September 28, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Four more rail projects in Texas have received over $14 million from the USDOT's Federal Railroad Administration as part of a $320 million competitive grant funding under the FY2020 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety...

TRA Newswire - Texas has passed up its share of some $19 billion in federal rail funds over the past 10 years because the state does not have a matching partnership component. Those funds have gone to dozens of other...

August 17, 2020 - TRA Austin Bureau - The long-awaited update to the Texas state Rail Plan is now available on the Texas Department of Transportation website. The release of the 2019 Rail Plan executive summary and category chapters had been...

August 5, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will host a virtual public hearing 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 11, 2020 to present the Draft Texas Transportation Plan (TTP) 2050 and solicit public comments. During the virtual public hearing,...

May 2, 2020 - TRA Newswire - A desperate Texas State Representative, Steve Toth (R-Conroe), doesn't want the Texas Department of Transportation to spend any time overseeing a high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston. Toth sent a letter to Texas...

April 20, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The $311 million dollar question. Will the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) be applying for any rail project grants under the latest Federal Railroad Administration's notice of funding opportunity for capital projects? The most...

December 8, 2019 - riograndguardian.com - EDINBURG, RGV – The chairman of the Texas House Committee on Transportation says cities in the Rio Grande Valley should form a coalition to ensure their voices are heard as a new border transportation master...

November 13, 2019 - TRA Newswire - The long awaited 2019 Texas Rail Plan has been released by the Texas Department of Transportation. The draft document is now open for review. Public comment will be accepted through December 6th through this...

Updated September 3, 2019  - TRA Austin Newswire / ProgressiveRailroading.com - The Texas Transportation Commission approved TxDOT’s 10-year transportation plan that includes more than $77 billion dedicated to improving safety, addressing congestion and connectivity, and preserving roadways for Texas drivers. Buried...

August 10, 2019 - Politico.com / TRA Newswire - In late 2016, federal investigators probing a fatal crash between a confused truck driver and a California commuter train made a plea to Google, Apple and Microsoft: Add information on the nation’s...