November 8, 2017

Traffic Congestion Meets Highway Expansion

Or: The Texas Two-Step. Our past two entries focused on the pitfalls of potholes, followed by the need for constant highway maintenance across the country. This week, we land much, much closer to (our) home. As we’ve proudly noted in […]
November 1, 2017

Maintaining United States Roadways

Funding the Highway Trust Fund.  Following our entry last week on the pitfalls of potholes, we expand the issue this week to highway construction and maintenance in general. Simply put: our nation’s roads provide a lifeline for passenger and commercial […]
September 19, 2017

One-Way Challenges

The Ripple Effect of Rebuilding. In the rental car and airline industries, one-way destinations are almost always proportionally more expensive than round-trips. Examples: A rental car for four days, with pickup from and return to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, totals […]
August 29, 2017

Helping After Hurricane Harvey

It’s All About Coordination. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, we’re now seeing unprecedented rain and flooding in southeast Texas. For the people affected—their homes, businesses, schools, and lives—our thoughts go out to them, and we wish them all the […]
August 22, 2017

The Path of Totally Smooth Driving

Easing Traffic Congestion. Damn this traffic jam, how I hate to be late, it hurts my motor to go so slow.  — James Taylor Millions of people experienced Monday’s total solar eclipse, a 70-mile-wide belt from Oregon to South Carolina. […]