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FRA Completes High-Speed Rail Corridor Alternatives Analysis
September 15, 2016 - Special to TRA - The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced yesterday that the first stage analysis of a high speed rail corridor between Houston and Dallas points toward using high...
Published Saturday, August 1, 2015 - Tyler Morning Telegraph
The Sunday July 26 editorial “High Speed Rail Won't Work in Texas” misses a few key facts.
Linking two of the top 10 metropolitan areas in the country (Dallas and Houston) does not...
San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board - August 17, 2015
It's been talked about for so long, it's hard to believe rail between San Antonio and Austin will ever be real. But if you are a commuter, policymaker or a fiscal hawk,...
August 25, 2015 - Fort Worth Star Telegram Editorial
Planning for high-speed rail service linking Fort Worth to Houston continues to move forward, slowly but decidedly.
The Regional Transportation Council last week allocated $4.5 million from its regional tollway revenue accounts to...
September 10, 2015 - Fox4 Dallas
A second DART rail line has been approved for Downtown Dallas by the city council.
The route would run along Jackson and Young Streets if it gets final council approval. It avoids a cluster of townhomes...
Sepember 10, 2015 - San Antonio Express News
San Antonio became the third city to set aside funding for the Lone Star Rail District line when it voted Thursday to include $500,000 for the project in its annual budget.
The money will...
September 8, 2015 - Texas Tribune
by Aman Batheja
The private firm hoping to build a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston has been celebrating a summer of successes: completing a successful round of fundraising, seeing a key federal study move forward, surviving the...
September 3, 2015 - Fort Worth Star Telegram
BY GORDON DICKSON
gdickson@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH
A proposed commuter rail line from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport will be among the first rails in Texas to feature state-of-the-art technology for preventing crashes, an official...
September 3, 2015 - Progressive Railroading
The Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) received the platinum award for financial transparency as part of the Texas Comptroller Leadership Circle program.
Launched by the state's Comptroller of Public Accounts in December 2009, the Leadership Circle award program...
