/tags/texas-department-of-transportation Texas Department of Transportation en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:25:48 GMT /austin/2025-04-07/texas-department-of-transportation-austin-tx-return-to-office-policy-work-parking-spaces-garage The agency put the brakes on a plan to build a larger parking structure at the campus, which opened in 2022. It cited an abundance of remote workers. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:25:48 GMT /austin/2025-04-07/texas-department-of-transportation-austin-tx-return-to-office-policy-work-parking-spaces-garage Andrew Weber /transportation/2025-02-26/txtag-txdot-texas-department-of-transportation-text-scam-tolls The "smishing" scam says you have an overdue toll bill you need to pay to avoid fines. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:04:37 GMT /transportation/2025-02-26/txtag-txdot-texas-department-of-transportation-text-scam-tolls Katy McAfee /transportation/2024-12-06/txdot-wants-to-keep-approving-its-own-federal-environmental-reviews The deadline for public comments on TxDOT's environmental powers is Monday at 10:59 p.m. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:52:14 GMT /transportation/2024-12-06/txdot-wants-to-keep-approving-its-own-federal-environmental-reviews Nathan Bernier /transportation/2024-10-01/austin-tx-interstate-35-construction-parks-detailed-plans Take a tour of the performance venues, skate parks, splash pads and restaurants planned to be installed on top of TxDOT's widened and lowered freeway. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:11:51 GMT /transportation/2024-10-01/austin-tx-interstate-35-construction-parks-detailed-plans Nathan Bernier /transportation/2024-06-12/austin-texas-txdot-interstate-35-expansion-i35-housing The state says the 1946 building needed asbestos remediation before it could be demolished for the I-35 expansion, but neighbors say the state agency didn't communicate with them. Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:02:00 GMT /transportation/2024-06-12/austin-texas-txdot-interstate-35-expansion-i35-housing Nathan Bernier /transportation/2022-06-20/texas-plans-to-place-charging-stations-for-electric-cars-every-50-miles-on-most-interstates With $408 million in federal funds, the state wants to build enough charging stations to support 1 million electric vehicles. Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:04:03 GMT /transportation/2022-06-20/texas-plans-to-place-charging-stations-for-electric-cars-every-50-miles-on-most-interstates Reese Oxner /transportation/2022-05-31/decades-after-texas-took-part-of-its-historic-farm-a-family-fights-again-to-save-its-land-from-a-highway-expansion Daniel Alexander was enslaved when he founded a farm before the Civil War. 175 years later, his family is fighting to keep it intact as Texas plans to expand U.S. Highway 183. Tue, 31 May 2022 12:56:35 GMT /transportation/2022-05-31/decades-after-texas-took-part-of-its-historic-farm-a-family-fights-again-to-save-its-land-from-a-highway-expansion Timia Cobb /transportation/2021-11-16/2021-is-the-deadliest-year-on-austin-roads At least 106 people have died in traffic crashes this year in Austin, the highest number on record. Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:07:54 GMT /transportation/2021-11-16/2021-is-the-deadliest-year-on-austin-roads Nathan Bernier /2021-08-19/txdots-proposals-for-i-35-would-raze-dozens-of-properties-in-central-austin The transportation department's plans would likely force longtime mainstays like the Austin Chronicle and Star Cafe to leave their current locations. Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:00:00 GMT /2021-08-19/txdots-proposals-for-i-35-would-raze-dozens-of-properties-in-central-austin Nathan Bernier /transportation/2021-08-12/txdot-slams-brakes-on-proposals-to-shrink-i-35-footprint An analysis commissioned by the state's transportation department declared three ideas from Austin-based groups to make the thoroughfare less disruptive at the ground level as either bad for drivers or too expensive. Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:58:01 GMT /transportation/2021-08-12/txdot-slams-brakes-on-proposals-to-shrink-i-35-footprint Nathan Bernier