On Tuesday, CTC board members and leaders of six grassroots organizations from across the state converged in Austin with a shared message: TxDOT is racing to commit $1.7 billion of our stimulus dollars with little or no input from the public or our state legislators. We need TxDOT to slow down, listen to the public’s [...]
Now 18 months old, the Gulf Coast Freight Rail District‘s board has moved beyond bylaws discussions to focus on freight rail projects and how to get them done. Jon Boyd and I attended Tuesday’s meeting to weigh in on two issues: Capitalizing the Freight Rail Improvement Fund In 2005, the Texas Legislature created the Texas [...]
Back in February, State Representative Robert Talton (R-Pasadena) introduced HB 1813 which calls for direct election of Houston METRO board members. Currently, METRO’s nine-member board is appointed by each of the local governments within its service area. As a result, 16 elected authorities –- the City of Houston, Harris County, and 14 smaller municipalities -– [...]
