December 16, 2015 - By Joe Cortright Here’s a highway success story, as told by the folks who build highways. Several years ago, the Katy Freeway in Houston was a major traffic bottleneck. It was so bad that in 2004 the American...

December 19, 2015 - Commentary by Russ Jackson / RailPAC Here we are, Christmastime 2015, and lo and behold the Amtrak long distance trains continue to roll and to some extent thrive despite the negative publicity that they are "money losers." ...

December 17, 2015 - TRA Newswire Amtrak Texas Eagle now uses Trinity Rail Express corridor - Texas Rail Advocates thanked for stakeholder support FORT WORTH, Texas - Amtrak has successfully concluded negotiations and changed the route of the Texas Eagle train between...

December 17, 2015 - Gordon Dickson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram Railroad agreements for track rights are a major step for project Commuter trains could begin service in late 2018 Federal money allocated to project now totals $150 million FORT WORTH Of all the problems...

December 17, 2015 - TRA Newswire (Austin) - James Bass, Chief Financial Officer of the Texas Department of Transportation is the newly named Executive Director. The announcement came out of a meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission and will be effective...

December 12, 2015 -TRA Newswire (Arlington) -  The private developer that is building a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston started surveying on public property this week in anticipation of construction starting in late 2017. "Texas Central Partners is...

December 12, 2015 - TRA Newswire (Arlington) - A TxDOT service development plan to bring passenger rail service to the I-35 corridor between Oklahoma and South Texas expects to come out in rough form in the spring of 2016. Speaking before...

December 11, 2015 - National Association of Railroad Passengers Like the man once famously said, "There you go again." Newspapers and media outlets up and down the Northeast Corridor are once again buying into the mythology that Amtrak's NEC operation is profitable,...

December 8, 2015 - Houston Public Media - Gail Delaughter Transportation officials say a link to downtown Houston is crucial to the project. The planned route for Texas Central Railway’s high-speed train between Houston and Dallas would only bring the train as...

December 8, 2015 - Houston Chronicle When he signed a five-year transportation funding bill on Friday, President Barack Obama sent America one singular message: Keep on truckin'. Apologies to R. Crumb, but we're having a bit of a nostalgia fit. It has...