[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[ken21]

they need to tell perry and his thugs to take a hike.

afterwards, the people of texas should decide what roads to build.

i’m not against new freeways.

[org.whodat]

I think they need to start checking the bank accounts of the texas DOT to see who has been bought off.

[zeugma]

It would also help if they didn’t keep stealing our highway money for other things.

[wolfcreek]

“PR campaign to sell to Texas voters.”

The People HAVE spoken. Perry can go take a leap.

[TXnMA]

The relationship between damage to a road and weight is exponential....

Exactly!

The only thing about the TTC concept that makes sense is the building of separate truck lanes. Doing so would:

1. Remove the road-smashing freight loads from existing (toll-free) interstates, etc, so that they would last far longer -- especially if well-maintained.

2. Greatly reduce the traffic loads so that existing roads can carry much greater POV traffic.

3. Remove one of the major existing safeiy hazards (mixing trucks and autos) from passenger roads.

4. Facilitate policing (traffic, weight loading, smuggling, terrrorism, etc.) of trucks (especially Mexican trucks) cargo.

TXDOT has absolutely no business dictating where utilities and rail tracks run. And they da*n sure have no business putting theim in expensive, fenced off (read "uncrossable") rights of way (ROWs) along with passenger lanes.