July 31, 2020 - roadsbridges.com - Commentary from Norman F. Anderson - The defining moment when infrastructure can restart our economic growth is now. We are in an unprecedented time in the history of our country. In a challenging environment like today,...

July 3, 2020 - RailPassengers.org - Jim Mathews, President/CEO - There’s a lot happening right now, and it can be hard to keep up to date. Rail Passengers Association has set up a webpage as a resource to let you know...

June 24, 2020 - Commentary by Russ Jackson - You already know what the situation is these days with Amtrak and its plans for October.  What we need right now is some philosophy that will keep our chins up and continue...

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...

May 1, 2020 - I’m aboard Amtrak’s Texas Eagle, train #21, en-route to Fort Worth, Texas today and it’s eerily quiet onboard. Life on Amtrak’s national rail system in these days of COVID-19 reminds me of a tune rolling around in my...

April 21, 2020 - Star-Telegram.com - Gordon Dickson - Now may not seem the time to talk about spending big tax dollars on transportation projects, since the economy is in a funk and many Texans are stuck at home due to...

March 25, 2020 - Betsy Cantwell - GoRail.org - As the novel coronavirus impacts communities all across the nation, the importance of the global supply chain has come into even clearer focus. An integrated network of planes, trains, ships and trucks...

March 27, 2020 - citymetric.com - An extract from “Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale”, out now from Island Press. A regional transportation system does not become balanced until all its parts are operating effectively. Highways, arterial streets,...

January 10, 2020 - Lyndon Henry for Express-News - Setbacks in attempts to launch urban rail projects over the past two decades have apparently led top San Antonio officials and planners to scratch rail off the city’s agenda. The officially backed...

January 10, 2020 - DMagazine.com - In a San Antonio speech, Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas may be experiencing its "last major build-out of roads.” Has the state changed its tune on transportation? For generations, the state of Texas’ transportation policy has...