November 11, 2015 - Latinalista.com
McALLEN, RGV – A high-speed passenger rail line between San Antonio and Monterrey is going to happen, says state Rep. Richard Peña Raymond.
The Laredo Democrat made the prediction at a news conference held at Laredo City...
November 10, 2015 - NBCDFW.com
The plan to link Dallas and Houston with a high-speed train is taking another step forward. Texas Central is scheduling a number of public hearings across the state to discuss the project.
The train travels nearly 200...
November 8, 2015 - Special to TRA
Union Pacific Railroad has officially opened their new Union Pacific Kinney County Railport in Kinney County, Texas. The mayors of Brackettville, Del Rio and Eagle Pass joined members of the Kinney County Commissioner's Court, representatives from...
TheEagle.com - November 5, 2015
By Jake Walker jake.walker@theeagle.com
A natural resources conservation group has come out in opposition to a proposed Houston to Dallas bullet train, saying the venture would take valuable agricultural land out of production.
Directors representing the Texas Soil...
Houston Chronicle - November 4, 2015
Dug Begley, Transportation Writer
It’s raining roads.
By huge margins, voters Tuesday seized on every opportunity they had to give local and state officials authority to fix ailing highways and county roads. These results, many said, reflect...
Public vs. Private.
Was it correct and legal for member Directors of a Texas agency that derives part of their funding from state appropriations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the EPA to vote in opposition of a high speed rail...
November 2, 2015 - (Special to TRA)
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has released their Draft Texas Freight Mobility Plan for a 30-day public comment period. The Freight Mobility Plan is TxDOT’s first comprehensive and multimodal transportation plan that focuses...
June 14, 1999 was the first run of the Oklahoma state supported Heartland Flyer, a daily train that made a round-trip between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, Texas. It ended a twenty year drought of passenger rail service in that...
October 30, 2015 - TRA Newswire
(Austin) - The Texas Department of Transportation has been awarded more than $20 million in federal TIGER* grants to improve transportation services for rural populations. The funding will help replace 325 vehicles located throughout the...
Ladailypost.com - October 27, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Michelle Lujan Grisham, Steve Pearce and Ben Ray Luján have announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $15,210,143 for the...
