October 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Department of Transportation is taking a closer look at potential intercity passenger rail service in the heavily congested I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio.Caroilne Mays, Senior Director of Planning and Modal...

September 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -States and rail entities will soon be scrambling to apply for over $5 billion that the Federal Railroad Administration just announced will be designated for intercity passenger rail projects, including safer at-grade rail crossings. In...

September 3, 2025 - Governing.com -While other states struggle to fund major transportation projects, Texas' 10-year transportation spending plan had surpassed $100 billion for the third year in a row. "Their entire budget is based on a fallacy, which is more...

August 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Following the promotion of Jeff Davis to an executive level position, the Texas Department of Transportation announced that it is accepting applications for the position of Rail Division Director.The details of the position can...

August 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The needs continue to be great in funding freight projects for rail and maritime modes in Texas and in the recent legislative session the outcome turned out to be a mixed bag. In a...

July 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Getting a head start on the 2027 Texas legislative session, leaders of grass-roots and non-profit organizations met in Houston earlier this month and have set their sights on making a statewide Intercity Passenger Rail...

July 15, 2025 - Governing.com, Jared Brey - The growth of cities between San Antonio and Austin, separated by 75 miles, is creating one massive metro region. Passenger rail should be part of the equation.Within Texas, it’s the metros that have...

July 10, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The North Central Texas Council of Government's Regional Transportation Council has done what the state of Texas shirked it's responsibilities in doing... fund the Heartland Flyer passenger rail service.In a vote today at their...

June 19, 2025 - TRA Newswire - If you're one of 5,000 people in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, you are going to receive an e-mail action alert from DC-based Rail Passengers Association asking for your help to contact officials and save...

April 9, 2025 - Forrworthreport.org, Eric E. Garcia -Over the course of April 7-8, rail advocates and industry leaders at the Southwestern Rail Conference in Hurst said they are monitoring state legislation that could affect high-speed rail.“The appetite for high-speed...