/tags/toll-roads Toll Roads en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:04:37 GMT /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/2019-06-27/skipping-out-on-tolls-the-central-texas-regional-mobility-authority-knows-who-you-are The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority already knows a lot about who isn't paying tolls on its roadways and will soon deploy more tools and� Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:15:13 GMT /transportation/2019-06-27/skipping-out-on-tolls-the-central-texas-regional-mobility-authority-knows-who-you-are Samuel King /transportation/2019-01-10/why-is-mopac-traffic-so-much-worse-southbound-in-the-afternoon-than-northbound-in-the-morning Every weekday, hundreds of thousands of commuters flood Austin-area roads and highways with more traffic than they’re designed to handle. Some commutes� Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:01:00 GMT /transportation/2019-01-10/why-is-mopac-traffic-so-much-worse-southbound-in-the-afternoon-than-northbound-in-the-morning Joseph Leahy /texas/2017-11-20/if-not-tolls-or-taxes-what-then-texans-grapple-with-funding-highways From Texas Standard:In an attempt to manage the growing congestion on Texas highways, and corresponding rates of frustration for drivers, the Texas� Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:30:16 GMT /texas/2017-11-20/if-not-tolls-or-taxes-what-then-texans-grapple-with-funding-highways Jill Ament /texas/2016-04-04/this-lawmaker-says-its-time-to-tap-the-brakes-on-toll-road-projects From Texas Standard:There's something about toll roads that just isn't very fun. It's probably that part where you have to pay to drive on them. Of� Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:30:00 GMT /texas/2016-04-04/this-lawmaker-says-its-time-to-tap-the-brakes-on-toll-road-projects Laura Rice /transportation/2013-12-30/highways-are-talking-point-as-candidates-take-to-road In a speech last month kicking off her campaign to be Texas' first Democratic lieutenant governor in 15 years, state Sen.Leticia Van de Putte of San� Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:05:53 GMT /transportation/2013-12-30/highways-are-talking-point-as-candidates-take-to-road Aman Batheja, Texas Tribune /transportation/2013-10-17/txdot-pressuring-toll-offenders-pay-up-or-be-named-update Update: Central Texas residents owe the state more than $27 million in unpaid tolls, and Texas is trying out a new method to collect the dough.On� Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:19:07 GMT /transportation/2013-10-17/txdot-pressuring-toll-offenders-pay-up-or-be-named-update Ryan Groves, Mark Gwin, Jody Serrano /transportation/2013-05-20/work-begins-on-mopac-toll-lane-expansion Overnight lane closures on MoPac between Lady Bird Lake and Parmer Lane have begun. They'll last from now until the end of July as roadway designers begin� Mon, 20 May 2013 23:15:09 GMT /transportation/2013-05-20/work-begins-on-mopac-toll-lane-expansion Austin Feldman /transportation/2013-02-28/express-toll-lanes-coming-to-state-highway-71 Change is on the way for a stretch of State Highway 71 in Southeast Austin.The Texas Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans to build� Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:27:55 GMT /transportation/2013-02-28/express-toll-lanes-coming-to-state-highway-71 Trey Shaar /transportation/2012-11-12/after-weeks-of-free-rides-texas-85-mph-tollway-now-charging It's been almost three weeks since the new stretch of State Highway 130 opened on Oct. 24. Now the temporary freeway is officially a tollway. And that's� Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:19:06 GMT /transportation/2012-11-12/after-weeks-of-free-rides-texas-85-mph-tollway-now-charging Tyler Pratt