"Sunset staff found that this atmosphere of distrust permeated most of TxDOT’s actions and determined that it could not be an effective state transportation agency if trust and confi dence were not restored. Significant changes are needed to begin this restoration; tweaking the status quo is simply not enough.
"This report proposes decisive action to address TxDOT’s problems by establishing what is in effect a four-year “legislative conservatorship” to return control over transportation policy to the Legislature, where it belongs."
Gulf Coast Institute comments
Texas needs a holistic transportation plan pdf
Material from the Texas Sunset Commission Report
Texas Sunset Commission Staff Report pdf
Texas Department of Transportation Self Evaluation Report pdf
How to Participate in the Sunset Process web page
Online Comment Form web page
Written Comments Received Regarding Sunset Report web page with links to pdfs of all comments
Over 130 people sent in comments before the deadline about a month before the July 14th hearing to have their comments published here online and read by the Sunset staff before the hearing. Some of the comments of note are listed below. Interested citizens and groups can still submit their comments as the report moves from Sunset Staff to the Commission to the Legislative Committees and finally to the Texas House and Senate during the legislative session in Spring 2009.
Citizens' Transportation Coalition Comments pdf
Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club and Houston Regional Group of the Sierra Club Comments pdf
Chronicle stories
Upcoming Sunset report cites "distrust and frustration" with TxDOT