Across Texas, people are talking about the rapid growth of our cities, suburbs, and metro regions – in neighborhood meetings, council debates, TXDOT presentations, and at chamber events. In Austin, where I live, there is a general perception that we’re adding more Californians than any human civilization has ever added people, while Houston region actually adds about three times as …
TXDOT completely rebuilt a major transportation corridor, US290 in Houston, with zero improvements for transit, because of the intense flaws and inequities in the Texas transportation funding and decision making system, even though TXDOT staff publicly spoke about the need to add HOV capacity and Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Transportation Transition Team specifically called for TXDOT, the City, and Metro to …
The Texas transportation decision making system has a structural flaw: the people serving on various committees and decision making roles do not reflect the full race, ethnic, gender, abilities, class, age, and geographic diversity of the State, and often miss the mark to a remarkable extent. One of Farm&City’s long term goals is to fix this flaw that hinders the …