June 6, 2025 - CommunityImpact.com - The agency tasked with building the Austin's voter-approved light rail system—Austin Transit Partnership—has officially launched the official solicitation process for a design and construction contract worth an estimated $3 billion.An additional $1 billion in contracts...

June 1, 2025 - TRA Austin -The sharp knives that were out to gut public transportation programs in Dallas and Austin failed in the state legislative session that just ended.Two transit proposals that would have diverted 25% of the sales tax revenue...

March 18, 2025 - TRA Commentary -It's not going to get any easier to drive from north of Austin to south of San Antonio, and in between the next decade is going to be a nightmare of construction, delays and...

October 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Following a favorable court ruling, unless the Austin Transit Partnership is faced with even more delays, design and construction may be able to continue on the city's $7 billion Project Connect light rail and...

September 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -A sizeable group of city, county and state officials rode on Monday's Texas Eagle from San Antonio to Austin and discussed what it will take to bring intercity passenger rail service to cities on...

September 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire - On the morning of September 23rd, members of the Texas Passenger Rail Advisory Committee (TPRAC) and invited guests will be meeting aboard Amtrak's Texas Eagle between San Antonio and Austin while they discuss expansion...

August 5, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Travis County Judge Andy Brown, who earlier this year vowed to bring passenger rail service to the public between Austin, San Antonio and beyond, chaired a live and virtual meeting in the Rio Grande...

July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Should the State of Oklahoma and Texas want to expand from one daily roundtrip currently offered on the Heartland Flyer between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, now would be the time to move on...

July 1, 2024 - TRA Newswire -San Antonians for Rail Transit (SART) has released a major report entitled "San Antonio to Austin Regional Rail: A Staged Approach". The paper was developed in response to the creation of the Central Texas Passenger Rail Committee...

May 23, 2024 - SACurrent.com - The push to connect San Antonio and the state capital via rail looks to be picking up steam.Four San Antonio City Council members and two local state reps signed on to a letter sent to...