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Big step forward for restarting international trains across the Rio Grande at Presidio TX

October 19th, 2021
Updated October 21, 2021- TRA Newswire - The last stumbling block holding up moving freight rail traffic across the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico in deep Southwest Texas was removed by the state legislature Tuesday. With a $15.5 million dollar appropriation...

Bruce Bugg of San Antonio suits up for another term as Gov. Abbott's highway-paving quarterback

March 9th, 2021
March 8, 2021 - Bruce Selcraig, Staff Reporter / expressnews.com - When Gov. Greg Abbott reappointed San Antonio bank chairman and arts patron J. Bruce Bugg Jr. to a six-year term last month as chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, even...

I-35 in Austin: worst traffic congestion in Texas (with no rail planned)

December 3rd, 2020
December 3, 2020 -TRA Newswire - It should come as no surprise to anyone who drives I-35 through Austin. The stretch of the interstate from U.S. Highway 290 north to State Highway 71, Ben White Boulevard in the south, has been identified...

TX State Rep Toth tries to put brakes on high speed rail

May 3rd, 2020
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...

Texas Transportation Commission approves State's 10-year $77B transportation plan - some nibbles for rail

September 2nd, 2019
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...

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