About the Committee

The 2030 Committee is coordinating a comprehensive update of Texas transportation needs through the year 2030. The 12-member committee, which is comprised of experts in business and transportation, is charged with presenting an estimate of the state's transportation needs in the context of today's economic reality.

The Committee's draft report is posted on this website for public review and comment through January 31, 2009. The Committee also has held a series of six public hearings across the state to accept public input. Following final report revisions based on the public comment period, the Texas Transportation Commission will vote on accepting the Committee's report at its February 2009 meeting.

Although the Committee is not attempting to calculate available funding or identify funding solutions, it is working to quantify and describe the need for infrastructure investment over the next 22 years.

Deirdre Delisi, Chair of the Texas Transportation Commission, formed the committee which held its first organizational meeting in Austin on June 24. "In recent years I have seen a sharp rise in the discussion about the transportation challenges we face in Texas," said Delisi. "From the everyday commuter to large shippers, most everyone seems to understand that something needs to be done. However, before we solve the problem we need to define the problem so we can properly align our limited resources."

The 2030 Committee is working with professionals from the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University; the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio.