travis county commissioners court primary election
Candidates’ views on regional transportation
February/March 2026
In February and March 2026, voters will elect Travis County Commissioners in Precincts 2 and 4. The Travis County Commissioners Court is a critical voice in influencing transportation in Central Texas.
Below are excepts from candidates’ responses to our transportation questionnaire.
See here for candidates’ full answers.
Early voting runs February 17-27th. Election Day is March 3rd.
See here for full voting information.
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Travis county commissioners court — Precinct 2
Amanda Marzullo
Questionnaire response summary (view full answers)
1. Roadway expansions & transportation investments
“I do not support roadway expansions... Travis County should prioritize investments that reduce the need to drive in the first place and give residents real, reliable alternatives to personal automobiles.”
2. Regional rail
“Regional rail is essential for Central Texas. …[R]ail is one of the only scalable ways to move large numbers of people while reducing emissions and connecting major job centers.”
3. How CAMPO can do better
“I would support recalibrating CAMPO’s composition to ensure fair and proportional representation for residents of both large and small cities.”
4. How CTRMA should spend its toll revenues
“CTRMA should redirect a significant portion of its tolling revenues away from highway expansion and toward public transportation and other multimodal investments.”
Brigid Shea
Questionnaire response summary (view full answers)
1. Roadway expansions & transportation investments
“Roadway expansions that focus primarily on increasing vehicle capacity have not delivered lasting congestion relief in Central Texas... Future transportation bonds should increase the share of funding dedicated to public transit and active transportation.”
2. Regional rail
“Regional passenger rail is essential to Central Texas’s long-term future. The Austin–San Antonio corridor is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country and relying solely on highways to serve that growth is neither environmentally nor economically sustainable.”
3. How CAMPO can do better
“During my time on [CAMPO’s] Transportation Policy Board, I have consistently pushed back against car-centric planning and supported greater investment in transit, safety, and transportation demand management.”
4. How CTRMA should spend its toll revenues
“Dedicating a meaningful portion of toll revenues to transit capital projects, park-and-ride facilities, trail networks, and first- and last-mile connections would significantly improve mobility while reducing congestion and emissions.”
Reese Armstrong
1. Roadway expansions & transportation investments
“Roadway expansions are almost always unnecessary, and we should always be prioritizing public and active transportation with our bond dollars.”
2. Regional rail
“[W]e need an interconnected regional rail system in order to reduce car dependence and encourage building communities that prioritize public mobility.”
3. How CAMPO can do better
“I believe that we must organize and pressure alongside working class communities to make sure that our federal dollars are spent on public transportation improvements instead of highway expansions.”
4. How CTRMA should spend its toll revenues
“CTRMA should be spending on public transportation systems both in the urban cores and regional connections throughout the Central Texas area.”
Rick Astray-Caneda III
Questionnaire response summary (view full answers)
1. Roadway expansions & transportation investments
“We need to be pushing for public transportation and biking options over roadways as we allocate resources, but, we also have to recognize that roads are still going to be an important factor in our growing county.”
2. Regional rail
“If we build regional rail it needs to have the right connections, and the right routes. [However,] a rail project that does not include the growing areas along I-35, and terminates at the airport where there is limited public transit access to the city, is setting us up for failure.”
3. How CAMPO can do better
“Our Travis County Commissioners on CAMPO, and all CAMPO members, should be deeply focused on reducing the personal vehicle miles people accrue getting to work and school.”
4. How CTRMA should spend its toll revenues
“CTRMA should be largely using tolling dollars for maintenance of roads, not growth, and instead funding transit that replaces the need for roads.”
Travis county commissioners court — Precinct 4
George Morales III
Questionnaire response summary (view full answers)
1. Roadway expansions & transportation investments
“Roadway expansion may not be necessary everywhere, but in some of our fastest-growing areas, it is essential. At the same time, that cannot come at the expense of developing strong alternative transportation options.”
2. Regional rail
“I am a supporter of project connect, but when we talk about equity, we must acknowledge that Precinct 4 has been left behind when it comes to access to rail.”
3. How CAMPO can do better
“I think the work CAMPO is currently doing is great, but there is always more to be done… [CAMPO reps] need to make sure they are providing the services our communities need, especially in our most underserved communities, like Precinct 4.”
4. How CTRMA should spend its toll revenues
“Toll revenues should be used to build equitable infrastructure across Travis County. Every community deserves safe, accessible, and well-maintained transportation options.”
Susanna Ledesma Woody
Questionnaire response summary (view full answers)
1. Roadway expansions & transportation investments
“The county should prioritize public transit...invest meaningfully in active transportation...focus roadway funding on safety, maintenance, drainage... rather than large-scale capacity expansions that increase driving."
2. Regional rail
“Regional rail has the potential to be an important part of Central Texas’s long-term transportation system, but it must be planned intentionally and integrated with local transit, land use, and first- and last-mile connections”
3. How CAMPO can do better
“On the CAMPO board, Travis County Commissioners should push for funding decisions that prioritize safety, maintenance, public transit, and east–west connectivity, particularly in fast-growing and under-served areas.”
4. How CTRMA should spend its toll revenues
“While highway projects have dominated CTRMA’s investments to date, moving forward I believe toll revenues should be used more strategically to support a balanced, multimodal transportation system.”
Other Precinct 4 candidates
These candidates are yet to respond to our questionnaire.
Gavino Fernandez Jr
Ofelia Maldonado Zapata
