Tag Archives: Texans for Toll-free Highways
Texas Leaders Ask Trump to ‘Nix’ Tolls in His Infrastructure Plan
While some have called the Trump proposal DOA on Capitol Hill, Texans are taking nothing for granted and made the trip to D.C. to deliver it to the White House personally to ensure the President got the message from a … Continue reading
Grassroots Texans Lead Toll Road Rebellion
Anti-toll advocates seem to have the momentum as both Governor Greg Abbott and the Lt. Governor Dan Patrick campaigned on many of these reforms. But taking nothing for granted, the ‘Toll-free Texas’ grassroots coalition sacrificed their time and dime to come to the Capitol anyway, realizing toll entities, local governments, and transportation boards want the status quo and will lobby hard to water-down and defeat needed reforms.
Obama Seeks to Lift Ban on Tolling Existing Interstate Highways
Tolling existing Interstates is inefficient, causes traffic diversion, and increases supply chain costs that hurt businesses and consumers. Transportation infrastructure needs improvements, but of all the ways to fund them, tolling existing interstates is the worst. ATFI spokesman, Miles Morin
