“There’s only so much we can accomplish in our own home without advocating at a state level.”

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“Stop TxDOT I-45 set a goal as an organization early on to try and take this to the State level, because our mission is to create a more equitable transportation in the state, and also because we are so limited.”

“Houston and Harris County will try to do all sorts of things, like hold people accountable to air quality standards, and the State will block it at every turn. The County may want to make a place walkable and the State will block that. There’s only so much we can accomplish in our own home without advocating at a state level.”

“We are counting on federal government to put action behind their words.”

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“People who paid their home off and want to pass generational wealth to their daughter won’t be able to do that.” “State DOTs are set up so powerfully are almost extra political so we are counting on federal government to put action behind their words.”