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 8, 2019 - asia.nikkei.com - TOKYO -- Central Japan Railway, also known as JR Tokai, on Thursday granted journalists their first test ride of the company's newest shinkansenbullet train, which clocked in at speeds topping 360 km per hour, breaking the...

May 16, 2019 - freightwaves.com - Rail congestion in regions such as Chicago and Houston may have eased for now, but the railroads will still need to find ways to increase capacity at those busy city locations as the U.S. population...

April 8, 2019 - TRA Newswire - More than 6 million passengers are expected to use the train annually by 2029, more than 13 million passengers expected by 2050 Train will save 60 to 90 minutes per trip between Houston...

February 15, 2019 - Houston Chronicle - There are no plans to build light rail on Richmond, but for the first time in a long time there is nothing stopping Metro from asking for federal funds to help pay for it. The federal...

February 5, 2019 - masstransitmag.com - Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract from the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County for 14 light rail vehicles that will operate in Houston, Texas. This marks Houston METRO’s third order for Siemens Mobility...

February 1, 2019 - sanantonio.culturemap.com - You’ve likely heard of the proposed high-speed “bullet” train that would connect Dallas and Houston, as well as the proposed transportation-in-a-tube concept that would link San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Laredo. Now, another possible alternative to planes, Amtrak trains,...

December 22, 2018 - TRA Newswire - The San Antonio city council has joined a list of cities across the southern tier states supporting a call for daily service by Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which now only runs tri-weekly through Texas and...

December 7, 2018 - RailwayAge.com - Despite producing more than one-third of U.S. crude oil output, urbanization, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other...

November 28, 2018 - Houston Chronicle - Hold onto your seats. Construction on the new high-speed bullet train connecting Houston and Dallas will finally begin in late 2019, according to WFAA in Dallas. The Houston-Dallas line, the United States' first bullet train, will...