January 12, 2020      1:32 PM
TxDOT aims for 30-year plan approval this spring
With the Texas population expected to grow 60 percent before 2050, transportation challenges include autonomous vehicles, drone deliveries, shared vehicles and increased teleworking
The Texas Department of Transportation has set
its March meeting, or possibly the one in April, to approve its 30-year
long-term transportation plan known as TTP 2050.
It wasn’t that long ago – last summer – that the Texas
Transportation Commission made its last major transportation decision:
ceding construction of the final
segments of the Grand Parkway. That’s because transportation
planning is a like a Russian nesting doll: a 5-year strategic
plan within a 10-year Unified
Transportation Program within a 30-year Texas Transportation
Plan.
They do it that way because TxDOT’s long-term
horizon is a combination of simple and complex multi-year projects,
Director Peter Smith told the Texas Transportation Commission at a recent
meeting.
By Kimberly Reeves
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