Melanie Torre - Central Texas is growing at an unprecedented pace. By 2045 the number of people living in the region will double -- pushing five million, according to a regional arterials study by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. According to that same...

July 26, 2019 -MassTransitMag.com - The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has started construction on its Red and Blue Line station platforms to accommodate more riders and longer trains.   Currently, the Red and Blue lines are limited to two-car trains due to...

July 22, 2019 - ConstructionWeekOnline.com - Utah, US-headquartered Savage Services has been picked by Exxon Mobil and Sabic to design, build, and operate a rail facility that will serve their joint venture project, named Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), in San...

July 25, 2019 - chron.com - Union Pacific (UP) is hanging out their Open for Business sign. The rail giant’s recent initiative called “Rail Within Reach” is extending the stretch of rail to new customers across the country including Dayton and...

July 28, 2019 - Star-Telegram.com - By Gordon Dickson - Residents who live along the TEXRail tracks are about to notice a lot more trains. The commuter rail line, which opened in January, has taken delivery of its eighth and final train...

July 22, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Dallas Area Rapid Transit has been named the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) 2019 Innovation Award winner. The Innovation Award is given to a public transit agency demonstrating innovative concepts in the provision of public...

July 21, 2019 - myleaderpaper.com - A proposed Amtrak stop could be the start of bigger things in De Soto. That’s the message from a group called Fast Track De Soto, which envisions a new rail platform in De Soto to accommodate...

July 25, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Record revenues of $714 million, an increase of 5% from prior year on flat volumes Operating income of $208 million. Record adjusted operating income of $259 million, excluding restructuring charges related to Precision...

July 23, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific implemented Positive Train Control (PTC) on 1,081 route miles in the second quarter of 2019, bringing required PTC-operated route miles to 14,678 or 86 percent. Implementation efforts continue to ensure PTC interoperability with...

July 13, 2019 - Geoff Carleton - Houston Chronicle - A “boondoggle” and a “Texas-sized mess of a highway plan” is how one national headline recently described the proposal to spend more than $7 billion in public dollars to rebuild and realign...