Houston Media Advisory

NEW REPORT FINDS TEXANS SAVE $18.1 BILLION PER YEAR DUE TO INCREASED TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT – NEARLY $2,300 PER HOUSEHOLD IN HOUSTON

Local speakers join national research group for virtual news conference to release report examining the benefits of increased transportation funding in Texas.

WHEN:

Thursday, December 4 at 10:00 a.m. CST
Virtual news conference – Click Here for Zoom Web Conference
Or iPhone one-tap: US: +13017158592,,86730753414#,,,,*966919#
Or Telephone: +1 301 715 8592
Report available on TRIP website at 10:00 a.m. CST.

WHAT:

Texas voters approved Proposition 1 in 2014 and Proposition 7 in 2015, generating nearly $40 billion in additional revenue to Texas’ State Highway Fund and leading to safer, smoother, more efficient travel across the state. A new report by TRIP examines the impact of additional transportation funding and finds that improvements funded by Propositions 1 and 7 have saved Texans a total of $18.1 billion per year – $2,301 per Austin household – and saved 3,565 lives because of traffic safety improvements. TRIP is a national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, DC.

Local speakers will join TRIP at a virtual news conference on Thursday to highlight the findings of the report, entitled Saving Texans’ Lives, Time and Money: The Impact of Increased Transportation Funding in Providing Texas with a Smoother, Safer, More Reliable Transportation System. In addition to statewide data, the report includes pavement condition data, congestion levels and cost savings breakdowns for households in the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio urban areas.

WHO:

Victor Boyer, President & CEO
San Antonio Mobility Coalition

Councilmember Nancy Cline, Carrollton City Council
Chair, Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition

Rocky Moretti, Director of Policy & Research
TRIP

CONTACT:

Rocky Moretti – TRIP | 202.262.0714 (cell)

Carolyn Bonifas Kelly – TRIP | 703.801.9212 (cell)