Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) welcomes new board members Ray Jackson, Jon-Bertrell Killen, Dominique Torres and Catherine Cuellar. Jackson, Killen and Torres are City of Dallas representatives while Cuellar represents Dallas and the City of Cockrell Hill. Ray Jackson is Managing Partner of the Jackson Law Firm. He was named one of America's Premier Lawyers and one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine and Eclipse Magazine. Jackson received his Bachelor of Arts in

Words cannot describe the catastrophic situation unfolding in Houston and Southeast Texas. As daylight dawned this morning, the scope of the devastation began to come into clearer focus, and it will probably take months, if not years, to fully recover from damage of this magnitude. The total rainfall from the storm is likely to tally up to a widespread 15 to 30 inches, with a few localized spots picking up 50 inches or more. Many textbooks have the 60-inch mark as a once-in-a

President Trump predicted Monday that Texas will receive swift emergency funding from Congress to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. “I think you’re going to see very rapid action from Congress, certainly from the president,” Trump told reporters at a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö. “You’re going to get your funding. It’s a terrible tragedy.” Trump added that he expects to see an emergency spending request on his desk “fairly soon,” and b

President Trump signed an executive order that aims to further streamline and shorten the environmental review process for major infrastructure projects, with a "goal of completing all federal environmental reviews and authorization decisions" within two years. "My administration is working every day to deliver the world-class infrastructure that our people deserve, and that frankly our country deserves," he said. "That's why I just signed a new executive order to dramaticall

President Trump will not move forward with plans to form a 15-member Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure, various news agencies reported, citing comments by a White House official. Among those reporting the news was the Wall Street Journal. "The President's Advisory Council on Infrastructure, which was still being formed, will not move forward," a White House official said Aug. 17, the Journal reported. Trump had announced in a July 19 executive order that he woul

Americans who travel abroad sometimes wonder why many of our airports are lacking in comparison to the best international airports. Or they want to know why other nations seem to do a better job with public transportation and the management of other public assets, from ports to parks. The answers we are tempted to give are that we do not invest as heavily in public infrastructure as many other nations and that a market-oriented American ethos with an entrepreneurial culture p

North Texas is booming — something that's unlikely to change anytime soon. And it's why local leaders say we must start addressing the transportation needs of the future. But they insist the solution isn't more highways. "We can't keep building highways," said Grapevine Mayor William D Tate. "They're too expensive. It costs millions of dollars to build an overpass. And [to acquire] the right of way, you keep having to tear down businesses." So what is the answer? That's what