enter into long-term contracts with private toll firms.

02/28/2010

Texas requiring course for aspiring drivers 18 to 24
The state-mandated six-hour course, which costs $35 to $100 based on a check of several driving schools, will cover topics such as rules of the road, highway signs, drunken driving and insurance. Students must pass a written test at the end of the course, in addition to DPS' standard driving-skills exam, before they can receive a license.

02/27/2010

Toll agency approves plan for Highway 161
The North Texas Tollway Authority's decision Friday to formally accept State Highway 161 into its growing network of paid highways could reshape how the fastest-growing metropolitan area in America builds – and pays for – the roads North Texas leaders say are needed so badly.

02/26/2010

Transportation blog: NTTA to vote today on taking up State Highway 161 project
The vote on whether to actually undertake the project comes after the Texas Transportation Commission on Wednesday formally agreed to extend NTTA a line of credit that will act as a guarantee to creditors in the event that traffic on 161 is so low that the authority cannot make its debt payments.

02/25/2010

Transportation blog: $10 million fix may not be enough to hasten DART Orange Line
DART spokesman Morgan Lyons said this morning that the transit agency is not certain it can meet its deadline for the Orange Line service to Irving, even if TxDOT completes its utility relocation work on time.

Texas Transportation Commission OKs loan to North Texas Tollway Authority for State Highway 161
The North Texas Tollway Authority has been fighting for nearly three years to build the State Highway 161 toll road, and on Friday its board members will finally have to decide whether it really wants to.

Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas crawls to dubious title in traffic study
Five of the region's most congested interchanges are along I-35E near downtown Dallas, according to a comprehensive new private traffic study.

02/24/2010

Toll road may rescue DART's Orange Line from delay
Officials from three transportation agencies and Irving are hoping one of the region's most expensive toll roads can prevent a possible eight-month delay in bringing light rail to Las Colinas.

Transportation blog: TxDOT panel approves loan to NTTA, with terms attached
he Texas Transportation Commission has agreed to offer a $4.1 billion line of credit to the North Texas Tollway Authority, a mostly technical move that will greatly reduce the borrowing cost associated with building and operating the State Highway 161 toll road.

02/23/2010

DART ridership falls, despite opening of Green Line
The numbers for the last three months of 2009 are even worse than the most pessimsitic forecasts had suggested.

DART plans meetings on service changes
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has scheduled a series of community meetings about extensive service changes that are set to take effect in December. The changes will affect a majority of DART's bus routes when new parts of the Green Line open. The community meetings will be capped by a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. March 23 at the DART boardroom at 1401 Pacific Ave. in downtown Dallas.

02/22/2010

DART bus fire jams traffic on North Central Expressway
No one was injured in the fire, on a DART bus in Richardson.