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VOLUME 42 | ISSUE 2 | MARCH/APRIL 2017
JAMES BASS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
This past February, TxDOT hosted
its 12th Transportation Forum. Besides
providing an avenue for us to celebrate
our 100th year of service, the two-day
event also allowed transportation
professionals to discuss the state
of transportation, and how to take
“out of the box” ideas and turn them
into reality.
This year, we invited Thomas Frey,
senior futurist at the DaVinci Institute,
to
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