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The Last Stop with Greg Winfree: Harsher Weather? Build Better. Resiliency Should Be a Priority for Infrastructure Funding

March 1, 2021

In February, Texas suffered a brutal storm that made international news — an arctic blast knocked most of the state’s power grid offline and plunged millions of residents into darkness. The luckier folks only suffered rolling blackouts and had plenty of water. Others slept in their cars with the motor — and heater — running. […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 57, Number 1 Tagged With: editorial, funding, infrastructure

What We’re Thinking: It’s High Time for a Discussion on Infrastructure

September 1, 2018

By Greg Winfree and Zachry Grasley This article was originally published in The Hill, August 20, 2018. This year, we mark 11 years since the Interstate 35 bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people and injuring 145 more. For anyone not living there, or otherwise not personally affected by that tragedy, […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 3 Tagged With: funding, infrastructure, policy, transportation infrastructure

Flying Cars? Not Quite Yet…: Funding the Future of Texas Transportation

March 1, 2010

In a classic line from the movie Back to the Future, as Doc Brown’s DeLorean flies off in search of a sequel, the eccentric scientist famously says, “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” But flying cars aren’t here yet, despite promises from actual scientists as far back as the 1950s. We still need roads. […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 46, Number 1 Tagged With: 2030 Committee, fuel tax, funding, transportation funding

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