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Arlington Partners with Drive.ai to Offer Autonomous Public Transit in Entertainment District

Arlington will be the first Texas city to offer on-street autonomous public transportation to residents and visitors Driverless cars will soon help move people between venues in Arlington's Entertainment District. Arlington city leaders say they've approved a contract with a California-based self-driving car company for a one-year pilot program to run autonomous public transit within the city's entertainment district beginning this fall. Beginning Oct. 19, the city and Drive.

Hyperloop or high-speed rail: Which will whoosh through Texas first?

North Texas planners are getting serious about deploying a technology known as Hyperloopthat promises to whisk riders from Dallas to Fort Worth in only six minutes — traveling in a giant tube in a futuristic system that, if successful, could redefine intercity transportation. But those same Metroplex planners also are pursuing plans for building high-speed rail plans (similar to systems used in Europe and Asia) in the same corridors connecting Fort Worth, Arlington and Dallas

Here's why $23 million for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel is good news but not great news

Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton is providing important advocacy for the Port of Corpus Christi's overdue ship channel widening and deepening project. Editorial Board, Corpus Christi Caller-Times (LINK TO VIDEO REGARDING ARTICLE) We weren't, as the cliche goes, looking a gift horse in the mouth. Rather, we were making sure that the gift horse was — to mix metaphors — a bird in the hand, not two in the bush. We are thrilled and relieved the port isn't totally on its own

USACE Photo Update: CSD Texas Busy in Charleston

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, last week hosted a tour of the dredger Texas, a cutter suction dredging vessel currently working in the Charleston Harbor Entrance Channel on the Post 45 Deepening Project. The Charleston Harbor Post 45 Deepening Project looks to address transportation inefficiencies by deepening and widening Charleston Harbor to allow for growth in the shipping industry with the influx of Post-Panamax ships calling on port in the Lowcoun

TEXAS UNDERUTILIZES MOTOR FUEL TAX, DESIGN-BUILD PROCESS

Texans are generally eager for traffic congestion solutions. But a recent legal opinion on toll roads has left some feeling unenthused. At issue is whether the Texas Transportation Commission can use money that voters dedicated to the State Highway Fund for projects that have both tolled and nontolled elements. The act of comingling voter-approved funds with toll road projects raises a difficult question. Seeking to clarify things, a top lawmaker late last year asked the Texa

Fort Worth Is Now the 15th Biggest City In The U.S., And Frisco Is Booming, Census Says

Texas continues to be a people magnet. The state dominated a list of the country’s fastest-growing large cities, released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Dallas and Fort Worth had among the largest population gains last year. On the list of 15 cities nationwide with the most population growth, Dallas' increase of 18,935 people put it at No. 3, and Fort Worth was No. 4, with an increase of 18,664. Fort Worth's growth means the city is now the country's 15th biggest, the Ce

Amtrak-TX ticket deal #1 with a “Bullet”

Amtrak and a Texas high-speed passenger rail project will link ticketing and other services in the Lone Star state. An agreement between Texas Central and Amtrak will allow the former’s passengers to use Amtrak’s reservation system to buy tickets for through travel on both the planned $12.5-billion Texas Bullet Train and Amtrak’s national routes. The North-Texas to Houston bullet train plans to offer transfers between Amtrak stations in Dallas and Houston. The agreement also

Texas is making billions from oil and gas drilling, but counties say rural roads are being destroyed

Damage from heavy trucks has battered local roads in and around the state's oil fields, and many counties want the state to help pay for repairs and maintenance. Will lawmakers take action? A tanker truck travels on FM 2067 between Austin and Victoria .On April 18, 2018,Texas counties are asking state leaders to help pay for road damage caused by heavy traffic from the oil and gas industry. W.C. Steinmann says his family roots in southeast Texas date back to 1882. The 74-year

High speed rail vote: Don’t let the train leave without Fort Worth

The region’s transportation planning group is on the verge of taking a vote which will determine whether Fort Worth becomes a central player in the development of high speed rail. Our message to Regional Transportation Council members voting Thursday: jump aboard. This train shouldn’t leave the station without Fort Worth as a primary stop. The vote by the RTC — which approves much of the transportation spending for this 16-county North Texas region — is to spend a half millio

TxDOT Launches 'Heads Up, Texas' Campaign to Curb Distracted-Driving Crashes

TxDOT partners with AT&T It Can Wait to educate Texans on statewide law, dangers of distracted driving April 4, 2018-AUSTIN – April is National Distracted Driving Month and with nearly 1 in 5 crashes in Texas involving distracted driving – a ratio that has not changed in the past three years – the Texas Department of Transportation reminds drivers that their undivided attention to the road could save a life. “It’s extremely concerning that drivers still choose to give their a

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