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KCS gets Presidential permit to built 2nd rail bridge at Laredo
August 3rd, 2020
August 3, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
In a record time of just five months, President Trump signed off on a presidential permit for a second international rail bridge to cross the Rio Grande at Laredo. The president announced approval of...
Could the new Tesla Austin Gigafactory be served by rail?
July 29th, 2020
July 29, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Construction at Elon Musk's Tesla Gigafactory, just outside of Austin, is progressing along with some of the land being cleared for the 2,000 acre site.
Even their massive German Tesla property pales in comparison when...
Austin's Project Connect plan moves one step closer to November ballot
July 28th, 2020
July 27, 2020 - KVUE.com -
The future of Austin's mass transit system could soon be in the voters' hands, as the Austin City Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of a funding plan that puts Project Connect one step closer to the...
DART rail adds over $10 billion in development near rail stations
July 27th, 2020
July 23, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
A new study looking at construction near Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail stations shows just how productive and important it is to the overall North Texas economy, generating billions of dollars in...
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...
Cap Metro proposes $3 billion in cuts to mass transit plan due to Coronavirus
July 23rd, 2020
July 23, 2020 - MassTransitMag.com -
Austin Capital Metro is proposing to scale back an ambitious $10 billion transit plan because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and the economic upheaval it has wrought.
Officials at the transit authority are now pushing...
Coronavirus gives Union Pacific's 2nd quarter earnings a chill
July 23rd, 2020
July 23, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Union Pacific Railroad's second quarter took a 20 percent hit in volume as the Coronavirus slowed down economic activity across its operations. Income slipped from $1.6 billion last year to $1.1 billion in this...
Extraordinary STB decision: Texas Central Railway is part of the 'interstate rail network'
July 16th, 2020
July 16, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Updated 7/17/20 with TCR comment -
In a 15 page decision Thursday, the Surface Transportation Board affirmed that Texas Central Railway (TCR) is officially part of the interstate rail network. In its finding the...
Why you should comment on TXDOT's 2021 and beyond plan
July 14th, 2020
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July 14, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
The draft of the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) 2021 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) is now available for the public to review and comment. The UTP is TxDOT’s 10-year plan that guides transportation project...
Arrival of rail for DART's Silver Line keeps project on track
July 14th, 2020
July 14, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Long portions of steel rails were delivered on Friday, July 10, to Addison, Texas along the Silver Line, a sure sign that construction on Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) $2 billion project is underway....