August 3, 2016 - TRA Comment Somedays you just have to admire the irony. Forbes magazine stringer Scott Beyer, in a July 29 posting on the Forbes.com site charged that "Austin's Commuter Rail Is A Monument to Government Waste." The article described Beyer...

July 29, 2016 - MyStatesman.com A local developer is planning a $50 million mixed-use project just steps from an East Austin light rail station. A city permit needed to start work on Cityline at MLK Station, which will be built on 4...

If the future of high speed passenger rail in the I-35 corridor means anything to you then here is your ONE chance to see, speak out and comment on it. The recently released Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study from the Texas Department of...

July 18, 2016 - KVUE.com The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are seeking public input on proposed intercity rail services between Oklahoma City and South Texas. The Interstate 35 corridor currently has Amtrak...

July 17, 2016 - Austin American-Statesman TxDOT officials recently said the Texas Constitution could require that MoKan be used only for roads. The 28-mile former MKT line has been on highway and transit drawing boards for years, to no avail. A long-range transit...

July 12, 2016 - Austin Business Journal Austin could have one of the busiest light rail lines in the nation, according to the group that's pushing City Council to add rail to a potential transportation-focused bond referendum this fall. But Council would...

July 9, 2016 - TRA Newswire The Rail Division of the Texas Department of Transportation will hold three public meetings in August to inform the public of their planning-level study for passenger rail along the I-35 corridor. The long awaited meetings will...

April 16, 2016 - TheRivardReport.com The decision by Union Pacific to end its working relationship with Lone Star Rail District(LSRD) in February, was a blow in efforts to develop a passenger rail line between San Antonio and Austin. But in a special meeting Friday in...

Project Connect is returning to Central Austin January 28, 2016 - AustinMonitor.com The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors approved on Monday a contract with the engineering firm AECOM to guide a new study of transportation in the urban core dubbed...

January 7, 2016 - TWC News AUSTIN--Four cities and a community college have bought into the region's next mass transit plan. Lone Star Rail could connect to every city between San Antonio and Georgetown, cutting hours out of some people's commutes. The...