August 11, 2021 - fortworthtx.gov - The Dallas-Fort Worth High-Speed Transportation Connections Study is moving into its second phase of analysis. The Regional Transportation Council recently approved the study’s Phase 1 recommendations. The current study is evaluating high-speed transportation alternatives to modernize and...

August 11, 2021 - Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express News - My question this week is whether President Joe Biden’s massive federal infrastructure bill could lead to real passenger rail options in Texas, especially among the state’s Big 4 cities. Will...

August 9, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates is saddened to hear of the passing of former Executive Director and transportation advocate Chris Lippincott of Austin. Chris, a resident of Crestview, was a professional media strategist who helped shape TRA's...

EXCLUSIVE - Updated August 5, 2021  - TRA Newswire - In a special Texas Rail Advocates online presentation Wednesday evening August 4th, officials of Mexico's state-owned rail system laid out how they want to address a passenger rail corridor between Monterrey,...

July 28, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The Port of Victoria, Texas has selected Dallas-based TNW Corporation to be the provider of rail operations and to co-develop a 3,000 acre multi-modal logistics center. TNW is a privately held company consisting of short...

July 26, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific Corporation's 2021 second quarter net income came in at $1.8 billion, compared to $1.1 billion in the second quarter 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic raged. Adjusted earnings were $2.72 a share for the...

July 26, 2021 - KUT.org - Austin's multibillion-dollar transit expansion will require extending an underground light-rail tunnel from Auditorium Shores to as far south as Lively Middle School on South Congress Avenue. The change could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, but transit planners...

July 23, 2021 - TRA Newswire - TexAmericas Center, one of the largest mixed-used industrial parks in the country, formerly a 12,000 acre Department of Defense property in Texarkana, has been awarded an $864,550 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s...

July 15, 2021 - Houston Chronicle, Jay Jordan / Texas Observer, Megan Kimble - Think about this the next time you start your car. Texas drivers account for nearly half a percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, according to a Texas Department of...

July 14, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas Central Railroad (TCR), developers of the high-speed train between Dallas and Houston, has signed a contract with Spanish-based operator Renfe to be the Early Operator for the transformational project to bring high-speed rail...