Texas is abdicating safety to private toll road operators
Texas is abdicating safety to private toll road operators
A lengthy investigation of the deadly pile-up on the North Tarrant Express toll road in Fort Worth three years ago shows Texas transportation officials were...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21403581
Reporter Yamil Berard scoured through thousands of pages of court records, documents from the National Transportation Safety Board, and videos of that tragic day in February 2021 when 130 cars, trucks and semis piled up along a stretch of the North Tarrant Express. Early morning commuters, unaware of the black ice beneath them, crashed one after another along two lanes bound by concrete barriers on both sides. The horrific scene spanned the length of three football fields.
Can we just end toll roads! Two years ago the legislature argued against capping rate hikes on property tax with the argument that it would unfairly benefit the rich (like they really give a shit). That sounds exactly like what a toll road does. Why doesn't that same argument apply to our roadways?