Transportation

A woman stands in the shade by a powerline pole looking out to the street off to the side on a sunny day.
September 29, 2023

Podcast sheds light on dangerous temperatures at Houston bus stops

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A woman stands in the shade by a powerline pole looking out to the street off to the side on a sunny day.
September 8, 2023

‘It’s like a sweatbox’: Houston bus stops reach dangerous temperatures this summer

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August 29, 2023

Noise concerns amplify as I-35 expansion in Central Austin nears

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August 24, 2023

I-35 expansion through downtown Austin gets final green light

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August 22, 2023

Sharing the road and sharing the cost: Texas EV drivers face a new fee to fund highways

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August 22, 2023

Extreme heat bakes Austin’s streets, making them warp and crack

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August 1, 2023

‘Like Texas’ Appalachian trail’ — Great Springs Project working to connect Austin and San Antonio

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July 18, 2023

Drivers play daily waiting games with trains across Fort Worth. The reasons are long

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July 7, 2023

A Texas program pushes drivers to pay old tickets – and over 600,000 have lost their licenses

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July 4, 2023

Pumped: Food, fuel and the future of Texas

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June 6, 2023

Warmer temperatures make for more unpredictable turbulence

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June 5, 2023

Texas-based American Airlines grounding 150 planes due to pilot shortage

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June 5, 2023

Scooters are back in Dallas after 3 years. What’s changed?

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May 29, 2023

Busy holiday weekend kicks off what’s likely to be a big summer for travel

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May 22, 2023

The Rio Grande Valley has limited regional transportation options. Why is that?

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May 19, 2023

Austin’s Bike to Work Day: Can breakfast tacos convince people to pedal past fear?

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May 2, 2023

American Airlines pilots authorize strike amid contract talks

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April 19, 2023

Southwest Airlines flight pause reminds some of December’s meltdown

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April 17, 2023

Some Dallas City Council members oppose TxDOT plan to trench I-345

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April 12, 2023

Will the proliferation of electric vehicles stress out the Texas power grid?

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April 5, 2023

Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise. Here’s what you can do.

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passenger vehicles share a four lane highway with a semi truck with signs warning it is carrying hazardous materials
April 5, 2023

18-wheelers carrying hazardous materials through DFW could become a ‘giant bomb’

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March 15, 2023

TxDOT’s I-45 expansion project will resume after federal officials resolve civil rights investigation

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March 9, 2023

What’s the key to running a successful gas station? Tyler store owner has a few tips

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March 10, 2023

Why do sidewalks in Austin suddenly end?

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March 9, 2023

When cars run on batteries, not gas, where will we go for a fill-up?

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March 9, 2023

Quiz: The price at the pump

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March 9, 2023

Postcards from Texas gas stations

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March 9, 2023

Tacos and tamales: Austin-based gas station chain sells fresh food with the community in mind

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March 9, 2023

From a 1923 service station to the world’s biggest Buc-ee’s: A brief history of gas stations in Texas

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March 9, 2023

In sprawling Texas, cars are king. How did we get here – and where does public transit fit in?

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March 9, 2023

‘All I want to do is drive’: Meet the truck drivers who keep the supply chain running

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March 9, 2023

Pumped: Food, fuel and the future of Texas

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A woman stands facing the camera and smiling in front of a blank wall. This is Manda Rogers.
February 28, 2023

Houston remains one of the most affordable big cities in the U.S., even if it no longer feels like it

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February 15, 2023

Rail merger could bring more tar sands to Southeast Texas and train traffic to Houston neighborhoods

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February 13, 2023

Southwest Airlines navigates through turbulence from catastrophic holiday season

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February 3, 2023

Texas airlines buffeted by ice storms and financial ones

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January 24, 2023

America’s trucking industry is at a crossroads

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January 12, 2023

Laredo, already the dominant land port between the U.S. and Mexico, could soon play a larger role

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December 22, 2022

The group opposing TxDOT: ‘Widening highways actually makes traffic worse’

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December 6, 2022

Vision Zero and the struggle to bring down traffic fatalities in Texas

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December 5, 2022

Why is it so hard to see lines on Austin roads at night?

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December 2, 2022

Congress passes measure to avoid potential railroad strike

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November 30, 2022

As railroad strike looms, Congress is set to vote to stop workers from walking off the job

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September 19, 2022

Why Elon Musk wants to refine lithium in Texas

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September 19, 2022

Report highlights Texas’ rural transportation challenges

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September 15, 2022

Texas union leaders say tentative rail industry agreement shows strength of banding together

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A train, viewed from the front, at an angle, at night
September 14, 2022

Why railroad workers could walk off the job, and what it would mean for the economy

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September 9, 2022

Tarrant County College offers pilot pipeline, but requires long runway to fill industry shortages

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September 2, 2022

State’s 10-year transportation plan advances, including controversial I-45 expansion in Houston

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August 25, 2022

Traffic fatalities in Texas are at record levels – why?

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July 28, 2022

As billions pour into Texas highways, activists want to know the real environmental impact

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a medium shot of a large car with a soft top
July 19, 2022

What high car repo rates mean for the economy

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July 13, 2022

TxDOT reveals $85 billion state highway expansion and transportation plan

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July 12, 2022

How much should it cost to ride Austin’s light rail?

