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Texas drivers use the shoulder of an Interstate during a traffic jam. (credit: Lawrence Jenkins/Getty Images)

Experts: Texas Heading Toward A Transportation Crisis

Some experts claim Texas is headed for a transportation crisis unless the state comes up with more money for highways. The current gasoline tax paid when you fill up at the pump doesn’t come close to keeping up with building and maintaining Texas highways.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/12/05

Snowplow Simulator Offers Rare Chance To Practice In Dallas

In an area that gets a mere 3 inches of snow a year, Dallas snowplow drivers live in fear of major winter storms like the one that crippled their city almost two years ago, the week before it was to host the Super Bowl.

2012/12/04

A driver tries to avoid potholes. (credit: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

TxDOT: Oil & Gas Boom Hard On State Roadways

The oil, gas and wind industries have been huge for the Texas economy. One result of that boom has also meant that the oversized tractor-trailers and other heavy equipment used in energy production are taking a terrible toll on Texas roads.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/10/25

TxDOT Signs To Regularly Display Traffic Death Numbers

The Texas Department of Transportation is hoping that a sobering new message on highway digital message boards will help save lives in the state. The advisory flashing on the boards lets drivers know that 1,785 people have died on Texas roads this year.

2012/08/21

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Senate Ready To Pass Highway Programs Overhaul

The Senate is poised Tuesday to pass an overhaul of highway and transit programs.

2012/03/13

A major traffic jam forms where two freeways merge. (credit: Getty Images/Jeff Topping)

Another ‘Green Light’ For I-35E Expansion Project

The expansion project for Interstate-35E in Denton has received another ‘green light’.

2012/02/10

Congressman: Highway Construction Fund In Danger

A North Texas congressman says the federal fund that pays for highway construction may be facing it’s own dead end.

2011/11/28

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Badly-Needed Highway Repairs Coming Soon To DFW Area

Hundreds of millions of your tax dollars are headed back to North Texas in the form of state highway money to fund much-needed repairs and expansions.

2011/09/30

Study: North Texans Spending More Time Stuck In Traffic

A new study, by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University, suggests there isn’t enough being done to ensure the nation’s transportation system will be able to keep up with job growth, when the economy gets better.

2011/09/27

Traffic backs up Interstate-35 in Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

Growth Could Cost DFW Federal Highway Money

A possible change in the way Washington distributes highway money could work against North Texas and it’s all a result of dramatic population growth.

2011/08/03

Trucks pass by a sign indicating the nighttime speed limit in West Texas. (credit: Rick Scibelli/Getty Images)

Texas Senate Approves Raising Speed Limits To 75MPH

Texas drivers may soon be going faster. The state Senate has approved raising highway speed limits to 75 miles per hour in some areas.

2011/05/23

Uncollected trash sits on a street. (credit: Carlo Hermann/AFP/Getty Images)

Contract Default Leaves Trash Building Up On Roadsides

There’s a reason you might have noticed more garbage along roadsides in southern Tarrant County. The company TxDOT paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to pickup debris has defaulted on the contract.

KRLD–2011/04/26