Posts Tagged ‘TxDOT’
Houston and the Free Market
Tory Gattis had a great post on Monday in which he reviewed some news from late ’08. Two major highlights: 1. A comprehensive study by the Brookings Institution found that congestion pricing of freeways “would reduce housing costs and sprawl. It eliminates the subsidy for living farther out, which drives up demand and density in [...]
TxDOT structure under review
An interesting article came out a couple weeks ago in the Dallas Morning News, covering the executive structure of TxDOT and whether it should be maintained. Here are the highlights: Behind all the fiery rhetoric aimed at the Texas Department of Transportation at a hearing today, the question hovering over the future of the 14,000-employee [...]