Regional Coordination

 Improving the quality of life in East Texas through transportation choices. 
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Grassroots Planning for East Texas Transportation Services

The EasTexConnects Committee is comprised of elected officials or their appointees, citizens, and representatives of social service agencies, local transportation providers, and businesses. The committee's purpose is to improve the quality of life in East Texas through transportation choices. 

Our Mission

The mission is to create and connect a comprehensive, flexible, and sustainable public transportation system throughout and beyond the 14 counties of State Planning Region 6. The committee has officially adopted six priorities to fulfill the mission:
  1. People first, barrier free
  2. Multi-modal interconnectivity across the region
  3. Aggressive outreach and education to a broad base
  4. Increased and flexible funding
  5. Increased and expanded services
  6. Emergency planning and homeland security

Meetings

EasTexConnects meets quarterly on the third Wednesday of January, April, July & October at 1:30 PM at ETCOG. See below for membership and meeting information.




Questions?

Contact Christy Fowler, our Transporation Program Specialist and Liaison for EasTexConnects.

Resources

Open Meetings

All meetings are held at the East Texas Council of Governments located at 3800 Stone Road, Kilgore, Texas 75662, at 1:30 PM unless otherwise noted. 


FY 2025

EasTexConnects Bylaws

EasTexConnects has been established to ensure that the benefits of the State's public transportation resources are maximized through coordination of services within and beyond the Texas State Planning Region 6, that consists of Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties and is the standing committee designated to oversee regionally coordinated transportation planning activities.


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Steering Committee Members

We have a membership made up of representatives of area transportation agencies and municipalities. 


Gary Allen, ETCOG

Christina Anderson, NARRP & ETCC

Ida Beck, Panola County

Maggie Benge, Cherokee County

David Cleveland, ETCOG

Robert Gil, Tyler Transit

Judge Joel Hale, Rusk County

Nancy Hoehn, TxDOT

Michael Howell, Tyler MPO

Griff Hubbard, Amtrak

Vince Huerta, GoBus

Roger Johnson, Van Zandt County

Chelsey Knowles, Community Healthcore

Scott Lewis, Longview Transit

Commissioner Patsy Marshall, Rains County

Bryan McBride, Longview MPO

Roy Miller, East Texas Regional Airport

Sarah Minton, HHSC

Jamal Moharer, Smith County

Linda Oyer, Children's Advocate

Kristy Range, E/D Advocate

Rick Skinner, Greyhound

Jim Snow, Veteran's Advocate

Commissioner Zephaniah Timmins, Harrison County


Plans & Reports


We are comprised with representatives from the following agencies

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city of tyler pounds regional airport logo
A logo for east texas regional airport gregg county
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Interconnectivity Videos

Are you wondering what public transportation options are available to you? EasTexConnects produced the following public service announcements broken down by county to help connect you to the service you need.

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Anderson, Cherokee, Marion, Panola, Rains, Upshur, & Van Zandt Counties

Gregg County

Harrison County

Henderson & Camp Counties

Smith County