• Monday: Senate Finance Committee (Archive Video, see TxDOT at 3 hours and 8 minutes)
• Tuesday: House Appropriations Committee (Archive Video, see TxDOT at 12 minutes)
• Wednesday: Senate Transportation & Homeland Security Committee (Archive Video, see TxDOT at 55 minutes) 
• The Senate Transportation Committee will begin meeting regularly on Wednesday mornings at 8:00 a.m. in Capitol Extension hearing room E1.016.

Texas Local Option Transportation Act
SB 855 (Sen. Carona) and HB 9 (Rep. Truitt)

Dallas-Area Lawmakers Endorse Tax Options to Fund Suburban Rail - Dallas Morning News (2/16/09)
Bill Would Allow New Taxes and Fees for Transportation - Fort Worth Star-Telegram (2/16/09)
Bill Would Let Urban Voters Raise Gas Taxes... - Austin American-Statesman (2/17/09)
Additional information on Rail North Texas (c/o North Central Texas Council of Governments)

Texas Economists, Businesses See No Quick Job Expansion, Except in Highway Construction - Dallas Morning News (2/18/09)
Central Texas Transportation Piece of Stimulus Pie Hard to Slice - Austin American-Statesman (2/17/09)
Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Be Cautious with Federal Stimulus - Associated Press (2/17/09)

Sen. Jeff Wentworth: Motor Fuels Tax Should Go To Highways Only - San Antonio Express-News (2/19/09)
Gas Tax Indexing Gets Green Light - Texas Monthly Burka Blog (2/17/09)

House Transportation Cmte Chair Joe Pickett

New House Transportation Chief Seeks 'Best Thing for Texas' - El Paso Times (2/15/09)

"Texas exports increased 14 percent over 2007, totaling $192.14 billion in 2008. That is almost $24 billion more than in 2007." (And over $43 million more than the next highest state - California - in 2007!)