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Texas high-speed rail rules posted to Federal Register
November 5th, 2020
November 5, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Documents that support safety standards and procedures for environmental impacts of the Texas bullet train project have now been published to the Federal Register and will come into effect on December 3.
The high-speed rail...
All aboard the high-speed express
October 28th, 2020
October 26, 2020 - BaylorLariat.com - Opinion from DJ Ramirez | Sports Editor -
Five hours. It can take up to five hours to get from Houston to Dallas on Interstate 45. Sometimes five and a half or six depending on...
Union Pacific busy redesigning its Houston operations
July 26th, 2020
July 24, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Houston and Chicago are two of the major markets that Union Pacific Railroad is concentrating on to make its operations more efficient, according to UP President and CEO Lance Fritz during a 2nd quarter...
Voters Approve $3.5 Billion Bond For METRO Transit Projects
November 2nd, 2019
Updated November 6, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
(Updated to show that the referendum passed)
Houstonians passed a $3.5 billion bond referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot by a two thirds majority. Houston METRO can now proceed with the METRONext Moving Forward...
Is good public transit becoming more politically viable in Texas?
October 16th, 2019
October 7, 2019 - dmagazine.com -
For years, voters have been skeptical of funding big public transit investments. Two upcoming bond elections in Texas suggest the political tides may be shifting.
In Texas, the stars at night are big and bright, the...
Observation: More highways, More problems
August 21st, 2019
August 21, 2019 - TexasObserver.org - Amal Ahmed -
Highway expansion is the Lone Star State’s status-quo solution to easing traffic—but it actually leads to more congestion and displaced communities.
Bruce Elementary School sits in the shadow of one of Houston’s countless...
Houston-area voters to consider $3.5B for public transit includes 16 miles light rail
August 16th, 2019
August 14, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Harris County's (METRO) board yesterday approved the METRONext Moving Forward plan, which includes 16 additional miles of light rail.
Now, a referendum will be placed on the Nov. 5 ballot for voters to consider $3.5...
Opinion: A new vision for I-45 and Houston
July 19th, 2019
July 13, 2019 - Geoff Carleton - Houston Chronicle -
A “boondoggle” and a “Texas-sized mess of a highway plan” is how one national headline recently described the proposal to spend more than $7 billion in public dollars to rebuild and realign...
Boondoggle: A Texas-Sized mess of a highway plan for Houston
June 24th, 2019
June 17, 2019 - Opinion - Gideon Weissman and Matthew Casale -
Houston expands a highway through its center, for a staggering $7 billion
In this year’s installment of its annual “Highway Boondoggles” report, Gideon Weissman of Frontier Group and Matthew Casale of U.S....
Japan's 'supreme' bullet train aims to impress Texas with speed
June 11th, 2019
June 8, 2019 - asia.nikkei.com -
TOKYO -- Central Japan Railway, also known as JR Tokai, on Thursday granted journalists their first test ride of the company's newest shinkansenbullet train, which clocked in at speeds topping 360 km per hour, breaking the...