"The Road Forward" details how the passage of Proposition 1, ending diversions from transportation, and reforming contracting and design processes, provides more than adequate funding for transportation through 2017—even after adjusting for construction inflation since 2006.
Transportation
Years of rapid economic growth and a population growing at about double the national rate present Texas with infrastructure challenges. Working to mitigate these strains, Americans have been driving fewer miles per capita since 2006, as the Internet brings shopping, entertainment, and personal communications into homes. The chart below shows that lawmakers boosted funding for...