If you’ve been listening to local news today, you may know that Peter Jennings has been in Houston and interviewed Mayor White. ABC News has posted a story about Houston traffic and at the end is a blurb that says, ‘Peter Jennings filed this report for “World News Tonight,”‘ so I am assuming this is what ran tonight.
It’s a short piece that provides a fairly glowing look at Mayor White’s traffic-reducing efforts, including $AFEclear. Sen. Whitmire was quoted for a bit of $AFEclear opposition, but that was quickly brushed aside:
White has considerable public support for most of the other improvements. Houston now does a better job of synchronizing its traffic lights, which improves traffic flow. The hours for loading and unloading trucks in busy traffic areas have been cut back, and road construction crews meet tighter schedules or pay penalties.
Houston’s traffic problem is a challenge without end. White says he is encouraged by the commuters he meets — those whom he says thank him for giving them back some of their life, if just a few minutes each day.
Mayor White will be saving that for a future campaign commercial.
