TRAFFIC

Supporters push U.S. Senate bill requiring seat belts on charter buses
The bill’s sponsors, Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, may be running out of time to get a vote on the bill before Congress adjourns at the end of the month.

City Hall blog: Pondering the financial picture for toll roads in North Texas
This morning's story about the NTTA carries some criticism of the way the agency does business, and offers some sobering views about how the credit market and other problems on Wall Street could affect NTTA's ability to build all the roads it has promised to build.

Credit crunch puts State Highway 161 toll road in jeopardy
North Texas Tollway Authority again delays decision on whether to build project as nation's financial uncertainities compromise its future. The pause gives NTTA another month to seek hundreds of millions of dollars in loans on the terms it needs, which include deferred payments until after construction is complete.

I-35E entrance ramps to close for construction tonight
The northbound I-35E ramp to the Dallas North Tollway and the northbound Wycliff Avenue ramp will both be closed from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Thursday to allow for continued renovation at the southern section of the Tollway.

DART to hold meetings on Green Line construction
Dallas Area Rapid Transit has scheduled three community meetings for Sept. 22-24 to provide updates on the agency's Green Line construction work.