Texas Transit Association

… in this city that is highly-dependent on the auto.

Passengers wait in line to board a Houston Metro light rail train in downtown Houston.
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March 19, 2004 San Antonio Business Journal

The Bexar County Commissioners Court has appointed St. Mary’s University President Charles L. Cotrell to serve on the VIA Metropolitan Transit Board of Trustees.

Cotrell’s term on the public transportation board lasts until Dec. 31, 2005. He replaces Thomas Brady, who represented the county on the board for four years until his final term expired at the end of 2003.

Besides has served on several boards and councils, including United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, the Mexican-American Unity Council and the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas Governing Board.

VIA, a publicly funded transit authority, manages the bus system in San Antonio.

The Houston region must increase its highway lane miles by 60 percent and construct a 349-mile rail network by 2025 to keep up with expected population growth, creating an $18 billion shortfall in transportation funding, the Houston-Galveston Area Council says.

Planners working over the past four years have identified the eight-county metropolitan region’s mobility needs for the next two decades, when it is projected to add 3 million residents.
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… in the Austin area. Long sought-after commuter rail between Georgetown and San Marcos might also free up land for more highway lanes on Austin’s MOPAC freeway.
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TxDOT public transportation division as requested urban and rural transit districts to compose vehicle project descriptions that will become part of the anticipated Vehicle Capital Replacement grant agreements.

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