January 25, 2016 - TRA Editorial When we finally run out of more lanes to add to our existing highway system and more land to be taken off the tax rolls for new freeways and interchanges that are bursting with capacity...

January 18, 2016 I had the pleasure of being invited to the Rail Private Car Alliance convention in Tyler over the weekend and jumping aboard a special steam train excursion on the Texas State Railroad courtesy of Iowa Pacific, the operator...

January 15, 2016 - TRA Newswire Here's an offer on Amtrak's Texas Eagle that can save you some money. If you travel between now and March 20 you can latch on to a free ticket for each one you purchase. Say...

December 27, 2015 - Fred Frailey blogs for Trains Magazine When I put out the call for your ideas on who should lead Amtrak after Joe Boardman’s retirement next September, you made me proud. Lots of good responses. But one in...

December 29, 2015 - Progressive Railroading / TRA Newswire The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is seeking public comment on two decisions it issued yesterday involving passenger train on-time performance and preference issues. The board issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that defines...

December 16, 2015 - By Joe Cortright Here’s a highway success story, as told by the folks who build highways. Several years ago, the Katy Freeway in Houston was a major traffic bottleneck. It was so bad that in 2004 the American...

December 19, 2015 - Commentary by Russ Jackson / RailPAC Here we are, Christmastime 2015, and lo and behold the Amtrak long distance trains continue to roll and to some extent thrive despite the negative publicity that they are "money losers." ...

December 11, 2015 - National Association of Railroad Passengers Like the man once famously said, "There you go again." Newspapers and media outlets up and down the Northeast Corridor are once again buying into the mythology that Amtrak's NEC operation is profitable,...

December 8, 2015 - Houston Chronicle When he signed a five-year transportation funding bill on Friday, President Barack Obama sent America one singular message: Keep on truckin'. Apologies to R. Crumb, but we're having a bit of a nostalgia fit. It has...

December 9, 2015 - Here's an elected official from Oklahoma that understands transportation needs and can teach Texas legislators and leaders a thing or two. There is sometimes the sense that we all will be able to stay in our own...