North Texas is the highest-growth region in the United States. That means more traffic, more roadway congestion, more delays and more air pollution.
To keep our region moving, we need more revenue to fund greater investment in transportation and infrastructure projects. We must invest more in rail transit, roadway rehabilitation and roadway expansion.
Our current metropolitan transportation plan tells us we need to invest $130 billion in transportation projects, operations and maintenance over the next 20 years. Revenue projections indicate we will have $71 billion, leaving us $59 billion short!
Unless we increase our investment in transportation, we'll spend more and more time sitting in traffic, going nowhere, and losing precious time with our loved ones. We'll waste increasingly costly motor fuel and force more emissions into our already polluted air. We will also jeopardize our economy because businesses will choose to expand in or relocate to regions that aren't plagued with traffic gridlock.
The cost of fixing the problem is far less than the economic losses we will suffer if we don't take action NOW.
Our state legislators have authority over most transportation revenues, and they listen to their constituents when making revenue and funding decisions. Join us in telling them that transportation is vital to our quality of life and economy.
The time to act is now! Let's tell our legislators that transportation is a priority, that we must invest more in transportation, and that we are willing to pay a little more for greater mobility in our region!
