The TTI Transportation Policy Research Center recently briefed legislative staff on transportation issues in the 85th Texas Legislature. Here are some issues identified by various arms of the Legislature.
Issues Facing the 85th Legislature, Texas Senate Research Center
- Driver Responsibility Program
- Regional Mobility Authorities
- Regulation of Oversize and Overweight Vehicles
- Toll Roads
- Transportation Funding
- Vehicle Inspection Requirements
Senate Committee on Transportation Interim Report to the 85th Legislature
- Anticipated Revenue
- Regional Mobility Authorities
- Texas Ports
- Driver Responsibility Program
- Oversize and Overweight Vehicles
- Monitoring Legislation from the 84th:
- Progress of the Texas Department of Transportation’s efforts to propose a plan to eliminate toll roads
- Removing eminent domain authority from private toll corporations
- Ending the issuing of any new debt from the Texas Mobility Fund and prohibiting future use of the TMF on toll projects
- The Sunset Advisory Commission’s review of the Texas Department of Transportation
Topics for the 85th Legislature, House Research Organization
- TxDOT Sunset Review
- Toll Roads
- Transportation network companies
- Photo-enforcement of traffic violations
- Texting while driving
- Driver Responsibility Program
- High-Speed Rail
House Committee on Transportation Interim Report to the 85th Legislature – pending release
Steven Polunsky is a TTI research scientist.