Call it a mid-sized cities “throwdown.” The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) this week announced its $40 million Smart City Challenge, a competition targeting mid-size American cities. The objective is to increase the use of technology to improve the way transportation systems move people and products. Rather than have federal transportation experts try to determine […]
The doors of the new Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin haven’t opened yet, but officials already are working toward making the medical school a national leader in health care innovation. Medical school Founding Dean Clay Johnston, M.D., has his sights set on reinventing the Austin school and setting what could […]
New P3 trend involves restaurants, food service vendors, universities, school districts Sweeping national trends rarely originate in public school cafeterias or college dining halls. But, at least one did! On campuses nationwide, student lunches in noisy dining areas are becoming a thing of the past. Food trucks are now the new rage. Campuses that offer […]
It’s no secret that toll roads are unpopular with many Texans. Citizens and organized groups have been very vocal about their feelings. Texas legislators obviously heard them and responded. As a result, the state appropriated money for transportation projects but limited new funding to road projects without toll lanes. That does not mean, however, that […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is taking a new approach on how it will deliver projects throughout the state for roads and bridges, rail, aviation, ports and other means of transportation. The state’s transportation agency is seeking unsolicited proposals from the private sector for innovative ways to address transportation needs on PennDOT-owned projects and […]
Every day in America, 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 years old. That’s a staggering fact! And, it has ushered in a huge new housing market that gets stronger each day. Housing experts say the senior housing market is exploding and the trend will continue for decades. The situation has government officials taking a long, hard […]
The outcome of a Texas Attorney General’s opinion sought by the Brazos County Attorney’s office could have a significant impact on some public-private partnerships in Texas. Brazos County Attorney Rodney Anderson has asked for a legal opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as to whether a private development built on university-owned land is subject […]