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Norman Wartman is bAAAAck at MDX, and other PERSONNEL developments
Posted Thu, 2008-05-08 18:33Norman Wartman one of the original members of Miami Dade Expressway Authority is back. This guy was a non-stop generator of ideas, a one-man thinktank,
an unabashed enthusiast for tollroads, scourge of the rail fantasists, impatient with more timid 
no-can-do timings-not-right colleagues, and talk about outspoken!
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Topping rights & devolution put fed-$s in jeopardy - feds again on HB1892
Posted Fri, 2007-05-11 11:03
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) chief counsel James D Ray has written again to TxDOT detailing how the toll concession bill HB1892 contains provisions that put federal support for Texas highways in jeopardy. The procurement process for a SH121 concession detailed in HB1892 providing NTTA with topping rights "seems to directly contradict" the requirements of US law requiring fair and open competition. 1280 words read more » »
CORRECTION: LBJ holes:
Posted Sat, 2000-09-16 09:30CORRECTION: LBJ holes:
Originally published in issue 51 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Sep 2000.
Page:11
Subjects:cost of tunnel correction
Facilities:LBJ I-635
Agencies:TXDOT
Locations:Dallas TX
Sources:Matt McGregor
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Frank Smith TXDOT to HB
Posted Sun, 2000-03-26 03:43Frank Smith TXDOT to HB
Originally published in issue 47 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 2000.
Page:21
Subjects:job appointment
Agencies:TXDOT
Locations:TX
Sources:Frank Smith
LBJ FWY DALLAS TX:6 HOT, 8 Free lanes plan Pans Out
Posted Fri, 1999-07-02 13:30LBJ FWY DALLAS TX:6 HOT, 8 Free lanes plan Pans Out
Originally published in issue 41 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jul 1999.
Page:1
Subjects:tunnel HOT
Facilities:I-635 LBJ
Agencies:TXDOT
Locations:Dallas TX
FLAWED TEST:High Occupancy Count Technology Still Promising - supplier CRS angry
Posted Sat, 1999-02-13 23:14FLAWED TEST:High Occupancy Count Technology Still Promising - supplier CRS angry
Originally published in issue 36 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Feb 1999.
Page:9
Subjects:occupant counting HOVER HOV enforcement
Facilities:I-35
Agencies:DART Transformation CRS TXDOT
Locations:Dallas TX
Sources:Shawn Turner Sal D’Agostino
SAN ANTONIO TX:Four Pike Projects Mulled
Posted Tue, 1998-12-08 13:00SAN ANTONIO TX:Four Pike Projects Mulled
Originally published in issue 34 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1998.
Page:5
Subjects:4 new pike projects including interchange IC toll express lanes
Facilities:Kelly Parkway TX151 TX16 IC TX1604/US281
Agencies:TXDOT TTAD
Locations:San Antonio TX
Sources:Ericksen
HOT IN TEXAS Dallas Plans 6-HOT lanes in new 14-lane LBJ Fwy
Posted Tue, 1997-06-03 12:27HOT IN TEXAS Dallas Plans 6-HOT lanes in new 14-lane LBJ Fwy
Originally published in issue 16 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jun 1997.
Page:1
Subjects:HOT
Facilities:LBJ I-635
Agencies:TXDOT
Locations:TX
Sources:Matthew MacGregor
HOT IN TEXAS
Dallas Plans 6-HOT lanes in new 14-lane LBJ fwy 1375 words read more »
