And yet I-35 through downtown Austin was approved. Houston continued to widen their highways despite no one wanting it. And Amtrak still sucks. Trains derailing every day. I was not impressed by his tenure. Seemed very “business as usual”. Just one more lane bro!
i have a friend who worked in DOT, she says he was on site often and sending emails weekly
And yet I-35 through downtown Austin was approved. Houston continued to widen their highways despite no one wanting it. And Amtrak still sucks. Trains derailing every day. I was not impressed by his tenure. Seemed very “business as usual”. Just one more lane bro!
https://apnews.com/article/houston-highway-project-investigation-settled-2a4bd0deb0880aa39847ebb5bb64e15d
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/controversial-97b-i-45-expansion-houston-to-resume/646167/
https://www.kxan.com/traffic/traffic-projects/i-35-expansion-project/new-austins-i-35-expansion-receives-federal-approval/
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/09/1161921856/there-are-about-3-u-s-train-derailments-per-day-they-arent-usually-major-disaste
Exactly what you’d expect from a McKinsey consultant.
Dude is corporate, centrist, status quo as they come.