@DugBegley
- Houston reopens Spur 527 connection in Midtown that @HouPublicWorks never intended to rebuild @BikeHouston… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 hours ago
- RT @christofspieler: Harris County makes up 68% of the population of the TPC region. After this vote, in the interest of ensuring that the… 5 hours ago
- UPDATE (sorta): No one from @txdot or @HCTRA has provided infor on such hot-button issues as "Why didn't you tell… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 hours ago
- Now we need a countywide program to replace the one on my toaster oven. (Disclaimer: I in fact love my toaster oven… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 hours ago
- The director of @TxDOT is leaving to run the toll road behemoth growing in the Austin area. So Austin goes with hea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 hours ago
- Senate committee approves Pete Buttigieg’s nomination as @USDOTSecretary with @SenTedCruz one of three GOP members… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 hours ago
- RT @SciGuySpace: This is a remarkable chart. twitter.com/theaircurrent/… 9 hours ago
- A 28-member board that makes major transportation decisions @HGACmpo was slated to have two women in positions of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 9 hours ago
- In Texas, people who dislike bullet trains sue. 🇺🇸 Though this alternative gives me a chance to write the phrase “s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 12 hours ago
- RT @planetizen: Ride-hailing services doubled VMT in major American cities, according to a recent report published by @Transport_ELS. H/T @… 1 day ago
- Wait what? These are the "murder the media" guys? They look less murder the media and more steal the salt shakers o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- All this Keystone pipeline talk of late has brought back fond memories of the time @SWAgroup suggested making it a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- Check your toll accounts or bank statements. A billing hiccup may surprise you. If you find some surprises and over… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- Baby Shark got the whole country in less than five years. twitter.com/mnolangray/sta… 2 days ago
- Do you have an EZTag or a TxTag and recently got slammed for a bunch of back-tolls that caused your account to over… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
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The Streak: 20 years, 70K deaths and unfulfilled plans for zero road fatalities in Texas
Names add faces, but it’s the details that put the true horror to the reality on Texas’ roads. One day it’s two or three people, killed in a head-on crash on Interstate 45 in Buffalo and a city street in … Continue reading
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TxDOT trading tolls for managed lanes as it lays out long-term plans
The story of Houston’s growth and its roads has always been about bigger. More people has meant more concrete, farther into the suburbs and wider in the dense core. Now, state transportation officials are starting to re-write that, planning major … Continue reading
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TxDOT leaves a tip for restaurant chain: Don’t mess with our trademark
A Baytown-based Mexican restaurant group thought it had come up with a catchy, perfectly cheesy phrase for its newest billboard: Don’t Mess with Tex-Mex. El Toro’s corporate leaders were so taken with it, they applied for a trademark on the … Continue reading
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TxDOT’s $7 billion plan to shorten your I-45 commute may displace hundreds of families
Wherever Armando Litchenberger looks around Urbana Recording Studio, there are memories. The stool Jose Feliciano sat on to record a couple tracks. Goldie Hawn used the studio to mix the soundtrack for a TV movie she directed. Duran Duran re-cut … Continue reading
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A Texas family torn apart by fatal crash put back together by hometown
Standing in the front yard, ringed by family and friends that are practically family, Bryston Ferguson knew Thursday morning that he had landed a $20,000 scholarship that will help him realize his dream of becoming an orthodontist. The scholarship and … Continue reading
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Grand Parkway debate comes east with construction three new segments
Houston is a faraway place on FM 1413 in southern Liberty County, where a driver is more likely to see a pony munching on grass than a shop on the corner. If not for the trees and an electrical transmission … Continue reading
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Bayou City Initiative demands improved planning from TxDOT to avoid freeway flooding
Resilience to heavier storms requires freeways that can handle flooding without becoming impassable, leading a local group to demand more of state and federal transportation officials. Bayou City Initiative, a nonprofit aimed at raising awareness of the challenges as Houston … Continue reading
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Massive I-45 project will remake Houston freeway spine, but at what cost?
Strip away the enormity of rebuilding Interstate 45 and the promise of speedier trips along downtown Houston freeways, and two questions about the once-in-a-generation project remain: How many negative effects are acceptable in one neighborhood for other people’s faster commutes? … Continue reading
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Plastics Road lives up to its name as Dow debuts new asphalt recipe
Plastics Road at Dow Chemical’s Lake Jackson campus is now, perhaps, the most plastic road in America. If it holds up, drivers could find themselves rolling atop discarded shopping bags in no time — and with little notice. As a … Continue reading
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Metro plan’s mix of transit, services a nod to differing Houston-area demands
Transit officials have a starting point for $7.5 billion in investments to Houston’s roads, bus systems and rail lines meant to move the region in a new direction — with the stated goal of moving some of those future commuters … Continue reading
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