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July 6, 2022

Uncertain future for Dallas-to-Houston bullet train, even with eminent domain go-ahead

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July 3, 2022

Summer travel outlook: Don’t expect gas prices to lower significantly

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June 6, 2022

Employable people not filling open jobs, discovered at an aviation contest in North Texas

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May 26, 2022

Why air travel is such a pain right now

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May 4, 2022

More lanes might not fix Texas highway traffic. So what are the alternatives?

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a closeup of train tracks
May 2, 2022

Mexican officials say they’ll reroute a proposed train line out of Texas

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May 3, 2022

Dirty Martin’s is among a cluster of businesses slated to be forced out by Austin’s light-rail line

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a line of cars moving under a highway underpass in heavy traffic
April 28, 2022

Roadside messages to encourage safe driving may have opposite effect, study shows

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April 25, 2022

Governors of Mexican border states work to strengthen ties with Gov. Abbott to prevent another costly slowdown of commercial truck traffic

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April 20, 2022

Texas travelers greet end of masking requirements with a mix of optimism and apprehension  

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view through a fence at a line of trucks headed toward the port of entry checkpoint
April 12, 2022

Truckers block border traffic to protest costly new inspections

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the frame and tires of a Tesla
April 7, 2022

Get the most from your electric car’s battery

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April 5, 2022

Don’t expect traffic problems around Circuit of the Americas to be fixed anytime soon

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lines of people snake around the sidewalk outside the airport terminal on a dark Monday morning. some are masked, some toting luggage, most checking cell phones.
March 31, 2022

Abandoned rental cars and TSA lines out the door. What’s going on at Austin’s airport?

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a laminated photo of a young man in a blue graduation cap and gown is secured to a telephone poll next to some red and white flowers as a semi truck passes on the road behind the pole
March 22, 2022

Texas just saw its second-deadliest year on record for road fatalities. Here’s why.

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March 21, 2022

Pilot shortage hammers service to smaller airports, too

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a 5 story apartment building, mostly rectangular with different facades throughout including brick, and brown and white stucco and a circle with an A inside in rainbow pattern and the words aria grand below
March 16, 2022

I-35 expansion could destroy a 70-unit affordable housing complex. TxDOT didn’t notice at first.

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inside a Tesla, the image shows the driver control screen, which says "Boring" and a view through the windshiled.
February 22, 2022

Elon Musk’s latest Texas venture: Boring tunnels

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a white frontier airlines plane with sivler writing that says frontier on the plane, and a yellow spirit airlines plane in yellow with the word spirit in black on the plane
February 9, 2022

How the Frontier-Spirit Airlines merger could affect Texas travelers

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an austin police officer standing next to his patrol vehicle
January 26, 2022

Former San Antonio police officer wants to ‘save lives’ with ticket-texting program

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January 13, 2022

Airport plan to store jet fuel within 500 feet of homes faces pushback

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looking down a row of cars in a parking garage in Austin
January 11, 2022

Sticker shock: a used car could set you back $29,000. If you can find one.

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closeup view of the outside of an American Airlines plane
December 29, 2021

COVID continues to make air travel unpredictable, but carriers are in better shape than they were last year

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overhead view of lines of cars on a road at night
December 17, 2021

How the Texas DMV plans to stop a flood of fraudulent paper plates

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December 14, 2021

UT research makes advances on an alternative to lithium ion batteries

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November 30, 2021

Why you may be seeing more electric vehicle charging stations soon

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November 22, 2021

What’s behind the rise in ‘air rage’?

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November 15, 2021

Texas will receive $35 billion in federal infrastructure funds. How much will go to Houston remains uncertain

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November 5, 2021

With long delays in California, Texas ports may be more attractive for cargo ships

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October 25, 2021

Upgrades to Amtrak’s Texas routes may be arriving soon

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The navigation screen in a Tesla
October 14, 2021

Why your credit card bill may someday include subscription fees – for your car

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October 14, 2021

New study looks at how to make electric vehicles more accessible in Houston

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October 12, 2021

Southwest Airlines, pilots’ union say vaccine mandate had nothing to do with canceled flights

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three JetBlue planes, painted with different paterns, lined up at an airport
September 23, 2021

Why The Department Of Justice Wants To Block American Airlines’ Deal With JetBlue

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August 13, 2021

EV Truck Manufacturer Rivian Eyeing Expansion In Fort Worth

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a long line of people, shown from the back, waiting with luggage and carry-on bags
August 5, 2021

Why Does It Take Longer To Fly Out Of Austin’s Airport Now Than Before The Pandemic?

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July 19, 2021

Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Launch From West Texas Puts Tiny Town Van Horn In Spotlight

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July 16, 2021

What If Texas Ended Its Reliance On Highways … And Even Tore Them Down?

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July 9, 2021

How Austin’s Multibillion-Dollar Transit Expansion Hinges On Federal Racial Equity Standards

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June 24, 2021

Robots Have Arrived In Austin, And They’re Delivering Pizza

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cars in highway traffic at sunset
May 28, 2021

Typewriter Rodeo: Traffic – The Return!

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A Ford F-150 Lightning truck driving on a road.
May 26, 2021

Ford’s F-150 Lightning Grabs Attention In The Race To Bring More Electric Vehicles To Market

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the front end of an elecritc car, with a cord coming out of it
May 24, 2021

Should Electric Car Owners Pay A Fee To Use Texas Roads?

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April 8, 2021

With The Presidio Port Now Open To Transmigrante Traffic, Some Hope It Will Boost Presidio Economy

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April 8, 2021

Feds Put Houston’s I-45 Expansion Project On Hold

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