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North Texas COG OKs backstop for high speed rail environmental study

February 24th, 2017
February 24, 2017 - TRA Newswire - The Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments has approved a measure to backstop the continuation of the environmental impact statement for the Dallas-Fort Worth Core Express, a proposed high-speed...

Lawmakers file flurry of misguided bills to derail the Dallas-to-Houston bullet train

February 24th, 2017
February 23, 2017 - Dallas Morning News Editorial The Texas bullet train project is moving ahead, hitting milestones and keeping alive the audacious promise of a 90-minute train ride between Dallas and Houston. But yet again, a big potential roadblock has...

Rural Lawmakers File 18 Bills to Derail Bullet Train between Dallas and Houston

February 21st, 2017
February 21, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Updated A group of rural state lawmakers have filed a slate of legislation to push back against Texas Central Railway's proposal to construct a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. Senators Birdwell (R-Granbury), Creighton (R-Conroe), Kolkhorst...

Randall O'Toole's Misguided Effort to Derail The Texas Bullet Train

February 19th, 2017
February 19, 2017 - Commentary from TRA President Peter LeCody - And I always thought that the CATO folks cherished private enterprise over taxpayer funded projects. Gee, was I dead wrong. I guess they need to have a talk with Randall O'Toole....

Big turnout at UT-SA hears why Texas needs more train service

February 17th, 2017
February 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire - (San Antonio) - Over 85 interested citizens, students and members of the National Association of Railroad Passengers in Texas gathered on the UT-SA Campus Thursday evening and heard about an important high speed rail...

McLane: Texas Bullet Train Project Will Be A Thriving Economic Engine

February 17th, 2017
February 14, 2017 - Houston Chronicle - By Drayton McLane Jr - With the Super Bowl behind us, how many Texans would have enjoyed football's biggest week even more had it not been for the traffic hassles to get to Houston? Just...

Texas Bullet Train Project Reaches Key Milestones With Landowners

February 7th, 2017
February 7, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Texas Central, developers of the state’s first high-speed train, announced today that it has marked a significant milestone in its land option program, the result of collaborative and ongoing engagements with property owners and stakeholders...

Fed regulators slow down Texas bullet train start date

February 6th, 2017
February 6, 2017 - HoustonPress.com The highly anticipated and controversial Houston-to-Dallas bullet train line has been delayed once again. Yep, that's right. Texas Central Partners, the private company that plans to construct a high-speed rail line that will zip passengers between Houston...

Private sector Texas Central bullet train highlighted on Fox Business

February 2nd, 2017
January 31, 2017 - FoxBusiness.com Texas Central, the private company that is building a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston was highlighted as one of two important infrastructure projects on the Fox Business Channel's Varney & Company. http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5305020503001/?#sp=show-clips  ...

UT San Antonio to host presentation on high speed trains in Texas February 16

January 30th, 2017
January 30, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Texas is on the cusp of high speed trains to connect major cities. A look at what this can do for the state economy will be the subject of The Dialogues in Planning Speakers Series...

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