A bold and broad plan to invest in infrastructure across the Lone Star State has been put in motion with Governor Greg Abbott announcing late last month that nearly $150 billion is slated to deliver a ...

Motorists pass through the MoPac Expressway and US Highway 290 interchange in 2024. A new draft of a report from the Texas transportation department says the state needs more public transit options.

The contract calls for reconstruction a bridge over the 417-acre Lady Bird Lake, and adding two high-occupancy-vehicle management lanes in each direction, access to future light rail routes, a walkers ...

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The state agency in charge of building Texas’ massive highways says Texans need more ways to get around if the state’s going to continue to grow — a stunning acknowledgment in car-dominant Texas. A ...

The planned change of ownership for the Texas 288 toll lanes is set to occur in less than 75 days, provided the state this week finalizes a $1.7 billion deal that might one day mean drivers coming in ...

Farm-to-Market Road: A roadway usually in a rural area. The farm-to-market highway system was born in 1937 to help farmers ...

HOUSTON — When thinking of public investment in the space sector, highways might not be the first thing that comes to mind — but the Texas Department of Transportation said improving the Lone Star ...

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has taken action to plan for the projected growth of the state’s population and economy by recently releasing its draft Statewide Multimodal Transit Plan ...

Roadway improvements funded over the last decade are credited with saving more than 3,500 lives and preventing $9.3 billion ...

Hackers stole nearly 300,000 crash reports containing sensitive personal information from the Texas Department of Transportation after gaining access to the agency's systems through a compromised user ...

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