Distracted driving is a growing epidemic and it costs the lives of may each year. Starting today, and this is no joke, the Texas Department of Transportation kicks off the Talk, Text, Crash campaign. They will be focusing this month on educating drivers about the safety of driving and the dangers of texting while driving.
Let's face it Spring Break is an awesome time. It's a time to have fun, get out of town, have parties. This is a great time for students as well as adults however, if you are planning to party and that partying involved drinking the Texas Department of Transportation wants to remind you to make sure you have a designated driver.
Public transportation is the main source of transportation for some people in Amarillo. A lot of people depend on public transportation to get them from one place to another, especially if they don't have a vehicle available to them. The Texas Department of Transportation is holding a meeting to discuss public transportation in Amarillo.
TxDot is hitting the highways this afternoon with their snowplows to get all the remaining snow off the medians on highways I-40 & I-27, commuters should expect delays early this afternoon from about 1:30pm till about 3:30-4:00pm!
Have you noticed the massive amount of road construction going on in Amarillo? From Hillside to 34th, there's literally about a dozen road construction projects going on right now. One of the biggest complaints, is the bridge work going on!