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Transit News: DART & DCTA get FTA funds for transit-oriented development / Cotton Belt design 60% complete

June 13th, 2020
Updated June 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire  - The Federal Transit Administration has awarded Dallas Area Rapid Transit $1 million to plan for transit oriented developments (TOD) at five stations along the Dallas Central Business District as DART continues to work...

Union Pacific: Changes mean freight cars move faster

June 13th, 2020
June 5, 2020 - FreightWaves.com - The railroad’s deployment of precision scheduled railroading resulted in faster and longer trains and reduced car sorting, according to the company’s recent sustainability report Converting more hump yards to flat switching has reduced the time a...

Taylor TX rail park expects to open September 1

June 13th, 2020
June 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Construction is well underway at the RCR Taylor Logistics Park northeast of Austin in Taylor, Texas and the company is aiming for a September 1st opening date. The 750-acre RCR Taylor Logistics Park is west...

Austin City, CapMetro OK $10 billion Project Connect - three light rail lines

June 11th, 2020
June 10, 2020 - Austin American-Statesman - Capital Metro’s board and the Austin City Council both gave unanimous approval Wednesday to a $9.8 billion transit plan that would build three light rail lines throughout Austin. The plan, called Project Connect, likely will...

Dow, Accredo, Union Tank Car, UP make freight rail news

June 2nd, 2020
June 2, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Dow Chemical looks to sell Freeport TX rail-served terminal Union Tank Car to convert Sheldon, TX facility to rail car repair Accredo Packaging 32-acre Sugarland campus plans rail expansion Union Pacific declares stock...

Texas Short Line Operator OmniTRAX wins safety award

June 2nd, 2020
June 2, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Short Line operator OmniTRAX, one of the fastest growing railroads in North America, is the recipient of safety commendations from the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association for 2019. Panhandle Northern Railway, a Texas...

Your voice needed: Don't let Amtrak go less than daily service in Texas

June 1st, 2020
June 1, 2020 - TRA Newswire / RailPassengers.org - In a letter sent to Congressional leaders, CEO Bill Flynn stated that Amtrak would need an additional $1.475 billion in funding, cut back it's workforce numbers by 20%, and drastically decrease system...

FRA announces another big step forward for high speed rail in Texas

May 29th, 2020
May 29, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Final HSR Environmental Study released today by FRA 30 Day review period starts Record of Decision expected this summer Today, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for...

Taking Texas Central to the Tx Supreme Court. Really??

May 21st, 2020
May  19, 2020 - Jim Mathews, CEO - Rail Passengers Association - An aggrieved Texas landowner at the center of opposition to the Texas Central high-speed rail project says he’s taking his claim that Texas Central doesn’t count as an actual...

DART gets $229 million in CARES Act funds

May 21st, 2020
May 21, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has received notification that it has been allocated $229 million from The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, enacted on March 27. Funding from the CARES Act allows...

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