April 11, 2017 -TRA Newswire - AUSTIN - (Updated April 12) The Texas House Transportation Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on HB3440, a bill to create a joint interim committee that would come up with a strategy for a high speed passenger rail network in...

April 11, 2017 - TRA Newswire - There's been an upswing in drilling so far this year and that's translating into good news for Texas railroads that are hauling frac sand. Frac sand is a durable sand used in hydraulic fracturing....

April 10, 2017 - TRA Newswire / VermontBiz.com - A Vermont company planning to launch a regional commuter rail service has purchased 12 self-propelled rail cars from Dallas Area Rapid Transit that ran reliably for years on the Trinity Railway Express between...

April 6, 2017 - TRA Newswire - TNW Logistic Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TNW Corporation, announced today a partnership with the Perry County Port Authority (PCPA) to expand economic development opportunities in the Tell City River Port area,...

April 6, 2017 - Texas Tribune TribTalk - By Peter LeCody, April 6, 2017 Photo by Norihiro Kataoka Passenger rail as a transportation option for Texans is usually ignored by the Legislature without a second thought. Not this session. More than two dozen...

April 5, 2017 - TRA Newswire - AUSTIN - UPDATED All five of the bills that TRA opposed passed the committee today. Texas Rail Advocates Executive Director Chris Lippincott testified before the Senate Transportation Committee today and expressed TRA's views that oppose...

April 5, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates Executive Director Chris Lippincott testified before the Senate Transportation Committee today and spoke about how TRA is against five bills that are aimed specifically at opposing high speed rail projects now...

April 4, 2017 - Irving TX Based Institute for Policy Innovation - Tom Giovanetti - In Texas, some conservatives wrongly think that opposition to high speed rail is a conservative principle. This is like saying that opposition to trucks, or cell...

April 4, 2016 - TRA Newswire - The Texas Senate Transportation Committee will hear five bills Wednesday morning that can either cripple or kill one of the largest transportation projects proposed for Texas. According to the private developer of the Texas Bullet...

April 3, 2017 - Dmagazine.com - The impact of some of these bills on Dallas transportation would be massive. Perhaps the scariest bill is one the Dallas Morning News reported on over the weekend. It would require communities to stage a public referendum...