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 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...

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...

July 13, 20121 - TRA Newswire - Citing delays from COVID-19, agreements on land and rail access, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) announced that the opening of the 26-mile east-west Silver Line will be pushed back to 2024. The line from DFW...

July 10, 2021 - Editors note: Restoring service to all modes of transportation in post-Covid has been a challenge for transportation agencies and Amtrak is no exception. Fewer cars on trains staffed with fewer onboard service personnel and older Superliner...

July 5, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Ever since Amtrak unveiled its vision to expand passenger rail service in key short-run corridors around the country earlier this year, interest has been growing in broadening train service to link Texas' major cities...

July 4, 2021 - TRA Newswire - A  new development in a long-range plan to put people on trains in the I-20 corridor. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards last week appointed Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins as an at-large member of the three-state...