See For Yourself

Hold public official accountable

• See who voted to toll you

General

• ITE Presentation on Need to reduce dependence on foreign oil - develop alternative fuels (PDF - 1 MB)
• TxDOT tries to block citizens from even discussing public info; tries to force Terri Hall to sign a non-disclosure to get access to TxDOT studies! (PDF)
• 2004 Original Plan for Hwy 281
• San Antonio Auto Dealers meeting
  • Toll Party plan vs. TxDOT plan Handout (PDF)
  • Do We Really Need Toll Roads in San Antonio? Presentation (PDF)
  • Toll Roads: Can You Trust 'Em? Presentation (PDF)
• Comptroller's Investigation of Regional Mobility Authorities (RMAs - the new tolling authorities). Also available in PDF format (3 MB)
• The inefficiency of creating jobs through road construction
• Texas is now a net importer of energy
• Motor vehicle fatality rates by city showing that San Antonio is above the average of the 50 largest cities (PDF)
• San Antonio ranks fifth among larger cities in the U.S. for lane miles of highway per capita
• San Antonians have to drive more than residents in most large cities
• Feds agree: 281 is "existing road" (PDF)
• RMA's Push Poll (PDF)
• TxDOT's Plan to Limit Free Lanes (PDF)

How high gas prices effect toll roads

• Driven to spend: Pumping Dollars out of Our Households and Communities (PDF)

Better Planning = Less Driving

• How increasing roadway capacity can increase traffic:
  • Generated Traffic and Induced Travel (PDF)
  • Accounting For Induced Travel In Evaluation Of Urban Highway Expansion
  • Comparative Evaluations on the Elasticity of Travel Demand (PDF)
  • Analysis of Metropolitan Highway Capacity and the Growth in Vehicle Miles of Travel (PDF)
• Factors impacting vehicle miles of travel (PDF)
• Transportation problems in dealing with the possibility of peak oil (PDF)
• Highway needs studies are just wish lists (PDF)

Financial

• Fitch Ratings Report on Toll Privatization: admits tolls are a DOUBLE TAX (see page 9) (PDF)
• Gas Tax Diversions (PDF)
• The diminishing economic return from highway spending:
  • Highways and Economic Productivity: Interpreting Recent Evidence (PDF)
  • Highway Capital and Productivity Growth (PDF)
• Metropolitan area losses in the federal highway trust fund
• Estimated amount of money spent on Middle Eastern oil to power San Antonio's transportation system
• Proof: gas taxes earmarked for toll projects
• San Antonio has a relatively low per capita income
• Forbes magazine lists San Antonio in the top ten gas crisis cities
• TxDOT's Toll Road "poster-child" Purchased Back From Private Company
• TxDOT Exposed (PDF)
• Follow the Money (PDF)

Lawsuits

• MPO Lawsuit (PDF)
• 281 Lawsuit (PDF)