House Select Transportation Committee. 4 Take Aways. TTI & Collin County Judge.

• The TTI study is going to factor into 2017- big time. See their recommendations from a few weeks ago below.
• The Committee focused on the value of transportation funding- especially, in 1991 20cents to transportation now = 6.8 cents for transportation today
  • Chair Simmons pointed out that the state has added funding
• 7 states recvently indexed gas tax- its trending- big time- even in Republican states
• 40% of transportation funding should be local government funding
  • Collin County Judge who testified after TTI noted 40% seemed high
  • The Collin County Judge supports transportation reinvestment zones for transportation funding. 

Information Intelligence on August 27, 2015:

Better economy breeds worse traffic. Rest assured, the Texas A&M Traffic Institute is tracking what states are doing about gridlock. See their list. More importantly, here are the strategies they suggest to counter congestion:

• greater transportaiton investment
• Fix existing roads & bridges
• Increase public trnsportation accessibility
• Fixing congestion is a LOCAL decision that needs LOCAL solutions
• Add capacity to critical corridors
• Give travelers options of multiple routes
• Support denser development for land use

WallStreet Journal

Texas A&M Transportation Institute 2015 Mobility Study