May 4, 2019 - TRA Austin - No movement on the Birdwell budget rider to stop high-speed rail Three bad rail bills out of House Transpo Committee There is no news to report this week on the budget rider (#44) that...

May 1, 2019 - TRA Newswire - CG/LA Infrastructure has released their 3rd Annual Strategic 50 U.S. Infrastructure Projects Report and two big Texas transportation programs made the list. The Top 50 report recognized $290 billion worth of projects. “The projects on...

April 23, 2019 - Progressive Railroading - The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last week relaunched a $5.6 million safety awareness campaign urging people to take greater care at grade crossings. In 2018, 270 people were killed at railroad crossings....

April 26, 2019 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Gordon Dickson - Some tanker cars involved in a fiery train derailment Wednesday in south Fort Worth were older model rail cars that are considered less safe for transporting flammable liquids than newer models, federal...

April 29, 2019 - Fox San Antonio - The Texas Department of Transportation is working with the Border Trade Advisory Committee to identify the transportation challenges for people commuting across the border. “What we’re doing is we’re inviting people to our community...

April 26, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Wabtec, formerly GE Transportation, celebrated the 1,000th locomotive produced at it's north Fort Worth plant this week. The locomotive will be delivered to Canadian National Railway (CN). The Evolution Series Tier 4 was the first...

April 26, 2019 - RailPassengers.org - On the heels of yet another dozen or so anti-high-speed-rail bills heard in the Texas state legislature comes a voice of support at the Federal level. Representative Johnson (D-TX) sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board this...

April 25, 2019 - Texas Tribune - Arya Sundaram- Lawmakers are pushing more measures than ever before that could delay the Dallas-Houston bullet train project — and there’s even a special subcommittee tackling the topic. High-speed rail developers have been eyeing a...

April 26, 2019 - Houston Chronicle - Dug Begley - Houston could have two light rail lines running to Hobby Airport after all, provided they share a lot of track. After saying the potential $1.8 billion investment to take both the Green...

April 26, 2019 - UPDATE - One State Representative has asked if you would please stop calling and emailing the Senate & House budget conferees on Rider 44, Sen. Birdwell's language that would hurt high-speed rail development. Apparently their office has been swamped...