El Paso MPO (TPB) will hold a meeting on Friday October 20, 2023, at 9:30am Download the TPB Agenda: elpasompo.org/TPBMinutesandA……If you wish to participate on public Comment please call 915-212-0258 or email [email protected] to sign up prior to the meeting #ElPasoMPO_TPB

For Day 9 of #30DayMapChallenge: Hexagons, interactive 3D hexagonal binning of health care jobs across over 150k Census blocks in Texas using #rstats, deck.gl, and the {rdeck} package Data comes from the 2020 LODES dataset and the {lehdr} package by

Everyone blaming the homeless for the fire that took out I-10 in LA. How about the fact that there is a god damn palette storage under the bridge. How the hell was that allowed?

1/Today, Jake Sullivan Archived was asked about the attacks in the #RedSea and the announced diversions of container lines - Maersk MSC Cargo Hapag-Lloyd AG? He left it to the companies to speak for themselves. The answer appears to be in an op-ed in Lloyd's List

Nearly 10,000 rail cars are being held on both sides of the border. Union Pacific is doing everything possible to stage trains and work with customers to prevent congestion at the border. The longer this closure is in effect, the more difficult it will be for cross-border trade

Computer issues are disrupting Amtrak, NJ Transit, and SEPTA service on the Northeast Corridor. trains.com/trn/news-revie…

Video taken minutes after two #BART trains derailed outside #OrindaStation today. Minor injuries reported.

Hard feelings at H-GAC : Regional transportation board drops proportional voting talk, jeopardizing Houston participation houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…

16% of New Yorkers primarily work from home – but this goes up to 25% in Manhattan, and even higher in some neighborhoods (35% in Park Slope and 32% on the Upper East Side) NYC is actually a low WFH overall — Seattle, DC, SF, and even Charlotte have >30% wfh shares in 2022

Federal Courts in both TX and KY have now ruled that FHWA lacks the statutory authority to impose a Biden administration greenhouse gas (GHG) performance mandate on state transportation departments. ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer issued the following statement:

Not a very clear view but clear enough to know things are not good on I-40 and I-55 heading toward Memphis. No wrecks, just residual Eclipse traffic. Please be patient.

In a shocking 9-0 decision, the US Supreme Court this morning ended California's post-Prop-13 era of insanely high fees on housing development. Now it's up to housing advocates to remake fee law in their own image. latimes.com/politics/story…

The longstanding plan to connect #Texas' two largest cities with a bullet train #hsr has support from political leaders in the U.S. and Japan, where the high-speed technology was developed. #Amtrak continues to explore the idea. HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infra…

The TxDOT seeks feedback on a new statewide active #transportation plan; aiming to connect a statewide web of trails & paths to #transit services. AASHTO DTU: bit.ly/3wzMXPe bit.ly/3yiXOxs

"The growth in most rural counties is from the combination of two trends: a slowdown in the rate at which people had been leaving rural counties since 2020 & relatively steady in-migration from urban counties"

CAMPO needs your feedback on roadway safety concerns and solutions. View the Regional Safety Action Plan online open house materials, see upcoming engagement events, and take the survey now through March 14 at campotexas.org/get-involved

So – what do we do now? @joinFAI and IFP have been cooking up a new framework: ifp.org/potus-ceq-nepa…

The Carter-era EO implementing NEPA is dead. NEPA is still law, but the gap between the law as written and its (incredibly burdensome) implementation was vast. Hochman's report is great social science policy writing: actionable, legal, welfare-improving steps. Hear hear!

U.S. DOT Proposes Ending Key Provisions of DBE Program buff.ly/5tNgDaT

Texas Instruments Unveils Largest Foundational Chip Manufacturing Investment In U.S. History zerohedge.com/technology/tex…