Texas Highways

The transportation department's plans would likely force longtime mainstays like the Austin Chronicle and Star Cafe to leave their current locations.

An analysis commissioned by the state's transportation department declared three ideas from Austin-based groups to make the thoroughfare less disruptive at the ground level as either bad for drivers or too expensive.

From Texas Standard:On average, 1,000 people move to Texas each day. And traditionally, that means more roads and more lanes to accommodate new drivers.…

Farm-to-market and ranch-to-market roads have helped rural Texans get around since the 1940s. But what happens when these roads become completely…

The biggest roundabout in Austin will open at the intersection of the southbound frontage of I-35 and 51st Street on Sunday. But first TxDOT will have to…

From Texas Standard:Here's the situation: you're driving down the freeway and miss your exit. But no need to stress – just take the next exit and pull a…

From Texas Standard:Willie Nelson may have sung it best :I saw miles and miles of Texas, all the stars up in the skyI saw miles and miles of Texas, gonna…

The federal highway trust fund will run short of money starting this week unless Congress acts. But the Senate's bill differs significantly from what the House passed last week.

In a speech last month kicking off her campaign to be Texas' first Democratic lieutenant governor in 15 years, state Sen.Leticia Van de Putte of San…

Travis County Commissioners have approved a resolution by a vote of 4-to-0 supporting the construction of State Highway 45 Southwest. Commissioner Gerald…