June 2019 - Freight Waves - Commentary by Jim Blaze - Everything we plow, harvest or mine started as rock and evolved in time. Given enough time, solid rock exposed at the earth’s surface is broken down into rock and mineral...

June 30, 2019 - TRA Newswire - June has been a busy month at Dallas Area Rapid Transit. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced last week that DART will receive $60.76 million for platform capacity expansion on the Red and Blue...

June 24, 2019 - TRA Newswire - In what has been described as a positive step for Texas Central Railway, the Surface Transportation Board has granted the high-speed railroad company a chance to come back with additional documentation showing that they...

Updated July 5, 2019 - Bloomberg.com / TRA Newswire - An affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. agreed to buy Genesee & Wyoming Inc. for about $6.3 billion, expanding its global portfolio of rail companies with a 120-line network spanning North...

June 17, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Howard Energy Partners (HEP) announced last week that it has completed expansions of its bulk terminal facilities in Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Texas. The projects were designed to increase HEP's Gulf Coast terminal storage capacity to...

June 17, 2019 - Opinion - Gideon Weissman and Matthew Casale - Houston expands a highway through its center, for a staggering $7 billion In this year’s installment of its annual “Highway Boondoggles” report, Gideon Weissman of Frontier Group and Matthew Casale of U.S....

June 12, 2019 - TRA Newswire / The Oklahoman - Katie Moore, who as an 11 year old back in 1999, picked the winning name for the train that serves Texas and Oklahoma every day, accepts a "golden ticket" and a...

June 11, 2019 - KVUE.com - Transportation leaders reached an agreement with the City of Austin on the "Bergstrom Spur" study. Transportation leaders have approved thousands of dollars for a study on the usability of a rail line in South Austin. The “Bergstrom...

June 12, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Good news for Port Freeport's rail expansion plans but a ho-hum to the Texas transportation agency for their lack of effort in applying for federal rail grants that could benefit potential freight or passenger...

June 12, 2019 - TRA Newswire/ProgressiveRailroading.com - A bill that would make the 45G short-line tax credit permanent has received support from a majority of U.S. House members, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) announced. A bill in this...