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Full speed ahead: How federal and Texas leaders can keep building on passenger rail progress

August 9th, 2024
August 9, 2024 - TRA and Transportation for America Commentary -Recent passenger rail efforts in the Gulf Coast demonstrated tireless commitment to federal advocacy, state partnerships, funding development, and ultimately service implementation. But if our leaders are truly interested in...

Texas conventional and high-speed rail advocates rally for funding ahead of legislative session

June 17th, 2024
June 16, 2024 - Donnie Tuggle, KBTX.com - Rail advocates in Texas are ramping up efforts to secure funding for both high-speed and conventional rail projects as the next legislative session approaches in January. This week, the Rail Passenger Association and...

San Antonio council members, other officials call for rail service to Austin

June 8th, 2024
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...

TxDOT Rail's Jeff Davis at the Southwestern Rail Conference: 2 of 3 passenger rail grants for Texas Triangle in progress

April 24th, 2024
April 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Texas Department of Transportation Rail Division Director Jeff Davis, speaking at the Southwestern Rail Conference, said that the agency applied for three Federal Railroad Administration Corridor Identification programs to advance passenger rail in the...

Travis County Judge Andy Brown at Southwestern Rail Conference: passenger rail between Austin and San Antonio needed

April 19th, 2024
April 19, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The administrator of one of the largest counties in the country, Travis County Judge Andy Brown, called for efficient, quick and safe passenger rail service between Austin and San Antonio and further up and...

Rail advocates, experts meet to discuss future of passenger and high-speed rail in Texas

April 16th, 2024
April 15, 2024 - KBTX.com - By Donnie Tuggle and Jadyn Stack - Elected officials and rail advocates, alongside transportation experts, wrapped up day one of the Southwestern Rail Conference, discussing solutions to address the growing need to move people across...

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