@DugBegley
- RT @HoustonChron: Rodney Griffin gets a wistful look in his eye when discussing his old high school chess team, which desegregated Houston… 1 day ago
- Apparently I cover freedom. twitter.com/npr/status/154… 1 day ago
- RT @WilsonCalvert: "Who are they trying to keep out?" (On city councils increasing minimum lot sizes and therefore raising prices) 🤔🤔🤔 htt… 3 days ago
- I can see the protest signs now: "Keep the government's hands off my Audi" "Stop the Squeal" twitter.com/sclayworth/sta… 3 days ago
- RT @TechCrunch: Behind the scenes of Waymo’s worst automated truck crash tcrn.ch/3OY9R6g by @meharris 3 days ago
- I listened to this presentation to see if they'd mention Houston or I-45. They didn't. That said, depending on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 days ago
- RT @jaspscherer: NEW: The Supreme Court rules that the Biden administration may end the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy that requires m… 4 days ago
- There are plenty of awful and terrifying things about the Denver airport. Starting with that demonic lawn ornament.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 days ago
- Interstate 10 managed lane heading west, along with a lot of Houston’s rapid growth houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…) via @houstonchron 5 days ago
- New NHTSA chief: Agency to scrutinize auto-driver technology | AP News @tkrisher apnews.com/article/techno… 5 days ago
- RT @tatecurtis: There were two Scout troops on the Southwest Chief when it hit the dump truck and derailed yesterday. They helped first res… 6 days ago
- This beautiful write up on Steve includes one of my favorite photos he took, of a Black Santa, along with many wort… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 days ago
- Lawmakers urge @GovAbbott to call special session to suspend Texas gas tax @VotePennyShaw houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron 6 days ago
- Summer sure things: high temps and another push by @METROHouston to lure drivers to HOT lanes on weekends… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 days ago
- RT @MarcDuvoisin: Truck in which migrants died had been "cloned" from a legit vehicle, using its state and federal ID numbers, @gmaninfedla… 6 days ago
- RT @MarieDennise: At least 42 people found dead in 18-wheeler in San Antonio, multiple sources report ksat.com/news/local/202… 1 week ago
- RT @justingeorge: UPDATED: At least 3 killed when an Amtrak train headed to Chicago struck a dump truck in a rural Missouri crossing. Seven… 1 week ago
- Now very jealous I have never had cause to use the term “ferret activist.” twitter.com/dillonliam/sta… 1 week ago
- Steve was a gift to us all. Catholics talk about being filled & fulfilled by the Holy Spirit. This notion God touch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- RT @christofspieler: In general, US roadway engineering standards are designed to save drivers who make a mistake (or intentionally break t… 2 weeks 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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