July 19, 2021 - TRA Opinion -
In a recent news release the Texas Transportation Commission touted that it approved the most funding, ever, for transit projects in the state. The amount? $89 million. And we applaud that.
But let's take the...
Committee’s interim report explored indexing fuel taxes to inflation rate -
January 15, 2021 - KSAT.com -
Lawmakers are just beginning the 87th session of the Texas Legislature and they have to craft a budget, all while dealing with declining revenues...
February 12, 2020 - Railway Age -
Color it neither Democratic nor Republican. It’s Amtrak—or, more precisely, the Amtrak déjà vu. Since its 1971 creation by Congress as America’s national intercity passenger railroad, Amtrak’s survival has been a near-run thing dependent...
December 20, 2019 - Michelle Dippel to Austin American-Statesman -
If you live in the Austin area, you can’t help but notice how things have grown, and with an average of 152 newcomers arriving each day, that growth doesn’t appear to...
March 19, 2019 - Dallas Morning News -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit president Gary Thomas on Monday urged Congress to deliver a far-reaching infrastructure bill, joining other public transit leaders in stressing the importance of funding billions of dollars in improvements.
Speaking...
December 18, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) this week expects to close on an agreement for a $908 million loan with the Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program.
The loan will be used to fund the...
August 7, 2018 - tribtalk.org, The Texas Tribune -
Without any fanfare, the Federal Railroad Administration released the Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study (TOPRS), which was five years in the making, last November.
Since then, crickets.
The service level study paints a broad brushstroke showing...
June 26, 2018 - Texas Tribune - by Brandon Formby -
Less than 1 percent of TXDOT's budget is earmarked for public transit
As young, educated professionals push away old ideas about how to move around Texas cities, transportation planners’...
November 12, 2017 - Longview News-Journal -
The nation's passenger rail system and the Texas Eagle train that stops in Longview appear to be safe from federal budget cuts for now, but rail advocates say train travel needs more than status...
August 4 , 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Rail Advocates has learned that an innovative funding approach may be available for completion of the Cotton Belt cross-region East-West passenger rail line that has been on the drawing board since the...