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ON THE ROAD TO
ZERO
DEATHS
An average of 10 people die each day on Texas roads.
This unacceptable statistic is at the heart
of TxDOT’s goal toward zero deaths by 2050.
VOLUME 43 | ISSUE 4 | JULY/AUGUST 2019
STILL A DONOR
AFTER ALL
THESE YEARS
JAMES BASS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Texas has made a name for itself in our nation’s capital, and not necessarily in a way
that we like. Among every state that contributes to the Federal Highway Trust Fund,
Texas has the unfortunate distinction of being the last “donor” state, sending more of its federal
fuels tax dollars to Washington than it gets back in return.
The trust fund collects revenues from states, mostly in the form of our federal taxes on gasoline
and diesel fuel. Those collections finance projects across the country, and in return, states
get some of those dollars back to plan for th
ON THE ROAD TO ZERO DEATHS An average of 10 peop
STILL A DONOR AFTER ALL THESE YEARS JAMES BASS EX
10 ON THE COVER The tragic truth is that since No
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TxDOT Houston District Wins ITS Texas Awards L
TxDOT TALK AROUND THE STATE From the Panhandle to
Molinar with Odessa District named RAMP Coordinat
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Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is big business ED
COVER STORY ROAD TO ZERO NO DEATHS ARE ACCEPTAB
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At first, employees in the San Angelo District
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EMPLOYEE Cindy Jeanes Material/Process Inspector,
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