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With limited funding and an increased emphasis on fiscal accountability and information transparency, transportation improvements are being analyzed to show that they provide the best ‘bang for the buck’. The Texas Legislature, in fact, called for such an approach in approving the state budget in 2011, requiring that highway projects have the greatest possible impact […] Read More…
If voters approve Proposition 1, a little more than one-third of those revenues (or $1.7 billion this fiscal year) would be transferred directly to the State Highway Fund. The Texas Tribune has produced an animated graphic showing how this process works. Read More…
Traffic congestion in Texas continues to worsen each year, but that’s not changing how the vast majority of Texans feel about their cars and trucks. This and a variety of other insights come from the first Texas Transportation Poll, which was conducted by the Transportation Policy Research Center of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. The […] Read More…